The Effect of Smartphone Use on Neck Pain in Housewives

Abstract

Objective: Neck pain is becoming an important health problem lately. One of the most important reasons for this is the increase in the use of smartphones with technological developments. The aim of our study is to examine the effect of smartphone use on neck pain in housewives.
Materials and Methods: A total of 169 housewives, aged 25 and 50 (38.22 ± 7.24 years) living in Denizli and having neck pain, were included in the study. Housewives participating in the study were asked to answer a questionnaire consisting of demographic data form, Smartphone Addiction Scale (SAS), Neck Disability Index (NDI), Neck Bournemouth Questionnaire (NBQ).
Results: It was found that 42% of the housewives have been using a smart phone for 6-10 years, and when the daily phone usage times were examined, it was determined that 53.3% of the housewives used a smart phone for 2-5 hours a day. While 96.4% of the participants stated that they experienced neck pain at least once in the last 12 months, 82.8% of them experienced neck pain after using a smartphone for a long time.
Conclusions: The long usage period of smart phones, which have become indispensable in recent years, and the high addiction to smart phones cause neck disability and the severity of neck disability in housewives. We think that the effect of smartphone use on neck pain should be examined with different evaluations with more comprehensive studies in terms of public health.

Keywords

• Smartphone
• Addiction
• Neck Pain

Ev Hanımlarında Akıllı Telefon Kullanımının Boyun Ağrısına Etkisi

Abstract

Giriş: Boyun ağrısı, günümüzde önemli bir sağlık sorunu haline gelmektedir. Bunun en önemli nedenlerinden biri de teknolojik gelişmeler ile birlikte akıllı telefonların kullanımın artmasıdır. Çalışmamızın amacı ev hanımlarında akıllı telefon kullanımının boyun ağrısına olan etkisini incelemektir.
Materyal-Metot: Çalışmaya Denizli ilinde yaşayan 25-50 (38,22 ± 7,24 yıl) yaş aralığında ve boyun ağrısı olan toplam 169 ev hanımı dahil edildi. Çalışmaya katılan ev hanımlarından demografik veri formu, Akıllı Telefon Bağımlılık Ölçeği (ATÖ), Boyun Özürlülük İndeksi (BÖİ), Bournemouth Boyun Anketi (BBA)’nden oluşan anket formunu cevaplamaları istendi.
Bulgular: Ev hanımlarının %42’sinin 6-10 yıldır akıllı telefon kullandığı, günlük telefon kullanım süreleri incelendiğinde ev hanımlarının %53,3’ünün günlük 2-5 saat akıllı telefon kullandığı tespit edildi. Katılımcıların %96,4’ü son 12 ayda en az 1 kez boyun ağrısı yaşadığını belirtirken, %82,8’inin uzun süre akıllı telefon kullanımı sonrası boyun ağrısı yaşadığı kaydedildi.
Sonuç: Son yıllarda vazgeçilmez hale gelen akıllı telefonların kullanım süresinin uzun olması, akıllı telefon bağımlılığının fazla olması ev hanımlarında boyun özrüne ve boyun özür şiddetinin artmasına sebep olmaktadır. Toplum sağlığı açısından daha kapsamlı çalışmalar ile akıllı telefon kullanımının boyun ağrısı üzerindeki etkisinin farklı değerlendirmeler ile ele alınarak incelenmesi gerektiğini düşünmekteyiz

Keywords

• Akıllı Telefon
• Bağımlılık
• Boyun Ağrısı

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