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Association between mobile phone use and self-reported well-being in children: a questionnaire-based cross-sectional study in Chongqing,

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Zheng F, Gao P, He M, Li M, Tan J, Chen D, Zhou Z, Yu Z, Zhang L. · 2015

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Fatigue was significantly associated with years of MP usage and daily duration of MP calls, and after adjusting for confounders the association between fatigue and MP usage remained statistically significant.

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Fatigue was significantly associated with years of MP usage and daily duration of MP calls, while headache was significantly associated with daily duration of MP calls. After adjusting for confounders, only the association between fatigue and MP usage remained statistically significant, and no significant association was found between MP use and other physical symptoms.

Why This Matters

The study aimed to investigate the associations between MP use and well-being in children. The authors concluded there was a consistent significant association between MP use and fatigue in children and called for further research. Data were analysed using chi-square tests and logistic regression models.

Study Details

The aim of our study is to investigate the associations between MP use and well-being in children.

The questionnaires were completed in class with items regarding demographics, MP usage, self-reporte...

In total, 746 (94.1%) valid questionnaires were received. Fatigue was significantly associated with ...

The present study indicated that there was a consistent significant association between MP use and fatigue in children. Further in-depth research is needed to explore the potential health effects of MP use in children.

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Zheng F, Gao P, He M, Li M, Tan J, Chen D, Zhou Z, Yu Z, Zhang L. (2015). Association between mobile phone use and self-reported well-being in children: a questionnaire-based cross-sectional study in Chongqing, China. BMJ Open. 2015 May 11;5(5):e007302. doi: 10.1136/bmjopen-2014-007302.
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@article{f_2015_association_between_mobile_phone_2708,
  author = {Zheng F and Gao P and He M and Li M and Tan J and Chen D and Zhou Z and Yu Z and Zhang L.},
  title = {Association between mobile phone use and self-reported well-being in children: a questionnaire-based cross-sectional study in Chongqing,},
  year = {2015},
  
  url = {https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/25967996/},
}
PubMed: 25967996

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Fatigue was significantly associated with years of MP usage and daily duration of MP calls, and after adjusting for confounders the association between fatigue and MP usage remained statistically significant.
Headache was significantly associated with the daily duration of MP calls.
There was no significant association between MP use and other physical symptoms in children.
The questionnaires were completed in class and covered demographics, MP usage, self-reported well-being using symptoms from the HBSC survey, and possible confounding factors.
Data were analysed using chi-square tests and logistic regression models.