Vol. 8, Issue 5 (2019)

Author(s):
CH B Praveena Devi, Shahesta Samreen, B Vaishnavi, D Navitha, N Kusuma Kumari, JVC Sharma and P Sirisha

Abstract:
A study has been conducted on 200 volunteers in Hyderabad. Among them 77 were Male and 123 were Female volunteers. The age ranges of the students vary from 15 to 25 years with an average age of 21 years. Most of the respondents possess two or more than two technological gadgets. The questionnaire had been framed based on the problems associated with the excessive usage of electronic devices. The study has been conducted on the areas like how much duration does the volunteers use the devices, the position in which they use the device, the health hazards they were facing because of the excessive usage like stress, headache, anxiety, depression, with-drawl symptoms etc. The volunteers who use the device more than 6-8 hrs had also shown disturbances in their logical thinking and memory level.