Evaluating the relationship between smartphone addiction/overuse and musculoskeletal pain among medical students at Qassim University

Evaluating the relationship between smartphone addiction/overuse and musculoskeletal pain among medical students at Qassim University

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Background: Smartphone use has greatly increased in recent days, and most of the daily tasks are done through these devices.As a result, long time use may involve bad posture that may result in musculoskeletal pain.Therefore, it is important to evaluate the association between addiction/overuse of smartphones and Hobby Paint musculoskeletal pain.Aim: To determine the prevalence of addictive/overuse of smartphones among medical students and to investigate if there is an association between smartphone addiction and musculoskeletal pain.Method: A cross-sectional study conducted at Qassim University, medical college.

The Smartphone Addiction Scale Short Version (SAS-SV) was used to measure the level of smartphone addiction while the Nordic musculoskeletal questionnaire (NMQ) was utilized to evaluate the musculoskeletal pain.Results: The prevalence of smartphone addiction among medical students was relatively high (60.3%).The most frequent pain related to smartphone addiction was in the neck Airliner (60.8%), followed by lower back (46.

8%), shoulder (40.0%).The academic year level was statistically associated with the level of smartphone addiction.Moreover, we found a significant relationship between musculoskeletal pain and smartphone addiction at certain body regions, neck, wrist/hand and knees, Other musculoskeletal parameters included in the test were found to have no statistically significant association.Conclusion: More than half of the medical students identified as addicted to smartphones.

The most common musculoskeletal pain was the neck, lower back, and shoulder.The academic year level found to have a significant association with the level of smartphone addiction while musculoskeletal pain such as neck, wrist, and knee were the independent significant factors of smartphone addiction; therefore, it is important to educate the community about the effect of being addicted to smartphone use in order to prevent the consequences of this behavior.