Smartphone use and its impact on ocular health among university students in Saudi Arabia

Background: People are increasingly using mobile phones rather than fixed telephones. Nearly everyone has a mobile phone and the vast majority of these are smartphone. The patterns of smartphone activities may put a significant number of populations especially students at risk of negative ocular pro...

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Autores principales:	Lotfi F Issa, Khaled A Alqurashi, Talal Althomali, Talal A Alzahrani, Abdullah S Aljuaid, Tariq M Alharthi
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Publicado:	Wolters Kluwer Medknow Publications 2021
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spelling	oai:doaj.org-article:c5c38d722b0942e8a95249242abef6832021-11-12T10:11:33ZSmartphone use and its impact on ocular health among university students in Saudi Arabia2008-78022008-821310.4103/ijpvm.IJPVM_382_19https://doaj.org/article/c5c38d722b0942e8a95249242abef6832021-01-01T00:00:00Zhttp://www.ijpvmjournal.net/article.asp?issn=2008-7802;year=2021;volume=12;issue=1;spage=149;epage=149;aulast=Issahttps://doaj.org/toc/2008-7802https://doaj.org/toc/2008-8213Background: People are increasingly using mobile phones rather than fixed telephones. Nearly everyone has a mobile phone and the vast majority of these are smartphone. The patterns of smartphone activities may put a significant number of populations especially students at risk of negative ocular problems. To determine the prevalence, pattern, and impact of smartphone use on ocular health among University students. Methods: A cross-sectional study was conducted and 760 male and female students were selected from Medical and Pharmacy Colleges by multistage random sampling. A self-administered structured questionnaire including sociodemographic and visual manifestations data was used to collect data. SPSS program version 22 was used to analyze data. Results: Out of 760 students selected, 546 (71.8%) responded. The overall prevalence of smartphone use was 90.84%. However, the age range for the beginning of smartphone use was 12–18 years old (68.3%). In addition, the daily duration of smartphone use was 4–6 h/day (30.2%). Furthermore, females believed that they use smartphone more than usual compared to males. Moreover, ocular pain and/or dryness after prolonged time spent on smartphone use were more among smartphone users (39.7%). Finally, most of the students (66.0%) had one or more ocular problems after smartphone use. Conclusions: There is an association between smartphone use and occurrence of ocular manifestations. Health education programs on smartphone use and its ocular hazards are highly recommended.Lotfi F IssaKhaled A AlqurashiTalal AlthomaliTalal A AlzahraniAbdullah S AljuaidTariq M AlharthiWolters Kluwer Medknow Publicationsarticle smartphonestudentssaudi arabiauniversities MedicineRENInternational Journal of Preventive Medicine, Vol 12, Iss 1, Pp 149-149 (2021)
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spellingShingle	smartphone students saudi arabia universities Medicine R Lotfi F Issa Khaled A Alqurashi Talal Althomali Talal A Alzahrani Abdullah S Aljuaid Tariq M Alharthi Smartphone use and its impact on ocular health among university students in Saudi Arabia
description	Background: People are increasingly using mobile phones rather than fixed telephones. Nearly everyone has a mobile phone and the vast majority of these are smartphone. The patterns of smartphone activities may put a significant number of populations especially students at risk of negative ocular problems. To determine the prevalence, pattern, and impact of smartphone use on ocular health among University students. Methods: A cross-sectional study was conducted and 760 male and female students were selected from Medical and Pharmacy Colleges by multistage random sampling. A self-administered structured questionnaire including sociodemographic and visual manifestations data was used to collect data. SPSS program version 22 was used to analyze data. Results: Out of 760 students selected, 546 (71.8%) responded. The overall prevalence of smartphone use was 90.84%. However, the age range for the beginning of smartphone use was 12–18 years old (68.3%). In addition, the daily duration of smartphone use was 4–6 h/day (30.2%). Furthermore, females believed that they use smartphone more than usual compared to males. Moreover, ocular pain and/or dryness after prolonged time spent on smartphone use were more among smartphone users (39.7%). Finally, most of the students (66.0%) had one or more ocular problems after smartphone use. Conclusions: There is an association between smartphone use and occurrence of ocular manifestations. Health education programs on smartphone use and its ocular hazards are highly recommended.
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author	Lotfi F Issa Khaled A Alqurashi Talal Althomali Talal A Alzahrani Abdullah S Aljuaid Tariq M Alharthi
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title	Smartphone use and its impact on ocular health among university students in Saudi Arabia
title_short	Smartphone use and its impact on ocular health among university students in Saudi Arabia
title_full	Smartphone use and its impact on ocular health among university students in Saudi Arabia
title_fullStr	Smartphone use and its impact on ocular health among university students in Saudi Arabia
title_full_unstemmed	Smartphone use and its impact on ocular health among university students in Saudi Arabia
title_sort	smartphone use and its impact on ocular health among university students in saudi arabia
publisher	Wolters Kluwer Medknow Publications
publishDate	2021
url	https://doaj.org/article/c5c38d722b0942e8a95249242abef683
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Smartphone use and its impact on ocular health among university students in Saudi Arabia

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