Indian Journal of Public Health Research & Development

Isna Qadrijati ¹, Haris Setyawan ¹, Seviana Rinawati ¹, Tutug Bolet Atmojo ¹, Rizka Andhasari Santoso ², Akbar Fadilah ², Realita Sari ²

Affiliations
1 Occupational Health and Safety Department, Faculty of Medicine, Universitas Sebelas Maret Surakarta, ID
2 Student, Faculty of Medicine, Universitas Sebelas Maret, ID

Abstract

The increasing use of cell phones and laptops in today’s modern society has a negative impact on health; one such impact is on informatics students, who struggle with the use of cell phones and computers in their daily activities. This study aimed to determine the relationship between radiation exposure to cell phones and laptops with subjective complaints in the form of sleep quality, headache, dry eye syndrome (DES) and concentration disorders.

The research is analytic observational and cross‑sectional approaches. The study used simple random sampling to select 112 respondents, all of which were informatics students of Universitas Sebelas Maret (UNS). The Pearson correlation test results were obtained from cell phone and laptop radiation exposure with sleep quality (p <0.05; r = 0.192), headache (p <0.05; r = 0.510), dry eye syndrome (p <0.05; r = 0.1950) and disturbances concentration (p <0.05; r = 0.406).

Keywords

Radiation exposure, sleep quality, headache, dry eye syndrome, disturbances concentration

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Isna Qadrijati ¹, Haris Setyawan ¹, Seviana Rinawati ¹, Tutug Bolet Atmojo ¹, Rizka Andhasari Santoso ², Akbar Fadilah ², Realita Sari ²

Affiliations
1 Occupational Health and Safety Department, Universitas Sebelas Maret, ID
2 Student, Faculty of Medicine, Universitas Sebelas Maret, ID

Abstract

The increasing use of cell phones and laptops in today’s modern society has a negative impact on health; one such impact is on informatics students, who struggle with the use of cell phones and computers in their daily activities. This study aimed to determine the relationship between radiation exposure to cell phones and laptops with subjective complaints in the form of sleep quality, headache, dry eye syndrome (DES) and concentration disorders. The research is analytic observational and cross-sectional approaches. The study used simple random sampling to select 112 respondents, all of which were informatics students of Universitas Sebelas Maret (UNS). The Pearson correlation test results were obtained from cell phone and laptop radiation exposure with sleep quality (p <0.05; r = 0.192), headache (p <0.05; r = 0.510), dry eye syndrome (p <0.05; r = 0.1950) and disturbances concentration (p <0.05; r = 0.406).

Keywords

Radiation exposure, sleep quality, headache, dry eye syndrome, disturbances concentration

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