Mobile Phone Usage and its Health Effects Among Adults in a Semi-Urban Area of Southern India

Stalin, P; Abraham, SB; Kanimozhy, K; Rv, Prasad; Singh, Zile; Purty, AJ

doi:10.7860/jcdr/2016/16576.7074

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“…Several studies have proven that the thermal sense effect increases around the ear as mobile phone call duration increases [19-22]. It was also now well-known that when the call duration increases to ≥ 5 minutes, a thermal sense is generated from the near-field, affected by the RF-EMF via mobile phone [16].…”

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A follow-up study of the association between mobile phone use and symptoms of ill health

Cho¹,

Lim

Jang

et al. 2016

Environ Health Toxicol

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The duration and frequency of mobile phone calls, and their relationship with various health effects, have been investigated in our previous cross-sectional study. This 2-year period follow-up study aimed to assess the changes in these variables of same subjects. The study population comprised 532 non-patient adult subjects sampled from the Korean Genome Epidemiology Study. The subjects underwent a medical examination at a hospital in 2012/2013 and revisited the same hospital in 2014/2015 to have the same examination for the characteristics of mobile phone use performed. In addition, to evaluate the effects on health, the Headache Impact Test-6 (HIT-6), Psychosocial Well-being Index-Short Form, Beck Depression Inventory, Korean-Instrumental Activities of Daily Living, Perceived Stress Scale, Pittsburgh Sleep Quality Index, and 12-item Short Form Health Survey were analyzed. For all these tests, the higher the score, the greater the effect on health. Variances between scores in all the indices in the baseline and follow-up surveys were calculated, and correlations of each index were analyzed. The average duration per call and HIT-6 score of the subjects decreased significantly compared with those recorded two years ago. The results showed a slight but significant correlation between call duration changes and HIT-6 score changes for female subjects, but not for males. HIT-6 scores in the follow-up survey significantly decreased compared to those in the baseline survey, but long-time call users (subjects whose call duration was ≥5 minutes in both the baseline and follow-up surveys) had no statistically significant reduction in HIT-6 scores. This study suggests that increased call duration is a greater risk factor for increases in headache than any other type of adverse health effect, and that this effect can be chronic.

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A follow-up study of the association between mobile phone use and symptoms of ill health

Cho¹,

Lim

Jang

et al. 2016

Environ Health Toxicol

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“…Similarly Stalin et al in community based study among adult population in South India reported a significant association of symptoms like tinnitus, painful fingers, restlessness, earache with mobile phone usage. 16 Mortazavi et al in a study among school students found significant association between the number of headaches, vertigo and sleeping problems per month and total time spent on mobile phones. 17 Frequent mobile phone use was associated with current stress, sleep disturbances, and symptoms of depression in study by Thomee et al in a young population (20-24 years).…”

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Assessment of mobile phone problematic usage and associated health related symptoms among medical students at Goa Medical College

Bhamaikar

Bicholkar

Cacodcar

2019

Int J Community Med Public Health

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Background: Mobile Phones can be considered as one of the essential socio-personal utility with diverse features but its overuse may have negative consequences on health. The objective of the present study was to assess the prevalence of mobile phone problematic usage among the medical students and to study the association of health related symptoms and problematic mobile phone usage.Methods: A total of 250 medical students were included in this study. Data regarding the sociodemographic factors and perceived health symptoms related to mobile phone use was collected on a predesigned, structured and self-administered questionnaire. Mobile phone problem use scale (MPPUS) was employed to assess the problematic usage of mobile phone and students were classified into following four categories - casual users (<74), regular users (75-143), at risk users (>143-<179) and problematic users (>179).Results: The total prevalence of problematic users was 22% (17.2% at risk, 4.8% problematic users). Eye strain, concentration difficulties, memory disturbances, morning tiredness, headache, sleep disturbances, painful fingers and restlessness were significantly associated with at risk and problematic users.Conclusions: Multiple health symptoms were associated with problematic use of mobile phones among the medical students. MPPUS is a useful tool which can be used to identify problematic usage of mobile phones.

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“…In this study, 89.5% of adolescents used mobile phones for messaging and 81.8% used them to talk to their families. A survey conducted in India found that 94.2% of participants used their mobile phone to make calls (Stalin et al, 2016). Another survey found that 33.5% of students use mobile phones for messaging, and 28.5% use them for speaking to their families (Sahin et al, 2013).…”

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The effect of mobile phone usage on sleep quality in adolescents

Akçay¹,

Akçay²

2018

JNBS

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To evaluate the effect of mobile phone usage on adolescents' sleep quality. This descriptive study took place from January 13-15, 2016 with 9th, 10th, and 11th grade students enrolled at Konya High School (n=380, 51.6% female, age 16.05±0.87). A questionnaire was used for data collection and the Pittsburgh Sleep Quality Index (PSQI) was used to measure the sleep quality of the students. Students received their first mobile phones at an average age of 12.29±1.41). They used their phones 3.03±2.18 hours per day on average, mostly for text messaging (89.5%). Average sleeping time was 7.34±1.22 hours when the next day was not a school day, and 9.11±1.79 hours when the next day was a school day. Sleep quality of the students decreased as the duration of mobile phone usage increased (p<0.01). Using the PSQI scale, it was determined that 20.5% of the students with good sleep quality and 79.5% of the students with poor sleep quality delayed their bedtime in favor of continued usage of their phone (p<0.05). Mobile phones should be removed from the bedrooms of adolescents. Parents should control their children's mobile phone usage

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Mobile Phone Usage and its Health Effects Among Adults in a Semi-Urban Area of Southern India

Cited by 42 publications

References 10 publications

A follow-up study of the association between mobile phone use and symptoms of ill health

A follow-up study of the association between mobile phone use and symptoms of ill health

Assessment of mobile phone problematic usage and associated health related symptoms among medical students at Goa Medical College

The effect of mobile phone usage on sleep quality in adolescents

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