2016
DOI: 10.14445/2349641x/ijcms-v3i3p101
|View full text |Cite
|
Sign up to set email alerts
|

Screen Time, Health Implications and University Students Awareness in Nigeria

Abstract: Our study examined Undergraduate students' awareness of the health implications associated with the use of screen devices. We sought to determine the extent to which university students in Southeast Nigeria expose themselves to electronic screen-based devices; the possible factors influencing the students' level of exposure to the devices; ascertain the possible health implications associated with the students' exposure to the devices; establish the undergraduate students' level of awareness of health implicat… Show more

Help me understand this report

Search citation statements

Order By: Relevance

Paper Sections

Select...
1
1
1

Citation Types

0
0
0

Year Published

2019
2019
2023
2023

Publication Types

Select...
2

Relationship

0
2

Authors

Journals

citations
Cited by 2 publications
(3 citation statements)
references
References 13 publications
0
0
0
Order By: Relevance
“…This data however shows that majority of the respondents are actually practicing self medication as a result of reasons mentioned above with availability of chemists stores having the greater percentage. This however tallies with the assertion by Adum et al (2016) that people could walk into the many dappling Pharmacies or Patent Medicine Stores (PMS) -popularly called "chemist" by locals -and purchase any available drug in any quantity required without any recourse to a doctor's prescription.…”
Section: Theory Of Planned Behaviour (Tpb)mentioning
confidence: 83%
See 2 more Smart Citations
“…This data however shows that majority of the respondents are actually practicing self medication as a result of reasons mentioned above with availability of chemists stores having the greater percentage. This however tallies with the assertion by Adum et al (2016) that people could walk into the many dappling Pharmacies or Patent Medicine Stores (PMS) -popularly called "chemist" by locals -and purchase any available drug in any quantity required without any recourse to a doctor's prescription.…”
Section: Theory Of Planned Behaviour (Tpb)mentioning
confidence: 83%
“…(Araia, Gebregziabher, & Mesfun, 2019). Antibiotics, analgesics, antipyretics, antacids, vitamins, cough remedies, eye drops, antihistamines, antimicrobials, and anti-inflammatory drugs according to (Ramadan, Eltaweel & Nakhal, 2018) www.abjournals.org Adum, et al, (2016) gave the following, as reasons for self-medication among Nigerians:…”
Section: Medical Conditions and Self-medicated Drugs Usedmentioning
confidence: 99%
See 1 more Smart Citation