Cross-Sectional Study on Smartphone Use among Children during COVID-19 Lockdown in Tamilnadu, India

Smartphones have made internet available at our fingertips. More children around the world are born mobile ready especially kids after 2015 (Gen Alpha). The COVID induced lockdown had robbed of other means entertainment and combined with easy access to smartphones due online classes, overuse is a concept great concern parents. An survey was conducted in India among parents about usage smartphone their also filled out self-constructed questionnaire find levels addiction children. 1330 people participated study responses were used analyze various factors contributing overuse. amount time spent has increased exponentially during 19 lockdown, 14.7% spending 5 - 6 hours per day small percentage (3.3%) more than 9 day. Children who owned adolescent higher scores scale.