TY  - JOUR
T1  - Relationship between digital mobile device usage duration and neck awareness, neck pain intensity and neck disability among physiotherapy and rehabilitation department students with non-specific neck pain
AU  - Onan, Dilara
AU  - Arıkan, Halime
PY  - 2025
DA  - October
Y2  - 2025
DO  - 10.31459/turkjkin.1722437
JF  - Turkish Journal of Kinesiology
JO  - Turk J Kinesiol
PB  - Nurtekin ERKMEN
WT  - DergiPark
SN  - 2459-0134
SP  - 267
EP  - 273
VL  - 11
IS  - 5
LA  - en
AB  - The aim of this study was to investigate the relationship between daily mobile phone screen time and neck pain intensity, disability, and neck awareness in university students with neck pain. A total of 92 university students (13 males, 79 females) with non-specific neck pain were included in the study. Demographic data and average daily mobile phone screen time (in minutes/day) of the individuals were recorded. Neck pain intensity was assessed using the Numerical Rating Pain Scale (NRPS), neck disability was assessed using the Neck Disability Index (NDI), and neck awareness was assessed using the Fremantle Neck Awareness Questionnaire (FreNAQ). Correlational and linear regression analyses were performed. The mean age of the individuals was 22.78 years and the mean screen time was 336.37 ± 111.51 minutes per day. A weak but statistically significant negative correlation was found between screen time and neck pain intensity (r=-0.211; p=0.044) and NDI scores (r=-0.207, p=0.048), while no significant correlation was found between screen time and FreNAQ scores (r=-0.109; p=0.303). Linear regression analyses supported that higher neck pain or disability was associated with lower screen time (p
KW  - Awareness
KW  - disability
KW  - neck pain
KW  - physiotherapy
KW  - screen time
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UR  - https://doi.org/10.31459/turkjkin.1722437
L1  - https://dergipark.org.tr/en/download/article-file/4971236
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