PENGARUH DURASI PENGGUNAAN SMARTPHONE TERHADAP KELUHAN NYERI KEPALA PADA MAHASISWA FK UMM ANGKATAN 2020

Background: Smartphones become an inseparable part of life. Massive smartphone use since the Covid-19 pandemic era, where all activities have been transferred to an online system, including learning among medical students. Excessive use of smartphones can have a negative impact. One of the impacts is complaints of headaches. This is thought to be due to vascular changes due to the influence of smartphone radiation.
Objective: This study aims to determine the effect of duration of smartphone use on headache complaints among students from the Faculty of Medicine, University of Muhammadiyah Malang Class of 2020 as students with the longest online learning.
Methods: This research uses an analytical observational method with a cross sectional approach. The research was conducted using a questionnaire as a data collection tool. The data obtained will be eliminated according to the inclusion and exclusion criteria and then analyzed using SPSS.
Results: Of the 56 respondents, 66.1% of respondents used smartphones >6 hours/day, while the rest only used around 3-6 hours/day. As many as 66.1% of respondents had experienced headaches when using a smartphone, and others had never. The results of Spearman's analysis between the two show p=0.035, p<0.5, which means there is a relationship between the two and the two variables are positively related.
Conclusion: The duration of smartphone use influences headache complaints among Faculty of Medical students at Muhammadiyah University of Malang Class of 2020.