STUDENTS ARE NOT OKAY Suffering from physical, mental health issues due to excessive dependence on gadgets, finds study

The spread of the virus has led to students becoming more dependent on electronic devices and mobile phones. With an average of 68 percent spending between two and four hours each day using their mobile phones, 9 percent of them spending this much time looking at an electronic device and 8 percent using tablets, as per an analysis conducted recently.

This dependency has affected their physical and mental well-being over the last year, according to the report.

The study, based on 1,803 secondary school students (both Bangla and English medium) and madrasas across 21 districts across the country between June to December 2020, discovered that 52 percent had depression issues and reported they lost their tempers about trivial issues.

The research paper titled "Prevalence and Impact of the use of electronic gadgets on the health of children in secondary schools in Bangladesh: A cross sectional study" was published in Wiley Health Science Journal on October 1.

Researchers of Dhaka University (DU), Chittagong University (CU), Chattogram Medical College (CMH), Chattogram Veterinary and Animal Sciences University, Asian University for Women, University of Science and Technology Chittagong and Southern University jointly conducted the study together.

Students suffered from various health issues, including skin diseases, fevers, diarrhoea, and cough in the period of between the years of 2018 and 2019, they began suffering from a wide range of health issues in the outbreak, including visual impairments, backaches insomnia and mental health issues.

The study showed that 70 percent of students had none of the physical activities outside of the home, and fifty percent of them did not have the possibility of carrying their physical activities inside.

Just 25 percent of students utilized electronic devices for online classes. Forty percent of them used them to watch films, cartoons and shows and 27 percent utilized the devices to access social mediasites; 17 percent also played with electronic devices for games on video, according to the study.

Students from English-medium schools were identified as more dependent upon electronic devices The indigenous communities living within Chittagong Hill Tracts were the most insignificant.

Dr. SM Mahbubur Rashid, associate professor at the DU's Department of Genetic Engineering and Biotechnology was the main researcher of the study.

Other researchers included The other researchers were Dr Alok Paul (Department of Geography and Environmental Science at CU) and Dr Farhana Akter (Hormone and Endocrinology at CMH) as well as the Dr Adnan Mannan (Dept of Genetic Engineering and Biotechnology at CU).

In an interview by Dr. Rashid said that the study has revealed the extent to which children suffer from various health issues because of their frequent interaction with electronic devices. The results are alarming, Dr Rashid said, and added that parents need to be cognizant of the dangers of being dependent on electronic devices.

Dr. Mannan suggested that the study be replicated using a larger sample size across a wider area to have a greater picture of the current situation.

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