“A Study to Assess the Knowledge Regarding Impact of Mobile Phone on Vision Among Parents of Under 10 Years Age Group Children in Selected Areas of Pune City”

Abstract

Introduction: Mobile phones have become an essential part of everyone’s day-to-day life especially in children. Prolonged electronics screen use can cause digital eye strain. It can be difficulty to rectify due to increasing smartphone reliance potentially leading to serious public health problems. The Present Study Title: “A study to assess the knowledge regarding impact of mobile phone on vision among parents of under 10 years age group children in selected areas of Pune city” Material And Methods: In the present study, researcher adopted non-experimental descriptive research design. It was carried out on 200 samples. The Non-probability purposive sampling method was used. Data was collected using demographic profile and a set of self-structured questionnaires. Data analysis was done mainly using descriptive and inferential statistics. Result: Result revealed that knowledge regarding impact of mobile phone on vision among parents of under 10 year age group children in which Majority 47% where having were poor knowledge, 38.5% where having average knowledge and 14.5% where having good knowledge. Conclusion: The study was conducted to assess the knowledge regarding impact of mobile phone on vision among parents of under 10 year age group children in selected areas of Pune city. The descriptive analysis was done to assess the knowledge which shows that majority 47% where having were poor knowledge, 38.5% where having average knowledge and 14.5% where having good knowledge.