scholarly journals The impact of smart phones and mobile devices on human health and life

2019 ◽  
Vol 7 (1) ◽  
pp. 9
Author(s):  
Sumaiya Mushroor ◽  
Shammin Haque ◽  
Riyadh A. Amir
Keyword(s):  
Human Health ◽  
Mobile Devices ◽  
Smart Phone ◽  
Sampling Technique ◽  
Cross Sectional Study ◽  
Smart Phones ◽  
Smart Devices ◽  
Cross Sectional ◽  
Face To Face ◽  
The Impact

Background: Overuse of smart devices provides comfort and problems both physically and mentally. The aim of this study was to assess the impact of smart phone and mobile devices on human health and life.Methods: This descriptive type of cross sectional study was conducted for three months in Dhaka city among general population aged 18 to 70 years. Four hundred and forty respondents were selected by non-probability convenient sampling technique. Data were collected by face to face interview with a semi-structured pre-tested questionnaire.Results: Among 440 respondents majority (76.6%) were below 25 years where 72.0% were students. A large proportion (90.5%) used smart phones for communication, 53.4% used for less than 5 hours daily. Majority (65.7%) had other electronic devices, most common 197 (68.1%) were laptop users where 118 (40.8%) used for studying. More than half 322 (73.2%) used earphones, 91 (20.7%) had ear problems and 223 (50.7%) lacked concentration. Many 299 (68.0%) had good relationship with family members, 208 (47.3%) stated that increased use of mobile devices hampered family life, 88 (42.3%) thought it reduced quality family time. Majority users 253 (57.5%) experienced physical discomfort after prolonged use and 95 (37.7%) suffered from headache. Association between age of respondents and time spent on smart devices was statistically significant (p<0.05). There was significant (p<0.05) association between ear problem and ear phone usage.Conclusions: Excessive use of smart phones should be avoided and social awareness increased through health programmes. Potential risks of cell phones and smart devices can be avoided by limiting the use.

Prevalence of Nomophobia in students due to COVID-19 pandemic in Pakistan (Preprint)

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Umar Shahzad ◽  
Hufsa Shahzad ◽  
Naveed Anwer ◽  
Maham Afridi ◽  
Yousef S. Khader ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Demographic Data ◽  
Smart Phone ◽  
Measurement Instrument ◽  
Sampling Technique ◽  
Cost Effective ◽  
Cross Sectional Study ◽  
Smart Phones ◽  
Smartphone Addiction ◽  
Cross Sectional Survey ◽  
Cross Sectional

BACKGROUND COVID-19 Lockdown has limited the non-essential movement of people. Consequently, the effects of lockdown had a remarkable impact on everyday life, including health, social sector, economic decline, supply chain sectors and education sector. Just because the social distancing is in ascend, people are looking up new ways to connect and Smart Phones are the most convenient, accessible, and cost-effective way to stay connected during this pandemic. People have become significantly dependent on their smart phones during COVID-19 pandemic that allow to work from home and stay connected with the world. Smartphone addiction is known as nomophobia (NMP) which is a fear of not using smart phone. OBJECTIVE This nondrug addiction is as dangerous as drug addiction. It produces behavioral modifications in everyday habits and actions. Much research is available on nomophobia, to the best of author’s knowledge, there is no literature available on the prevalence of NMP during COVID-19 lockdown METHODS It was a descriptive cross-sectional study. Subjects fulfilling the selection criteria were enrolled in the study through public sector universities of Islamabad and Rawalpindi. Non- Probability convenient sampling technique was used to select 580 students of both genders from 18 to 24 years of age. 18 Students who were corona positive or having any known psychiatric disorder were excluded from the study. A cross sectional survey was conducted online by via Google form. Validated Nomophobia Questionnaire (NMP-Q) was utilized. A self-reported questionnaire regarding demographic data and information regarding use of smart phone. It is the most widely used measurement instrument, proposed by Yildrim and Correia, anyone can use it for noncommercial research and educational projects. NMP-Q includes 20 Likert scale items rated from 1 strongly disagree to 7 strongly agree. The lowest score on the NMP-Q is 20 and 140 is the highest. 20 represent absent of nomophobia, 21 – 59 mild level, 60 – 99 moderate level and 100 – 140 severe nomophobia. Google forms automatically analyzed the collected data. RESULTS A total of 580 subjects 290 (50%) were male and 290 (50%) were female. Mean age was 21 ± 2.3 years. Out of 580 subjects 460(79.31%) were nomophobic. Subject who had severe nomophobia were 19%, moderate nomophobia 58% and mild nomophobia 23%. Subject reported that they could not stay away from their smart phones and keep their phones with them even at bedtime. 226 (38.9%) subjects never turned their phone off. 253 (43.6%) subjects carry a power bank with them so they may not run out of battery. Out of 290 female students 199 (68.6%) were nomophobic and out of 290 male subjects 261 (90%) were nomophobic. So, nomophobia was more prevalent in male. Most frequent reason for using smart phone was social networking (WhatsApp, Facebook, twitter, Instagram, tiktok, snapchat) 91% and playing games 73%. CONCLUSIONS High prevalence of nomophobia was found. Due to COVID -19 lockdown students have straight off become dependent on smart phones that allow them to work and learn from home and take online classes. Smart phone is only source of entertainment for them so there is a huge percentage of a student having moderate nomophobia. So time of using smart phones should be regularized in order to avoid serious harmful effects due to prolong use.

scholarly journals Prevalence of smart phone addiction, sleep quality and associated behaviour problems in adolescents

2017 ◽  
Vol 5 (2) ◽  
pp. 515 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ruchi Soni ◽  
Ritesh Upadhyay ◽  
Mahendra Jain
Keyword(s):  
Sleep Quality ◽  
Smart Phone ◽  
Cross Sectional Study ◽  
Smart Phones ◽  
Behaviour Problems ◽  
User Group ◽  
School Students ◽  
Cross Sectional ◽  
Physical Health Problems ◽  
The Impact

Background: World is ever changing due to advancement in realm of science and technology, one such advancement is in field of smart phones. The ubiquity of smart phone technology raises concern for its addiction among adolescents and its relationship with quality of sleep, mental and physical health problems. Objective of the study was to investigate magnitude of smart phone addiction and evaluate the impact of smart phone addiction on their mental health and sleep quality.Methods: A cross‑sectional study was conducted on sample comprising of 587 students of repudiated school. Students were assessed with a specially designed proforma and Smart phone addiction scale (SAS) which was self‑administered by the students. Subjects were classified into smartphone non-user group, a low smartphone user group and a high smartphone user group. Subsequently depression anxiety and stress sub scores (DASS-21) scale were administered to asses associated behaviour problems, investigate sleep quality Pittsburgh sleep quality inventory was administered (PSQI).Results: Out of 587 subjects who completed the questionnaires 12.9% (n=76) were not using smart phones, (n=315) 53.62% were low users and (n=196) 33.3% were high users of Smart phone as estimated by Smart Phone addiction scale. Those who used smart phone excessively had high Global PSQI scores and DASS-21scores in terms of depression, anxiety and stress.Conclusions: With increasing popularity of smart phones, youths spend significant time on smart phone thereby developing addictive tendencies. This study concludes that youths are not only addicted but are also developing significant sleep and behaviour problems owing to excessive smart phone usage.

scholarly journals The impact of pictorial warning attached on cigarette packet to the attitude of smoking habit

2020 ◽  
Vol 2 (Number 1) ◽  
pp. 20-23
Author(s):  
Dr. Kamrun Nahar ◽  
Prof. Dr. Belal Ahmed ◽  
Prof. Dr. Md. Khorshed Alam
Keyword(s):  
Smoking Habit ◽  
Sampling Technique ◽  
Age Group ◽  
Cross Sectional ◽  
Face To Face ◽  
Quit Smoking ◽  
Warning Message ◽  
Attitude And Practice ◽  
The Impact ◽  
Structured Questionnaire

This was a cross sectional descriptive study conducted to assess the effect pictorial warning message on cigarette packets to the attitude and practice of smokers using a semi-structured questionnaire employing purposive sampling technique with a sample size of 214 by face to face interview carried out in different cities, towns, and villages of Bangladesh from August 2016 to February 2017. Almost 97.6% were male and Most of the respondents (40.9%) belonged to the 20-29 years age group. Majority (58.3%) of them were educated from secondary to graduate few percent below primary. Highest 22.9% respondents were students followed by 17.6% private job holder, 16.9% day labor and only 1.4% was jobless. About 40.2% started smoking by the influence of friends, 26.2% started on curiosity and 20% due to depression and majority 41.0% smoked 1-5 cigarette sticks per day. More than half (65.5%) of respondents felt relax to refreshing by smoking and about two third 77.6% continued their smoking due to habitual act or psychological pleasure Almost 93.4% gave attention to the pictorial warning on the cigarette packets. About 46.4% thought pictorial warning in cigarette packets alarms for not to smoke and only 23.8% thought smoking will cause cancer; 21.4% thought smoking is injurious to health. After seeing the pictorial warning on cigarettes 57.6% reduced the smoking number of sticks per day also attempted to quit smoking. To reduce this restricting the advertisement of tobacco, arranging campaign to raise awareness among people about the health and environmental hazards of smoking and increase the tax on tobacco.

