The Effect of Smartphone Addiction on Physical Activity and Depression in University Students

The Effect of Smartphone Addiction on Physical Activity and Depression in University Students

This study was planned considering that young people with smartphone addiction are depressed and their physical activity is significantly reduced. In this direction, our aim is to examine the relationship between smartphone use and physical activity among universities in the 18-25 age group, which uses technology extensively. Our results are to raise awareness of this prevention by uncovering the possibility that it may be the cause of smartphone use in young people.

Smartphone addiction short scale, beck depression questionnaire and international physical activity(IPA) scale short form questionnaires were used in our study.

Inclusion Criteria:

1. Being a university student
2. Voluntary participation in the study
3. The adults who were diagnosed as having palliative care needs and are considered to be within the last 5 years of life as determined by their medical practitioner
4. Age between 18-25 years
5. Able to provide consent
6. Have the means to communicate
7. Able to read, understand, and provide informed consent in Turkish

Exclusion Criteria:

1. No chronic wrist deformity or disease
2. Unable to meer the iclusion criteria
3. Too unwell to participate
4. Physical impairments precluding participation in physical activity;
5. Unwilling or unable to sign the Participant Informed Consent Form; Received a diagnosis of brain cancer or thyroid cancer. Brain cancer survivors will be excluded as a function of the cognitive impairments associated with their diagnosis and treatment and thyroid cancer survivors will be excluded due to the vastly different treatment regimens. That is, both of these cancers may result in different physical, psychological/emotional, and social effects that could impact the outcomes of interest.

Eligible participants who want to participate in the other pre-specified outcome measures to assess cognitive functioning must also meet the following additional inclusion/exclusion criteria.