2024, Vol. 11, Issue 3, Part F

Introduction: The most popular portable electronic device in use today is a mobile phone. At least 91% of people worldwide, according to latest estimates, own a mobile phone. Modern information and communication technologies, notably smartphones and mobile devices, have significantly changed people's daily lives, especially those of students. However, there are limited studies conducted on the association of duration of mobile phone used and neck pain in school students.

Objective: To determine the duration of using mobile phone and neck pain in school students.

Methodology: A cross-sectional study was conducted on 415 subjects (13-17 years old) in school students. A self-administered, internet and intranet mediated questionnaire was created using Google Form and distributed to respondents. The questionnaire is having 3 sections: Section A is demographic data such as age and gender, Section B includes behavioral factors such as duration and posture of using mobile phone, Section C includes the experienced in neck pain and pain scale based on visual analogue scale.

Results: Analysis showed that there was significant association between average duration of using mobile phone with neck pain among school students. Spearman correlation test showed moderate correlation which is 0.462 and p value is statistically significant (p value= 0.000) which is <0.05.

Conclusion: There was significant association of duration of mobile phone usage and neck pain among school students.