Abstract

In recent years the proliferation of cellphones has been implicated in the poor sleep of young people. Surveys have linked the mere presence of cellphones in the bedroom with later bedtimes,less time in bed,shorter sleep duration,and daytime sleepiness, prompting widespread recommendation that cellphone be removed from the bedroom. Adolscents are heavy users of cellphone.72% reports using cellphones, in the hour prior to sleep. Aims and Objectives: 1) To study the effects of cell phone usage on young adults. 2) To determine the average daily usage of cell phone by young adults. 3) To study the effects of cell phone usage on time management of young adults and to study the physical and mental hazards as reported by young adults after cell phone usage. Materials and Methods: This was a community-based cross-sectional study on 100 samples of young adults of age 18-22years studying in Govt. Agriculture College and Holkar Science College. This study was done for 1 year from Aug 2014 to July 2015.Data collected in preformed semi-structured questionnaire by using conventional technique. MS Excel software used for data analysis. Results: Out of 100 study subjects, 95% of young adults are smart phone user. 38% of them spent 3-4 hours over their phone in a whole day. 27% of young adults use their smart phone for social networking mainly. Conclusion: Mobile phone usage at night, leads to stress, depression, hormonal disturbance etc. It should be kept away from bed and should be used with low brightness, when uses at night time.

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