Smartphone Addiction and Associated Health Outcomes in Adult Populations: A Systematic Review.

ABSTRACT: Smartphones play a critical role in increasing human-machine interactions, with many advantages. However, the growing popularity of smartphone use has led to smartphone overuse and addiction. This review aims to systematically investigate the impact of smartphone addiction on health outcomes. The Preferred Reporting Items for Systematic Reviews and Meta-Analyses (PRISMA) guidelines were used to carry out the systematic review. Five electronic databases including Medline, Web of Science, PsycINFO, PubMed, and Scopus were searched to identify eligible studies. Eligible studies were screened against predetermined inclusion criteria and data were extracted according to the review questions. This review is registered in PROSPERO (CRD42020181404). The quality of the articles was assessed using t

SUBMITTER: Ratan ZA 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8622754 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Nov

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature