Relationship of SmartPhone Use Addiction With Musculoskeletal System and Cognitive Flexibility

Investigation of the Relationship of Smart Phone Use Addiction With Musculoskeletal System Problems and Cognitive Flexibility

Status

Completed

Phases

Unknown

Study type

Observational

Source

ClinicalTrials.gov

Registry ID

NCT03772782

Enrollment

325

Registered

2018-12-11

Start date

2019-01-30

Completion date

2019-06-12

Last updated

2019-11-14

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Conditions

Cognitive Flexiblity, Musculoskeletal, Smartphone

Brief summary

Smartphones have become a part of everyday life, but with some problems. Researches have pointed out that smartphone addiction can cause both physical and mental problems.

Detailed description

Smartphones have become a part of everyday life, but with some problems. Developments in communication technologies have also improved the capacities and limits of smartphones. This has led to the increased availability of smartphones in daily life. Smartphones have become a part of everyday life, but with some problems. Smartphone addiction has been an important topic of research and discussion as a type of addiction that develops depending on the frequency of smartphone use. Researches have pointed out that smartphone addiction can cause both physical and mental problems. As a result of a study conducted in the literature, continuous use of smartphones has been found to cause sleep disturbances, stress, anxiety, decrease in physical activities and many diseases. In this study, the relationship between the concept of smartphone addiction and musculoskeletal problems and cognitive flexibility in young people will be investigated.

Interventions

None listed

Study design

Observational model

OTHER

Time perspective

OTHER

Eligibility

Sex/Gender

ALL

Age

18 Years to 25 Years

Healthy volunteers

Yes

Inclusion criteria

* University students * Without any known physical and/or psychological disorders * Using a smartphone * Volunteer

Exclusion criteria

Have any physical and/or psychological disorders

Design outcomes

Primary

Measure	Time frame	Description
Smartphone addiction scale score	at the end of the third month	The Smartphone Addiction Scale (SAS) is a33-item, six-point Likert-type self-rating scale.

Countries

Turkey (Türkiye)

Outcome results