Prevalence of de Quervain's tenosynovitis among students attributed to smartphone texting habits.

Abstract

Background: Earlier study has described a suggestion between texting
messages referred and De Quervain's tenosynovitis (DQT) symptomatology.
However, these investigations do not account phone dependence and De
Quervain's symptomatology. Purpose: The aim of this study to assess the
prevalence of De Quervain's tensosynovitis among smart phone users caused by
excessive text messaging in undergraduate students of Gujranwala. Materials
and Methodology: A Cross sectional study was conducted. Data was collected
from different institutes of Gujranwala city. Institutes were selected by
convenience sampling technique. 8 male and 12 female institutes were selected.

The sample size at the time of study were 300. In this investigation, non-
probability convenience sampling technique was used. Results: Results show that

youngsters using smartphone frequently showed more positive result for
Dequervain tenosynovitis (Finkelstein test p-value < 0.05). Conclusion: De
Quervain's tenosynovitis is most prevalent among females. People with the age
group of 20-21 are most effected as compared to the other age groups. There seems
to be a direct link among heavy text communications on a smartphone and
prevalence of Dequervain tenosynovitis.