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Effect of digital detox program on electronic screen syndrome among preparatory school students

Nurs Open. 2022 Nov 14. doi: 10.1002/nop2.1472. Online ahead of print.

ABSTRACT

AIM: The aim of this study was to determine the digital detox programme’s impact on the electronic screen syndrome among preparatory school students.

DESIGN: A quasi-experimental pre- and posttest group was used.

METHODS: Two preparatory governmental schools.

SAMPLE: purposive sample consists of 105 students.

TOOLS: Two tools used for data collection: Student’s datasheet and Electronic Screen Addiction Scale. The data collection period took six months, from September 2021 to February 2022.

RESULTS: The high rate of screen addiction among students dropped to 14.3% in the posttest compared with 20.0% in the pre-test. Moreover, the students’ proportion with moderate screen addiction dropped from 65.7% on the pre-test to 43.8% on the posttest. Furthermore, screen addiction students with lower levels were about 41.9% in the posttest and 14.3% in the pre-test.

CONCLUSIONS: There was a highly statistically significant difference between school students’ total electronic screen scores in the pre- and posttest. A preventive care programme is recommended for high school children and helps raise screen addiction’s awareness and its negative consequences.

PATIENT OR PUBLIC CONTRIBUTION: No patient or public contribution.

PMID:36373487 | DOI:10.1002/nop2.1472

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