scholarly journals Knowledge and practices regarding infection control among nurses in secondary level hospital

2021 ◽  
Vol 6 (4) ◽  
pp. 731-737
Author(s):  
Ringku Das ◽  
Ashees Kumar Saha ◽  
Priti Kana Barua ◽  
Jay Priya Borua ◽  
Nasima Akhter ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Infection Control ◽  
Sampling Technique ◽  
Secondary Level ◽  
Cross Sectional Study ◽  
Knowledge Level ◽  
Cross Sectional ◽  
Face To Face ◽  
Control Education ◽  
Strongly Agree ◽  
Level Hospital

Infection control and standard precautions is evidence-based practices that can reduce the risk of transmission of microorganisms. Infection control education is a fundamental component of the Nursing curriculum. A cross-sectional study was conducted to assess the level of knowledge and practices regarding infection control among nurses in secondary level hospital at 250 beds Chittagong General Hospital and Fouzderhat TB Hospital, Chittagong. The study period was 1st January to 31st December 2018. Total 182 nurses were included in this study. The respondents were selected by purposive sampling technique and data were collected by face to face interview. The study was found that (78.0%) respondents had fair knowledge and (90.2%) had fair practices regarding infection control. The study also revealed that, 161 (88.5%) respondents awarded about hand washing, 179 (98.4%) respondents were concerned about waste management and 93 (51.1%) respondents agree and 85 (46.7%) respondents strongly agree about PPE use is important. Significant statistical difference was found between working experience and knowledge level. This study can be concluded that in spite of practice level regarding infection control, nurses had fair knowledge level. These finding suggest that nurse knowledge and practice regarding infection control need further improvement. Asian J. Med. Biol. Res. December 2020, 6(4): 731-737

Contributions of Non-professional Local Physical Therapist In the Promotion of Community Health Activities in the Arsi Zone, Southeast Ethiopia (Preprint)

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Leta Melaku
Keyword(s):  
Health Promotion ◽  
Physical Therapy ◽  
Physical Therapists ◽  
Physical Therapist ◽  
Sampling Technique ◽  
Cross Sectional Study ◽  
Cross Sectional ◽  
Arsi Zone ◽  
Southeast Ethiopia ◽  
The Impact

BACKGROUND Physical activity is a first-line therapy and secures against persistent illnesses. Essential medical care professionals are obviously situated to advance actual action. Active recuperation mediations focused on advancement and upkeep of wellbeing, personal satisfaction, and wellness. There is, notwithstanding, a deficiency of such examination proof in Ethiopia. OBJECTIVE We planned to assess the degree of KAP of nonprofessional local physical therapists' towards wellbeing advancement in Arsi zone of Oromia, Southeast Ethiopia. METHODS Community based cross sectional study was conducted in April 2018 among 45 physical therapists. Data were collected using pre-tested, structured and self-administrative questionnaires. Participants were selected by quota sampling technique. The questionnaire was drafted specifically to test the KAP. Data were double entered and analyzed by SPSS Version 20.0 program. Descriptive statistics were used. The KAP were estimated using proportion. RESULTS In present response rate is 90.0%. Ages of respondents ranged between 24 – 87 years. 57.8% of participants got initial physical therapy knowledge from either of their parents. 53.3% of the respondents hear about health promotion from families and friends. 57.8% of them provided health promotion at their workplace. The overall percentage of all the respondents’ KAP in health promotion was 60.1%. CONCLUSIONS The respondents’ have good KAP towards health promotion. However there is still room for improvement. Also there is a lack of proper guide lines in determining the impact physical therapy.

scholarly journals Impact of COVID-19 on the Mental Health of Medical Students in Portugal

2021 ◽  
Vol 11 (10) ◽  
pp. 986
Author(s):  
Ricardo Campos ◽  
Vânia Pinto ◽  
Daniela Alves ◽  
Celina Pires Rosa ◽  
Henrique Pereira
Keyword(s):  
Mental Health ◽  
Medical Students ◽  
Negative Impact ◽  
Statistical Processing ◽  
Cross Sectional Study ◽  
Cross Sectional ◽  
Face To Face ◽  
Anonymous Questionnaire ◽  
The Impact ◽  
Academic Year

