Prevalence of problematic smartphone usage and associated mental health outcomes amongst children and young people: a systematic review, meta-analysis and GRADE of the evidence.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Over the past decade, smartphone use has become widespread amongst today's children and young people (CYP) which parallels increases in poor mental health in this group. Simultaneously, media concern abounds about the existence of 'smartphone addiction' or problematic smartphone use. There has been much recent research concerning the prevalence of problematic smartphone use is in children and young people who use smartphones, and how this syndrome relates to mental health outcomes, but this has not been synthesized and critically evaluated.

Aims

To conduct a systematic review and meta-analysis to examine the prevalence of PSU and quantify the association with mental health harms.

Methods

A search strategy using Medical Subject Headings was developed and ada

SUBMITTER: Sohn SY 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6883663 | biostudies-literature | 2019 Nov

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature