Impact of mobile phone usage on health of undergraduate medical students

4^th International Conference and Exhibition on Biometrics & Biostatistics

November 16-18, 2015 San Antonio, USA

Asif Hanif

Gulab Devi Postgraduate Medical Institute, Pakistan

Posters-Accepted Abstracts: J Appl Computat Math

Abstract :

The objective of this study was to know the impact of mobile phone usage on undergraduate medical studentsâ�� health. This cross sectional survey was done on 300 (apparently healthy) medical students (physiotherapy and allied health science) from various institutes of Lahore, Pakistan. Students with musculoskeletal or other physical disability were excluded from the study. We gave self-designed proforma to 300 students (18-26 years) in which return rate of questionnaire was almost 100% because questionnaires were filled during class lecture of Biostatistics and Research Methodology taught by the principal investigator of this research. The average age of students was 20.34�±2.1 years. There were more female students as compared to male students. The prevalence of mobile usage among those students was 99.96% (299/300). The main purpose of mobile usage was talking, texting, internet browsing and radio/music listening. Most common musculoskeletal disorder was pain in caropmetacarpal joint, neck and shoulder pain, eyes strain and warmth behind ears. Many students reported sleep disturbance and lack of interest in class during lecture.

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