Mobile phone use and health symptoms in children

Chiu, Chang Ta; Chang, Ya Hui; Chen, Chu Chieh; Ko, Ming-Chung; Li, Chung‐Yi

doi:10.1016/j.jfma.2014.07.002

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“…Mobile applications offer effective ways to improve one’s lifestyle, for example, by increasing physical activity [ 6 ], weight control [ 7 , 8 ], and treating obesity [ 9 ]. On the other hand, mobile phone use could cause physical [ 10 , 11 , 12 ] and psychological [ 3 , 13 , 14 ] health problems when used excessively. It is reported that mobile phone use in bed at night negatively impacts sleep outcome [ 3 , 15 , 16 ].…”

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Association between Excessive Use of Mobile Phone and Insomnia and Depression among Japanese Adolescents

Tamura

Nishida

Tsuji

et al. 2017

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The aim of this study was to investigate the relationship between mobile phone use and insomnia and depression in adolescents. A cross-sectional study was conducted on 295 high school students aged 15–19 in Japan. Insomnia and depression were assessed using Athene Insomnia Scales (AIS) and the Center for Epidemiologic Studies Depression Scale (CES-D), respectively. Mobile phones were owned by 98.6% of students; 58.6% used mobile phones for over 2 h per day and 10.5% used them for over 5 h per day. Overall mobile phone use of over 5 h per day was associated with shorter sleep duration and insomnia (OR: 3.89 [95% CI: 1.21–12.49]), but not with depression. Mobile phone use of 2 h or more per day for social network services (OR: 3.63 [1.20–10.98]) and online chats (OR: 3.14 [1.42–6.95]), respectively, was associated with a higher risk of depression. Mobile phone overuse can be linked to unhealthy sleep habits and insomnia. Moreover, mobile phone overuse for social network services and online chats may contribute more to depression than the use for internet searching, playing games or viewing videos.

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Association between Excessive Use of Mobile Phone and Insomnia and Depression among Japanese Adolescents

Tamura

Nishida

Tsuji

et al. 2017

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105

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“…In a nationwide Taiwanese cross-sectional study, Chiu et al (2014) found that mobile phone use was associated with a significantly increased odds ratio (OR) for headache and migraine (OR: 1.42, 95%CI: 1.12 to 1.81) and skin itches (OR: 1.84, 95%CI: 1.47 to 2.29). In a large Swedish cross-sectional study of 2000 adolescents, selfreported use of mobile phones was related to self-reported health complaints such as tiredness, stress, headache, anxiety, concentration difficulties and sleep disturbances (Soderqvist et al 2008).…”

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Symptoms and the use of wireless communication devices: A prospective cohort study in Swiss adolescents

Schoeni

Roser

Röösli

2017

Environmental Research

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BackgroundWe investigated whether radiofrequency electromagnetic fields (RF-EMF) from mobile phones and other wireless devices or by the wireless device use itself due to non-radiation related factors in that context are associated with an increase in health symptom reports of adolescents in Central Switzerland. Methods In a prospective cohort study, 439 study participants (participation rate: 36.8%) aged 12-17 years, completed questionnaires about their mobile and cordless phone use, their selfreported symptoms and possible confounding factors at baseline (2012/2013) and one year later (2013/2014). Operator recorded mobile phone data was obtained for a subgroup of 234 adolescents. RF-EMF dose measures considering various factors affecting RF-EMF exposure were computed for the brain and the whole body. Data were analysed using a mixed-logistic cross-sectional model and a cohort approach, where we investigated whether cumulative dose over one year was related to a new onset of a symptom between baseline and follow-up. All analyses were adjusted for relevant confounders. Results Participation rate in the follow-up was 97% (425 participants). In both analyses, crosssectional and cohort, various symptoms tended to be mostly associated with usage measures that are only marginally related to RF-EMF exposure such as the duration of data traffic on the mobile phone (e.g. OR for tiredness: 2.33; 95%CI: 1.54 to 3.52 for crosssectional analyses and OR: 2.70; 95%CI:1.52 to 4.80 for cohort analyses) and number of text messages sent per day (tiredness: OR:1.81; 95%CI:1.20 to 2.74 and OR:1.87; 95%CI:1.04 to 3.38). Outcomes were less strongly or not associated with mobile phone call duration and RF-EMF dose measures. ConclusionsStronger associations between symptoms of ill health and wireless communication device use than for RF-EMF dose measures were observed. Such a result pattern does not support a causal association between RF-EMF exposure and health symptoms of adolescents but rather suggests that other aspects of extensive media use are related to symptoms.

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“…Mijung Seo 94 (Chiu, Chang, Chen, Ko, & Li, 2015;Choi, 2008;Heo, 2013;Y.-J. Hong, Yi, Lee, & Cho, 2015; S. Jun, 2016; H. Kim & Seo, 2012;D.…”

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Effects of Gender and Interpersonal Factors on Early Adolescents’ Trajectories of Mobile Phone Use With Reference to its Purposes

Seo¹

2017

Korean J Child Stud

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This study aimed to investigate the trajectories of mobile phone use with reference to its purposes, and to examine the effects of gender and interpersonal factors on the same in early adolescents. Methods: Latent growth modeling was used with a sample of 2,378 early adolescents from Grade 4 to 8. Data from the Korean Children and Youth Panel Survey conducted by the National Youth Policy Institute were used. Results: In boys and girls, overtime, the level of mobile phone use for communicating with family decreased, while that for communicating with friends increased. Level of mobile phone use for entertainment increased across time in boys; however, in girls, it increased from Grade 4 to 6 and decreased thereafter, until Grade 8. Gender was associated with the changes of mobile phone use according to the purpose of the same. Positive parenting, negative parenting, relationships with peers, and relationships with teachers predicted changes in mobile phone use for communicating with friends. Conclusion: These findings suggest that the processes involved in the trajectories of mobile phone use in early adolescence operate differently based on the purposes of the same. Additionally, the present results show that interpersonal factors are highly associated with mobile phone use for communicating with friends.

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Mobile phone use and health symptoms in children

Cited by 47 publications

References 26 publications

Association between Excessive Use of Mobile Phone and Insomnia and Depression among Japanese Adolescents

Association between Excessive Use of Mobile Phone and Insomnia and Depression among Japanese Adolescents

Symptoms and the use of wireless communication devices: A prospective cohort study in Swiss adolescents

Effects of Gender and Interpersonal Factors on Early Adolescents’ Trajectories of Mobile Phone Use With Reference to its Purposes

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