Development of Smart Phone Application for Preventing Musculoskeletal Conditions among Undergraduates with Smart Phone Addiction

Development of Smart Phone Application: Effects on Pain, Disability and Craniovertebral Angle of Undergraduates with Smart Phone Addiction

Status

Active, not recruiting

Phases

Phase 1

Study type

Interventional

Source

PACTR

Registry ID

PACTR202001512959209

Enrollment

210

Registered

2020-01-21

Start date

2019-12-31

Completion date

Unknown

Last updated

2026-09-14

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Conditions

Musculoskeletal Diseases

Interventions

subjects with smart phone addiction that have the smart phone application installed on their phones.

Smartphone application combined with educational leaflet

ergonomic educational leaflet.

Eligibility

Sex/Gender

All

Inclusion criteria

Inclusion criteria: Sex matched undergraduates that have been using smart phone for a period of 1 year. Sex matched undergraduates that score above 30 on smart phone addiction questionnaire. Sex matched undergraduates using smart phones with android operating system.

Exclusion criteria

Exclusion criteria: Undergraduates that do not use smart phone. Undergraduates using smart phones with iOS operating system. Undergraduates with history of specific spinal pathology such as neck, shoulder and low back pain as a result of cancer, tuberculosis and trauma of the spine. Undergraduates with previous back surgeries, confirmed through their past medical history. Undergraduates with history of depression. Undergraduates with history of cervicogenic headache. Undergraduates with history of respiratory distress.

Design outcomes

Primary

Measure	Time frame
Smart phone addiction, Pain, shoulder pain related diasbiity, functional disability of the low back, neck disability, depression using Short Version Smartphone addiction scale, Numerical pain rating scale, The Shoulder Pain and Disability Index (SPADI), Oswestry Disability Questionnaire (ODQ), Neck disability index, Beck Depression Inventory	—

Secondary

Measure	Time frame
Craniovertebral angle , Mobile App rating scale	—

Countries

Nigeria

Contacts

Public ContactAshiyat Akodu

Senior Lecturer

akoduashiyat@gmail.com+2348034269053

Outcome results

None listed

Source: PACTR (via WHO ICTRP) · Data processed: Sep 19, 2026