ArticleEnvironmental health and toxicology2016
A cross-sectional study of the association between mobile phone use and symptoms of ill health.
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- Mobile Phone Use and The Risk of Headache: A Systematic Review and Meta-analysis of Cross-sectional Studies.Scientific reports · 2017Pooled it
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- Association of Smartphone Use Duration with Physical Fitness among University Students: Focus on Strength and Flexibility.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2022Article
- Digital health tools for the passive monitoring of depression: a systematic review of methods.NPJ digital medicine · 2022Review
- The Association of Smartphone Usage Duration with Physical Fitness among Chinese University Students.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2022Article
- The Relationship Between Smartphone-Recorded Environmental Audio and Symptomatology of Anxiety and Depression: Exploratory Study.JMIR formative research · 2020Article
- Correlations Between Objective Behavioral Features Collected From Mobile and Wearable Devices and Depressive Mood Symptoms in Patients With Affective Disorders: Systematic Review.JMIR mHealth and uHealth · 2018Review
- A follow-up study of the association between mobile phone use and symptoms of ill health.Environmental health and toxicology · 2016Article
- Datasets of Smartphone Modalities for Depression Assessment: A Scoping Review.IEEE transactions on affective computingArticle
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Abstract
objectivesThis study analyzed the associations between mobile phone call frequency and duration with non-specific symptoms.
methodsThis study was conducted with a population group including 532 non-patient adults established by the Korean Genome and Epidemiology Study. The pattern of phone call using a mobile phone was investigated through face-to-face interview. Structured methods applied to quantitatively assess health effects are Headache Impact Test-6 (HIT-6), Psychosocial Well-being Index-Short Form, Beck Depression Inventory, Korean-Instrumental Activities of Daily Living, Perceived Stress Scale (PSS), Pittsburgh Sleep Quality Index, and 12-item Short Form Health Survey where a higher score represents a higher greater health effect.
resultsThe average daily phone call frequency showed a significant correlation with the PSS score in female subjects. Increases in the average duration of one phone call were significantly correlated with increases in the severity of headaches in both sexes. The mean (standard deviation) HIT-6 score in the subgroup of subjects whose average duration of one phone call was five minutes or longer was 45.98 (8.15), as compared with 42.48 (7.20) in those whose average duration of one phone call was <5 minutes. The severity of headaches was divided into three levels according to the HIT-6 score (little or no impact/moderate impact/substantial or severe impact), and a logistic regression analysis was performed to investigate the association between an increased phone call duration and the headache severity. When the average duration of one phone call was five minutes or longer, the odds ratio (ORs) and the 95% confidence intervals (CIs) for the moderate impact group were 2.22 and 1.18 to 4.19, respectively. The OR and 95% CI for the substantial or severe impact group were 4.44 and 2.11 to 8.90, respectively.
conclusionsMobile phone call duration was not significantly associated with stress, sleep, cognitive function, or depression, but was associated with the severity of headaches.
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