Effect Of Smart Phone Addiction On Pulmonary Function, And Functional Capacity In Children

Pulmonary Function Clinical Trial

Official title:

Effect Of Smart Phone Addiction On Pulmonary Function, And Functional Capacity In Children

Clinical Trial Details — Status: Recruiting

Administrative data

• NCT number: NCT05483361
• Other study ID #: P.T.REC/012/003600
• Status: Recruiting
• Start date: July 1, 2022
• Est. completion date: January 1, 2023

Study information

• Verified date: July 2022
• Source: Cairo University
• Contact: yasmine eletreby
• Phone: +201554984342
• Email: yeletreby[@]horus.edu.eg
• Is FDA regulated: No
• Study type: Observational

Clinical Trial Summary

Statement of the problem:

Are there relations between smartphone addiction, neck posture, pulmonary functions and functional capacity in children? Null hypothesis

It will be assumed that:

• There will be no effect of smart phone addiction on head posture, pulmonary function and functional capacity in children.

• There will be no relation between smartphone addiction, head posture, pulmonary function and functional capacity in children.

Description:

Subjects:

Sample size estimation will be carried out to determine the recruited number of children selected randomly from both governmental and private primary and preparatory schools at El Mansoura educational administration, Dakahlia Governorate and Damietta governorate to participate in this study. The survey targets the normal students from both sexes.

They will be selected based on the following:

Inclusion criteria:

• All children will be age ranges from 10 to 12 years

• The BMI <95th percentile (WHO, 2007)

• Smartphone addiction scale short version will be used to categorize the children to addicted group (score > 32) (Kwon et al., 2013) .

• They will be cooperative and followed the instructions.

Exclusive criteria:

Children will be excluded from the study if they have:

• Neurological diseases.

• Respiratory disorders.

• Congenital deformities.

• Vision disorders not corrected by glasses.

• Children who participate in competitive sports.

• Obesity.

Recruitment information / eligibility

• Status: Recruiting
• Enrollment: 100
• Est. completion date: January 1, 2023
• Est. primary completion date: December 1, 2022
• Accepts healthy volunteers: Accepts Healthy Volunteers
• Gender: All
• Age group: 10 Years to 12 Years

Eligibility

Inclusion Criteria:

• All children will be age ranges from 10 to 12 years

• The BMI <95th percentile (WHO, 2007)

• Smartphone addiction scale short version will be used to categorize the children to addicted group (score > 32) (Kwon et al., 2013) .

• They will be cooperative and followed the instructions.

Exclusion Criteria:

• • Neurological diseases.

• Respiratory disorders.

• Congenital deformities.

• Vision disorders not corrected by glasses.

• Children who participate in competitive sports.

• Obesity.

Related Conditions & MeSH terms

• Behavior, Addictive
• Functional Capacity
• Pulmonary Function
• Smartphone Addiction

Locations

Country	Name	City	State
Egypt	Governmental and Private Primary and Preparatory Schools	Damietta

Sponsors (1)

Lead Sponsor	Collaborator
Cairo University

Country where clinical trial is conducted

Egypt, 

Outcome

Type	Measure	Description	Time frame	Safety issue
Other	evaluation craniovertebral angle	By Kinovea computer program A free 2D motion analysis software	baseline only
Primary	evaluation of pulmonary functions	Computerized spirometer is the most frequently used measure of lung function and is a measure of volume against time. It is a simple and quick procedure to perform	baseline only
Secondary	evaluation of functional capacity	By 3 minutes step test It is based on the principles that your heart rate will return to normal quickly the fitter you are the value of post- exercise heart is considered to be an indicator to cardiovascular fitness	baseline only