Incidence of Text Neck Syndrome and Assessment of knowledge on Text Neck Syndrome among young adults in a selected community at Kothamangalam, Ernakulam District, Kerala

Text neck syndrome is charactrised by pain in the neck, pain in the muscles of the neck and shoulder, and may even involve a degeneration of the bones, joints, or spinal discs in the neck. This becomes a problem when injury around the neck area happens over and over again through the use of mobile phone or other electronic devices over a long period of time. A study was conducted with an objective of identifying the incidence of Text neck syndrome among 50 young adults and their knowledge regarding the condition by using a questionnaire. Sample was selected by non probability sampling – purposive sampling technique and data were analyzed using descriptive and inferential statistics. Study results show Majority of the sample (58%) had good knowledge and 32% had average knowledge regarding Text Neck Syndrome. There was subjects who show the clinical manifestations of text neck syndrome such as postural abnormality (8%) and neck pain (8%). It was also noted an association of knowledge on text neck syndrome with selected demographic variables such as gender, educational status and monthly income (p<0.05).