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• 영문명: The Relationship Between Addiction to Online games and Carpal Tunnel Syndrome in College Students
• 발행기관: 한국전문물리치료학회
• 저자명: 박소연(So-yeon Park) 임우택(Woo-taek Lim) 김유정(Yu-jung Kim) 이성웅(Sung-woong Lee) 이충휘(Chung-hwi Yi)
• 간행물 정보: 『한국전문물리치료학회지』한국전문물리치료학회지 제16권 제1호, 61~69쪽, 전체 9쪽
• 주제분류: 의약학 > 의학일반
• 파일형태: PDF
• 발행일자: 2009.02.19

영문 초록

The objective of this study was to investigate the relationship between addiction to online games and carpal tunnel syndrome (CTS) in college students. A total of 377 (205 male and 172 female) college students completed an online game addiction scale, a Symptom Severity Scale (SSS) , and a Function Status Scale (FSS) for CTS. It was found that five (1.3%) students were diagnosed with an online game addiction, 74 (19.6%) students were diagnosed with a pre-addiction to online games, and 298 (79.0%) students were diagnosed as being average users. The pre-addiction group had significantly higher scores on the SSS than did the average user group (p<.05). The average user group scored significantly lower than did the online game addiction group (p<.05) Symptoms of wrist pain and hand numbness in the daytime were common in the addiction group. There were statistically significant but poor positive relationships between the online game addiction scale and the SSS (r=.312, p<.01), and between the online game addiction scale and the FSS (r=.149, p<.01). The information about online game addiction and CTS identified in this study could contribute to the prevention of online game addiction and CTS in college students.

키워드

Carpal tunnel syndrome College student Online game addiction