Journal of Occupational Health and Epidemiology

en Smartphone Addiction, Psychological Status, Insomnia, and Pain-related Disability of the Neck among Staff of College of Medicine, University of Lagos, 2022 Occupational Health Original Article <div style="text-align: justify;">Background: Smartphone is now an inevitable device for the populace, with its use growing progressively worldwide. There is lack of published literature focusing on the consequences of smartphone addiction on middle-aged and older adults in Nigeria. This study investigated the association between smartphone addiction, psychological status, insomnia and pain-related disability of the neck among staff of the College of Medicine, University of Lagos (CMUL). Materials & Methods: This study involved the use of cross-sectional survey to investigate 271 (106 females, 165 males) staff of CMUL, Lagos, mean age (45.797±9.28 years) via purposive sampling technique in 2022. Four standard questionnaires were used for data collection; smart phone addiction scale (SAS), depression, anxiety and stress scale (DASS), neck pain disability index (NDI), and insomnia severity index (ISI). Results: The results revealed that 80 (29.5%) staff of college of medicine were addicted to smartphone use. Eleven (4.1%) staff of this college had severe depression, 16 (5.9%) had extremely severe anxiety while nine (3.3%) were severely stressed. Nine (3.3%) participants had clinical insomnia and five (1.8%) had moderate to severe problem with their neck. It was revealed that there was a significant association between smartphone addiction, pain-related disability of the neck (p=0.023), and insomnia (p=0.001). However, no significant association existed between depression (p=0.578), anxiety (p=0.060), stress (0.685), and smartphone addiction level of the participants Conclusion: Smartphone addiction is predominant among staff of CMUL, and it is associated with neck pain-related disability and insomnia. </div> Smartphone,Addiction,Pain,Disability,Insomnia,Depression, 242 250 http://johe.rums.ac.ir/browse.php?a_code=A-10-308-4&slc_lang=en&sid=1 Ashiyat Kehinde Akodu akoduashiyat@gmail.com 22400319475328460010666 22400319475328460010666 Yes Associate Prof., Dept. of Physiotherapy, College of Medicine, University of Lagos, Lagos, Nigeria. University of Lagos Binta Fatima Akanni bintaakanni08@gmail.com 22400319475328460010667 22400319475328460010667 No B.Sc. in Physiotherapy, Dept. of Physiotherapy, College of Medicine, University of Lagos, Lagos, Nigeria. University of Lagos Akinniyi Adediran Osuntoki niyiosuntoki@yahoo.co.uk 22400319475328460010668 22400319475328460010668 No Professor, Dept. of Biochemistry, College of Medicine, University of Lagos, Lagos, Nigeria. University of Lagos Rasheedah Adebola Zibiri rasheedahazibiri@gmail.com 22400319475328460010669 22400319475328460010669 No M.Sc. in Physiotherapy, Dept. of Rehabilitation Science, College of Technical and Vocational Education Kaduna Polytechnic, Kaduna, Nigeria. College of Technical and Vocational Education Kaduna Polytechnic