Excessive Electronic Screen Exposure and Headache in Teenagers

Background: Headache represents the most common neurologic disorder in general population including children and is increasingly being recognized as a major source of morbidity youth related to missed school days activities. Electronic screens are becoming important lives preteens teens. Objective: Study was conducted find relationship between electronic screen exposure headaches teenagers. Methods: This cross-sectional study. Data collected 300 teenagers from district Mandi-bahu-Din. Convenient sampling applied. Teenager aged 12-19 years, physically mentally healthy both genders were selected include Person with history head injury, hypertension systemic disease-causing headache excluded data through using 2 reliable questionnaires; impact test-6 Screen time survey questionnaire. analyzed statistical package for social sciences (SPSS) V 23. Descriptive statistics form frequency percentages presented. Bar pie charts plotted. To association Pearson correlation Results: There significant (P=0.021) coefficient r= 0.414.Excessive negatively impacting life 46% (n=139) Mean age participants 14.95±1.88. SD 5.15±1.73. 54.9±4.93. 45% males 55% female participants. Practical implication: Different types media have repeatedly been linked impaired health; yet, how different uses has received much less attention. Currently, role chronotype these associations understudied. address gaps, this study examined headache, whether accounted or differed across chronotype. Conclusion: It concluded that each other. Keywords: Headache, Time, Exposure.