A study of the health implications of mobile phone use in 8-14s

Mobile phone use is increasing worldwide. The physical, cognitive and social health implications of mobile phone use in young users are considered. A survey of 168 children aged 8-11 and 136 children aged 11-14 is reported. Participants completed questionnaires about their mobile phone use with foll...

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Autores:
Fowler, Jo
Noyes, Jan
Tipo de recurso:
Article of journal
Fecha de publicación:
2017
Institución:
Universidad Nacional de Colombia
Repositorio:
Universidad Nacional de Colombia
Idioma:
spa
OAI Identifier:
oai:repositorio.unal.edu.co:unal/60455
Acceso en línea:
https://repositorio.unal.edu.co/handle/unal/60455
http://bdigital.unal.edu.co/58787/
Palabra clave:
62 Ingeniería y operaciones afines / Engineering
Mobile phones
Smartphone
Text
Call
Impact
Health
Physical
Cognitive
Social
Teléfonos móviles
Teléfono inteligente
Texto
Llamada
Impacto
Salud
Física
Cognitiva
Social
Rights
openAccess
License
Atribución-NoComercial 4.0 Internacional
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Summary:Mobile phone use is increasing worldwide. The physical, cognitive and social health implications of mobile phone use in young users are considered. A survey of 168 children aged 8-11 and 136 children aged 11-14 is reported. Participants completed questionnaires about their mobile phone use with follow-up interviews to elicit more in depth information about reasons for using mobile phones. Findings suggest users are at risk of muscular skeletal problems from mobile phone use, radio frequency damage from storage of the phone on the body, particularly when the person is ‘on the move’, and impaired performance from multi-tasking and sleep disturbance. Since long term or heavy usage of mobile phones is an unknown factor, caution is needed with regard to the risks associated with these findings.