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- Title
Online gaming and smartphone addictions in children and adolescents with primary headaches: a prospective case-control study.
- Authors
YILMAZ, Arzu; GÖKER, Zeynep; AYDIN GÖRÜCÜ, Rezzan; TAŞAR, Serçin
- Abstract
AIM: In pediatric headache, studies evaluating effects of online gaming or smartphone usage on subjects' headache complaint are relatively limited in the literature. This study examined whether there is a relation between primary headaches and online gaming or smartphone addiction in line with causality and whether screen exposure might have an effect on children with headache. MATERIAL AND METHOD: Children and adolescents, aged 11-18 years old, those diagnosed with primary headaches of tension-type headache or migraine were evaluated in terms of smartphone and online game addiction. Smartphone Addiction Scale-Short Version (SAS-SV) and Online Game Addiction Scale (OGAS) was used. SPSS 17.0 program was used for statistical analyses. RESULTS: A total of 220 children and adolescents (109 of primary headache, 111 of healthy subjects), mean age was 14.3 years. Girls were significantly higher in headache group (69.7% vs. 55.9%, respectively, 2 (1) = 4.524, p = .033). Academic scores of the participants, ownerships of smartphone, personel computer or internet were all similar between headache and control subjects (for all, p>.05). There was no difference between usage of smart-phone (hours/day), online games played (hours/day) and personel computer (hours/day) on a daily basis (for all, p>.05). No difference was found between headache and control groups in terms of their SPAS-SV and OGAS scores (p>.05). CONCLUSION: Adolescents with primary headache had similar online game and smart phone usage pattern with their counterparts had. There is a need for further studies regarding primary headaches and its underlying factors in terms of online gaming or smart phone usage.
- Subjects
INTERNET gambling; SMARTPHONES; HEADACHE; PERSONAL computers; INTERNET
- Publication
Medical Journal of Ankara Training & Research Hospital, 2023, Vol 56, Issue 1, p1
- ISSN
1304-6187
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.20492/aeahtd.1053048