Assessing electronic device use behaviours in healthy adults: development and evaluation of a novel tool.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Chronic exposure of the macula to blue light from electronic devices has been identified as a potential macular health concern. The impacts remain poorly investigated as no validated methods to capture usual device use behaviours exist.

Purpose

The aim of this study was to develop and validate the Electronic Device Use Questionnaire (EDUQ) against multiple 24-h electronic device use diaries in healthy Australian and United Kingdom adults.

Methods

The EDUQ and diaries were developed to capture device use across categories (television, computer and handheld devices). Over eight weeks 56 Australian and 24 United Kingdom participants completed three questionnaires and eight diaries via online platforms. Tool validity was determined through Bland-Altman plot ana

SUBMITTER: Fitzpatrick NK 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10790453 | biostudies-literature | 2024 Jan

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature