A cross-sectional study on the relationship between smartphone addiction and sociodemographic factors on migraine among medical students in University Putra Malaysia (UPM), 2020.

Burairah, Nurul Syafiqah and Qing, On Shi and Kanthasamy, Vimalraj (2020) A cross-sectional study on the relationship between smartphone addiction and sociodemographic factors on migraine among medical students in University Putra Malaysia (UPM), 2020. [Project Paper] (Submitted)

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Abstract

Background: Migraine is a major disabling disease worldwide. It can affect the quality of life and academic performances of students. Smartphone addiction has also become a worrying situation among the young population as the advancement of models and functions of smartphones. This study aimed to determine the relationship between smartphone addiction and sociodemographic factors on migraine among medical students in University Putra Malaysia. Materials and Methods: A cross sectional study was conducted from June 2020 until October 2020 in UPM, Serdang, Selangor. Through random sampling, 150 medical students were chosen from Year 1 to Year 5 medical students to participate in a self-administered, pretested questionnaire. Migraine was screened by ID-Migraine questionnaire and Smartphone addiction was screened by Smartphone Addiction Scale (SAS). Data was analysed using SPSS Version 25. All hypotheses tested were two sided and level of significance was set at 0.05. Result: Out of 137 respondents, majority of them which were 88 (64.2%) were female, 40 (29.2%) were Year 1 medical students and 67 (48.9%) were from T20 family. 73(53.3%) medical students have smartphone addiction and 29(21.2%) experienced migraine. 11(37.9%) medical students categorized into Grade 1 disability of migraine. There was no significant association between smartphone addiction(p=0.137), gender (p=0.784), year of study (p=0.418), and family income(p=0.342) with migraine. Conclusion: There was no relationship between smartphone addiction and sociodemographic factors on migraine among medical students. Keywords: Migraine, Smartphone Addiction, Medical students, Prevalence

Item Type:	Project Paper
Faculty:	Faculty of Medicine and Health Science
Depositing User:	Ms Norafizah Radzuan
Date Deposited:	04 Sep 2023 07:20
Last Modified:	04 Sep 2023 07:20
URI:	http://psaspb.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/1123

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