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Mehwish Mehmood1, Mehmood Rashid Khan1, Aiesha Ishaque1
1Department of Family Medicine, Indus Hospital and Health Network, Karachi, Pakistan.
Objectives:
To determine the prevalence of upper extremity musculoskeletal disorders among young adults using handheld devices.
Methods:
The cross-sectional study was conducted from September 2022 to March 2023 at the Indus Hospital and Health Network, Karachi, and comprised young adults of either gender aged 18-25 years studying in the affiliated colleges of nursing, biomedicine and physiotherapy. Data was collected using the online RedCap questionnaire. Data was analysed using SPSS 26.
Results:
Of the 412 participants, 242(58.7%) were females. The overall median age was 21 years (interquartile range: 20-23 years). A total of 280(68%) subjects had experienced upper musculoskeletal pain, and it was significantly associated with the frequency of using handheld devices (p=0.026), gender (p=0.001), frequently used hand (p=0.039) and purpose of mobile use (p=0.033).
Conclusions:
Duration of cell phone or hand-held device usage caused symptoms of musculoskeletal disorders.
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