(1) Background: The purpose of this article is to assess the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on the mental health of medical students in Portugal in the period after returning to face-to-face classes during the COVID-19 pandemic, in the 2020/2021 academic year. (2) Methods: We conducted an observational, descriptive, and cross-sectional study, between December 2020 and February 2021 with a representative sample of Portuguese medical students (n = 649), applying an anonymous questionnaire which was composed by a sociodemographic characterization, The Brief Symptoms Inventory–18, The Fear of COVID-19 Scale and the Negative Impact Assessment Scale. For statistical processing, Statistical Package for Social Sciences (SPSS ©) was used. (3) Results: 65.3% of participants said that self-perceived relevant anxiety symptoms, and around 10% said that they had a physical or a mental illness diagnosis. Significant differences (p < 0.05) were found for Fear of COVID-19, Somatization, Anxiety and Overall Mental Health, indicating that women, students from the 1st and last years of training had higher scores. Age, year of training, Fear of COVID-19 and Negative Impact of COVID-19 were significant predictors of overall mental health. (4) Conclusion: In our sample of Portuguese medical students, age, year of training, but mostly fear of COVID-19 and the negative impact of COVID-19 contributed to mental health symptoms.

scholarly journals Perceptions and Attitude of Women of Luderitz, Namibia on Pap Smear

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Lucia Hausiku ◽  
Koffi Kouame ◽  
Yapo Guillaume Aboua
Keyword(s):  
Cervical Cancer ◽  
Cervical Carcinoma ◽  
Pap Smear ◽  
Sampling Technique ◽  
Cross Sectional Study ◽  
Screening Tests ◽  
Cross Sectional ◽  
Multiple Sexual Partners ◽  
Motivation Factors ◽  
The Impact

Abstract Background: Cervical cancer is one of the leading malignancies globally and has taken third place in Namibia amongst women aged 15-44 years. Infection with the Human Immunodeficiency Virus (HIV) has been proven to increase women’s susceptibility to developing cervical carcinoma. Sadly, Namibia carries a twin burden of HIV and cervical cancer. Namibians are aware of HIV/AIDS, but remain poorly informed about cervical cancer. Furthermore, among those who are aware of the disease, low utilisation of screening tests have been reported. Objective: The purpose was to explore perceptions and attitudes held by women about cervical cancer, reasons for low uptake of Pap smear testing amongst those who are aware of the malignancy as well as unearth motivation factors that has fuelled women to go for screening. Methodology: A descriptive, cross-sectional study was conducted using convenience sampling as a sampling technique. The survey instrument used was a self-administered questionnaire. It consisted of both closed and open ended questions. A total of 136 women were surveyed. Results and conclusion: The level of awareness for cervical cancer (92.6%) and Pap smear (93.4%) were high. Most were able to identify that pap smear test is used for screening for pre-cancerous lesions. However, knowledge about the impact of a HIV positive status along with co infection with HPV as the leading causes for progression of invasive cervical carcinoma was not well known. Knowledge about the other risk factors such as multiple sexual partners (39.7%), early sex debut (34.9%) and smoking was poorly demonstrated. This suggests that a high awareness level does not necessarily translate into having a good perception or understanding of a disease. A good attitude towards screening was observed although less than half of the study population reported ever having a test done.

scholarly journals Prevalence and Predictors of Exclusive Breastfeeding Practices In Seberang Ulu I, Palembang: A Cross-Sectional Study

2019 ◽  
Vol 10 (3) ◽  
pp. 163-171
Author(s):  
Indah Purnama Sari ◽  
Dewi Handayani ◽  
Fatmalina Febry
Keyword(s):  
Exclusive Breastfeeding ◽  
Health Workers ◽  
Multiple Logistic Regression Analysis ◽  
Sampling Technique ◽  
Cross Sectional Study ◽  
Sectional Study ◽  
Cross Sectional ◽  
Face To Face ◽  
Breastfeeding Practices ◽  
The Face

Exclusive breastfeeding is one of the successful indicators in improving the health of babies. From 2013 until 2014, the practice of exclusive breastfeeding has decreased in Indonesia and has not reached the national targets of around 80% of babies being exclusively breastfed. This study aimed to identify the prevalence and determinants of exclusive breastfeeding in Seberang Ulu I, Palembang. A community-based cross sectional study was executed from July 5, 2016 to August 5, 2016 among mothers who had infants aged less than six months. A purposive sampling technique was used to select a sample of 125 participants. Data were collected using a structured questionnaire by the face-to-face interview technique. Bivariate and multiple logistic regression analysis were used to determine factors associated with the practice of breastfeeding exclusively and to control confounding effects. The prevalence of exclusive breastfeeding was 26.4% (95% CI: 20.0%-35.1%). After adjusting for confounders (mothers’ attitudes and health workers’ support), mothers who had good knowledge were 11.66 times more likely to breastfeed exclusively than those who had poor knowledge (AOR: 11.66, 95% CI: 3.07-44.31). The prevalence of exclusive breastfeeding in Seberang Ulu I, Palembang, was still very low and has not reached the national target. The recommendation is to maximize the role of health workers in providing information about exclusive breastfeeding, so that they can continue providing motivation for mothers, husbands and families, so that the success and sustainability of exclusive breastfeeding practices could be achieved.   Keywords: Mother’s knowledge, mother’s attitude, health workers support, exclusive breastfeeding

