Dependencia del uso de dispositivos móviles y efectos musculoesqueleticos en la población de estudiantes de derecho de la universidad Santiago de Cali 2017- 2018

Abstract

This work aims to determine the level of dependence on the use of mobile devices and the skeletal muscle effects of the students of the Faculty of Law, of the Santiago de Cali University in the 2017-2018 period. We worked with a sample of 295 students over 18 years of age, an observational investigation was conducted to determine the risk factors and the prevalence of diseases associated with the excessive use of mobile devices. A quantitative survey was used to measure the level and associated factors.

The results indicate that 73.6% of the students present some type of dependency level, most of them were men, single, belonging to socioeconomic stratum 3, the prevailing age range in the sample was 18-22 years. Among the risk factors associated with the dependency are the marital status, the most frequently used applications, brand and model of the mobile device. It was also shown that the dependence causes pain at the cervical level. Finally, it was shown that the highest level of dependence is in the second and eighth semesters.

It was concluded that there is dependence on mobile devices in law students of the University of Santiago de Cali and that this depends on certain risk factors, in addition to that it causes problems at the neck level and that in each of the semesters levels are observed Varied dependence.