Physical and psychosocial disorders related to smartphone addiction among youth in Malaysia

OMAR SHAH, MUHAMAD SHAHEZWAN (2022) Physical and psychosocial disorders related to smartphone addiction among youth in Malaysia. [Project Paper] (Submitted)

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Abstract

Introduction: Smartphone is a Handheld Electronic Device capable of performing a variety of functions. Due to the increased usage particularly by the youth these days, users have been reported in previous studies to exhibit sign and symptoms akin to addiction in circumstances when the device were inaccessible. Being a public health concern, there is a need to establish the severity and risk factors including other associated effects physiologically and psychologically. Objectives: This study aims to determine the association between sociodemographic characteristics, smartphone usage and smartphone addiction with musculoskeletal disorders, depression, anxiety, and stress (MSDs and DAS) among youth in Malaysia. Methodology: A cross-sectional study was conducted involving youth in Malaysia. Convenience sampling was used to recruit the respondents. A set of self-administered online questionnaire which includes Smartphone Addiction Scale (SAS-sv), Modified Nordic Musculoskeletal Questionnaire (mNMQ) and Depression, Anxiety and Stress Scale (DASS-21) were utilized in this study. Results and Discussion: A total of 945 respondents have participated in this study, but only 723 data were eligible for further analysis. The females (77.9%) dominate the category followed by the males (22.1%). The median age of respondents was 22 years old (IQR=5). The average duration of smartphone usage in this study was 7.00 (IQR=5.45) hours per day. The prevalence of smartphone addiction, self-reported MSDs (12-months), depression, anxiety and stress among the respondents were 63.1%, 77.0%, 55.9%, 67.2% and 42.3% respectively. This study found significant associations between smartphone usage on typical day (hours) (χ2= 7.741, p=0.005; 12 months; χ2= 3.960, p=0.047; 7 days), smartphone addiction (χ2= 27.647, p<0.001; 12 months; χ2= 17.745; p<0.001; 7 days) with MSDs. Moreover, this study also found significant associations between smartphone usage in a typical day (hours) (χ2= 15.863, p<0.001; depression; χ2= 11.342, p=0.001; anxiety; χ2= 6.059; p=0.014; stress), smartphone addiction (χ2= 29.835, p<0.001; depression; χ2= 23.417, p<0.001; anxiety; χ2= 24.917, p<0.001; stress) with DAS. Conclusion: There appear to be valid concern of the health disorders (MSDs and DAS) self-reported by the youth participated in this study as they may be influenced by not only sociodemographic characteristics, but also smartphones usage which warrant further research. Keywords: Smartphone Addiction, Musculoskeletal Disorders (MSDs), Depression, Anxiety and Stress (DAS), Youth

Item Type:	Project Paper
Faculty:	Faculty of Medicine and Health Science
Depositing User:	Mr Hafizzuddin Hamidon
Date Deposited:	24 Aug 2023 03:12
Last Modified:	24 Aug 2023 03:12
URI:	http://psaspb.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/1159

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