scholarly journals Impact of Hemodialysis on patient’s livelihood in Faisalabad Punjab Pakistan.

2019 ◽  
Vol 26 (12) ◽  
pp. 2100-2104
Author(s):  
Muhammad Nafees ◽  
Zahira Batool ◽  
Aqib Rehman ◽  
M. Rizwan Ashraf ◽  
Habib Aslam Gaba
Keyword(s):  
Sampling Technique ◽  
Simple Random Sampling ◽  
Cross Sectional Study ◽  
Religious Activities ◽  
Cross Sectional ◽  
Dialysis Center ◽  
Negative Effect ◽  
Policy Measures ◽  
Multistage Sampling ◽  
The Impact

Hemodialysis adversely affects many dimensions of the patients. So this study was carried out to assess the impact of hemodialysis on livelihood of the patients. Objectives: To study the socio-economic characteristics of Hemodialysis (HD) dependent patients, to explore the impact of hemodialysis on the livelihood of the patients, and to suggest some suitable policy measures. Study Design: Cross sectional study. Setting: At Dialysis Center of DHQ Hospital Faisalabad, Punjab, Pakistan. Period: May 2018 November 2018. Material & Methods: Multistage sampling technique was used, at 1st step a public sector dialysis center was selected through simple random sampling and then 109 adult patients were conveniently selected and interviewed through self-designed interview schedule. Data analysis and interpretation was executed using (SPSS version 24). Multiple linear regression was applied to study the relevant significance of predicting variables and to check the impact of different variables on respondent’s livelihood (response variable). Conclusion: It was found that due to rigorous schedule of HD most of the respondents were unable to perform their economic, social and religious activities; also they were depending on their caregivers for their routine activities. Resultantly, lower SES (socio-economic) has a negative effect on health in patients with undergoing dialysis involving fewer personal resources and lower levels of social support to deal with stress imposed by HD. Hence HD was negatively affecting their livelihood, so there is dire need to address these problems of HD dependent segment.

scholarly journals Impact of Hospital Breast Feeding Awareness Among Lactating Mothers in Maternal and Children Hospital, AL-Hassa, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia

2019 ◽  
Vol 11 (4) ◽  
pp. 32
Author(s):  
Esra O. Takrouni ◽  
Rawabi A. Al Dawlah ◽  
Shaimaa Khalifah ◽  
Gihan Y. Ali ◽  
Farah M. Al-Aithan
Keyword(s):  
Saudi Arabia ◽  
Sampling Technique ◽  
Cross Sectional Study ◽  
Cross Sectional ◽  
Awareness Program ◽  
Level Of Satisfaction ◽  
Mother And Child ◽  
The One ◽  
Child Hospital ◽  
The Impact

BACKGROUND &amp; AIM: Insufficient knowledge and practice of breastfeeding may have serious disadvantages both on mother and child health. This study explores methods used in MCH based breastfeeding awareness program, level of benefit gained by newly delivered mothers after receiving the awareness, and the impact of mother&rsquo;s sociodemographic on the level of perceived benefit gained by them. SUBJECTS &amp; METHODS: A prospective cross-sectional study applying random sampling technique was established. A self-administered questionnaire was distributed targeting newly delivered mother in maternal and child hospital in Al-Hassa, Saudi Arabia. It included two main parts: socio-demographic characteristics of the mothers, and questions related to the hospital breastfeeding awareness program. RESULTS: from the overall sample, hospital awareness was received by 47.5% of newly delivered mothers. The most common method to provide the knowledge was the Verbal demonstration representing 50% of the mothers. They were followed by brochures representing 39% and last, audios constituting only 3.6%. From these methods, the verbal demonstration showed to be the one with the highest level of satisfaction and benefit reaching up to 85%. CONCLUSION: Breastfeeding awareness has a significant impact among both newly and non-newly delivered mothers with Hospitals playing a major role in this health education. The choice of method to provide breastfeeding awareness can contribute to the compliance of mothers as well as the level of their benefit and satisfaction.

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