Smartphone overuse: A hidden crisis in COVID-19

doi:10.1016/j.hlpt.2021.01.002

. 2021 Mar;10(1):21-22.

doi: 10.1016/j.hlpt.2021.01.002. Epub 2021 Jan 23.

Smartphone overuse: A hidden crisis in COVID-19

Zubair Ahmed Ratan¹, Sojib Bin Zaman², Sheikh Mohammed Shariful Islam³, Hassan Hosseinzadeh¹

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¹ School of Health and Society, University of Wollongong, NSW, Australia.
² Department of Medicine, School of Clinical Sciences at Monash Health, Monash University, Victoria, Australia.
³ Institute for Physical Activity and Nutrition (IPAN), School of Exercise & and Nutrition Sciences, Deakin University, Geelong, Victoria, Australia.

PMID: 33520635
PMCID: PMC7825859
DOI: 10.1016/j.hlpt.2021.01.002

Smartphone overuse: A hidden crisis in COVID-19

Zubair Ahmed Ratan et al. Health Policy Technol. 2021 Mar.

. 2021 Mar;10(1):21-22.

doi: 10.1016/j.hlpt.2021.01.002. Epub 2021 Jan 23.

Authors

Zubair Ahmed Ratan¹, Sojib Bin Zaman², Sheikh Mohammed Shariful Islam³, Hassan Hosseinzadeh¹

Affiliations

¹ School of Health and Society, University of Wollongong, NSW, Australia.
² Department of Medicine, School of Clinical Sciences at Monash Health, Monash University, Victoria, Australia.
³ Institute for Physical Activity and Nutrition (IPAN), School of Exercise & and Nutrition Sciences, Deakin University, Geelong, Victoria, Australia.

PMID: 33520635
PMCID: PMC7825859
DOI: 10.1016/j.hlpt.2021.01.002

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Keywords: COVID-19; Mental health; Smartphone overuse.

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Authors declared no conflict of interest.

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[4] Cacioppo S., Grippo A.J., London S., Goossens L., Cacioppo J.T. Loneliness: clinical import and interventions. Perspect Psychol Sci. 2015;10(2):238–249. doi: 10.1177/1745691615570616. - DOI - PMC - PubMed

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[7] Alsalameh A.M., Harisi M.J., Alduayji M.A., Almutham A.A., Mahmood F.M. Evaluating the relationship between smartphone addiction/overuse and musculoskeletal pain among medical students at Qassim University. J Fam Med Prim Care. 2019;8(9):2953–2959. doi: 10.4103/jfmpc.jfmpc_665_19. - DOI - PMC - PubMed

[8] Alsalameh A.M., Harisi M.J., Alduayji M.A., Almutham A.A., Mahmood F.M. Evaluating the relationship between smartphone addiction/overuse and musculoskeletal pain among medical students at Qassim University. J Fam Med Prim Care. 2019;8(9):2953–2959. doi: 10.4103/jfmpc.jfmpc_665_19. - DOI - PMC - PubMed

[9] Sohn S., Rees P., Wildridge B., Kalk N.J., Carter B. Correction to: prevalence of problematic smartphone usage and associated mental health outcomes amongst children and young people: a systematic review, meta-analysis and GRADE of the evidence. BMC Psychiatry. 2019;19(1):397. doi: 10.1186/s12888-019-2393-z]. - DOI - PMC - PubMed

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