Original Research Article
Year: 2021 | Month: September | Volume: 11 | Issue: 9 | Pages: 49-54
DOI: https://doi.org/10.52403/ijhsr.20210907
A Study to Assess the Prevalence of Text Neck Syndrome and Quality of Sleep among Smartphone Users in Selected Colleges of District Ludhiana, Punjab
Amninder Kaur1, Simran Makker2
1Assistant Professor in Department of Community Health Nursing, DMCH College of Nursing, Ludhiana, Punjab, India
2Bachelor of Science in Nursing student, DMCH College of Nursing, Ludhiana, Punjab, India
Corresponding Author: Amninder Kaur
ABSTRACT
Background of Study: Text neck syndrome is an important health issues especially in developing Countries. Text Neck refers to repetitive stress injury resulted from excessive watching, texting or overusing hand held devices in a forward head posture for a long period of time. The prevalence of smartphone users worldwide will be around 2.5 billion by 2019. In 2019, the smartphone users in India are estimated to hit 340 million. However, the health effects of mobile phone usage were various on mental and physical health system, but the problem out of which cervical, neck pain and insomnia was most commonly reported.
Objectives: To assess the prevalence of Text Neck Syndrome and Quality of Sleep among smartphone users in selected colleges of District Ludhiana, Punjab.
Material and Methods: A descriptive research design was used. Purposive sampling technique was used to select 400 smartphone users. Data was gathered by using standardized tool for text neck syndrome i.e. Neck Disability Index and Pittsburgh Sleep Quality Index to assess quality of sleep. Data was analyzed by using descriptive and inferential statistics.
Results: The results of study showed that nearly half of the smartphone users 151(37.8%) had mild neck disability and (53.75%) subjects had good sleep quality whereas (46.25%) poor sleep quality. There was a statistical significant association of the text neck syndrome with sociodemographic variable habitat of smart phone users and association of sleep quality with habitat, socioeconomic status and academic course.
Conclusion: The study findings revealed that nearly 37.8% had mild neck disability and (53.75%) subjects had good sleep quality among smartphone users and was significantly associated with habitat.
Key words: Text neck syndrome, Quality of Sleep, smartphone users, repetitive stress injury.