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VOL. 2, ISSUE 6 (2017)
Mobile phone usage and its effect on health among university students
Authors
Jaspreet Kaur, Manoj Malik, Sonu Punia, Puja
Abstract
Introduction: Mobile phone radiation and health concerns have been raised from very first year of its innovation and every researcher tries to find out the actual hazard to human health. Objective: To find out the percentage of students who have awareness of the hazards of mobile phones. Methodology: Study design: Present study was a cross-sectional study and co relational design. Sample size: 330. All participants completed Perception questionnaire on phone hazards which consists of 24 questions and 312 students filled the Questionnaire properly. Statistics: Data were analyzed using IBM SPSS v21.0 software. Results: In this study 132 (41.5%) males and 186 (58.5%) females were included. Only 1 male subject was having mobile phone for 14 years and most of the subjects have been using their mobile phones for 5 years. 4 most common locations for placements of mobile phone were chosen in the research and placement of mobile in pocket was most popular choice. Pouch is chosen by 7 (22%), pocket (73.6), around neck only 1 (0.03%), in bag 63 (19.8%) and for any other 13 (4.1%) subjects Conclusion: In our observation and cross sectional study we perceive that higher percentage of students is aware of physical hazards by mobile phones and other electronic media devices.
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Pages:249-252
How to cite this article:
Jaspreet Kaur, Manoj Malik, Sonu Punia, Puja "Mobile phone usage and its effect on health among university students". International Journal of Advanced Research and Development, Vol 2, Issue 6, 2017, Pages 249-252
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