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Status unknownNCT05483361Updated Aug 2, 2022

Effect Of Smart Phone Addiction On Pulmonary Function, And Functional Capacity In Children

An observational study in Smartphone Addiction, Pulmonary Function and Functional Capacity, sponsored by Cairo University. Status unknown at 1 site in Egypt. Open to participants aged 10 Years to 12 Years, including healthy volunteers. Per ClinicalTrials.gov, last updated 2022-08-02.

Sponsored by Cairo University · Observational

The sponsor has not verified this record recently (last verified Jul 2022), so the status shown — last known as Recruiting — may be out of date.
Study type
Observational
Model
Other
Time perspective
Cross-sectional
Enrollment
100
Ages
10 Years to 12 Years
Sex
All
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Study summary

Statement of the problem:

Are there relations between smartphone addiction, neck posture, pulmonary functions and functional capacity in children? Null hypothesis

It will be assumed that:

  • There will be no effect of smart phone addiction on head posture, pulmonary function and functional capacity in children.
  • There will be no relation between smartphone addiction, head posture, pulmonary function and functional capacity in children.
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Subjects:

Sample size estimation will be carried out to determine the recruited number of children selected randomly from both governmental and private primary and preparatory schools at El Mansoura educational administration, Dakahlia Governorate and Damietta governorate to participate in this study. The survey targets the normal students from both sexes.

They will be selected based on the following:

Inclusion criteria:

  • All children will be age ranges from 10 to 12 years
  • The BMI \<95th percentile (WHO, 2007)
  • Smartphone addiction scale short version will be used to categorize the children to addicted group (score > 32) (Kwon et al., 2013) .
  • They will be cooperative and followed the instructions.

Exclusive criteria:

Children will be excluded from the study if they have:

  • Neurological diseases.
  • Respiratory disorders.
  • Congenital deformities.
  • Vision disorders not corrected by glasses.
  • Children who participate in competitive sports.
  • Obesity.
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Conditions studied

  • Smartphone Addiction
  • Pulmonary Function
  • Functional Capacity
  • School Age Children
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In context

Behavior, Addictive

540 studies on the registry are indexed under Behavior, Addictive; 134 are open to participants now.

This study's planned enrollment of 100 is below the median of 170 across 133 observational studies indexed under Behavior, Addictive.

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Lead sponsor

Cairo University is the lead sponsor of 4,780 studies on the registry; 1,427 are open to participants now.

Of its 36 completed or terminated interventional studies of FDA-regulated products, 5 (14%) have results posted.

Counted across the registry records on this site, refreshed daily.

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Who can participate

Ages eligible
10 Years to 12 Years
Sexes eligible
All
Accepts healthy volunteers
Yes
Sampling method
Probability sample

Study population

community sample

Inclusion criteria

  • All children will be age ranges from 10 to 12 years
  • The BMI \<95th percentile (WHO, 2007)
  • Smartphone addiction scale short version will be used to categorize the children to addicted group (score > 32) (Kwon et al., 2013) .
  • They will be cooperative and followed the instructions.

Exclusion criteria

Exclusion Criteria:

    • Neurological diseases.

      • Respiratory disorders.
      • Congenital deformities.
      • Vision disorders not corrected by glasses.
      • Children who participate in competitive sports.
      • Obesity.
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Study design

Observational model
Other
Time perspective
Cross-sectional
Enrollment
100 participants (estimated)
Patient registry
No

Groups and cohorts

  • smart phone addiction group

    Smart phone addiction will be assessed using the Smart Phone Addiction Scale short version (SAS-SV) evaluation of pulmonary functions and functional capacity evaluation craniovertebral angle

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What researchers measure

Primary outcomes

  1. evaluation of pulmonary functions

    Computerized spirometer is the most frequently used measure of lung function and is a measure of volume against time. It is a simple and quick procedure to perform

    Time frame: baseline only

Secondary outcomes

  1. evaluation of functional capacity

    By 3 minutes step test It is based on the principles that your heart rate will return to normal quickly the fitter you are the value of post- exercise heart is considered to be an indicator to cardiovascular fitness

    Time frame: baseline only

Other outcomes

  1. evaluation craniovertebral angle

    By Kinovea computer program A free 2D motion analysis software

    Time frame: baseline only

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Study locations

1 of 1 sites recruiting
  • Governmental and Private Primary and Preparatory Schools
    Damietta, Egypt
    Recruiting
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References and documents

Individual participant data

Plan to share: Undecided

No publications or documents are linked to this record.

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Updates

Tracking since Sep 25, 2026
No changes since tracking began. The registry record was last updated on Aug 2, 2022, before this site started recording changes on Sep 25, 2026. Its history is on ClinicalTrials.gov ↗
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Registry details

Key details

Study ID
NCT05483361
Lead sponsor
Cairo University
Responsible party
Yasmine Mohamed Abd Elrazek Eletreby (assistant lecturer, Cairo University) — Principal investigator
First posted
Aug 2, 2022
Start date
Jul 1, 2022
Primary completion
Dec 1, 2022 (estimated)
Completion
Jan 1, 2023 (estimated)
Last update
Aug 2, 2022

Study contacts

yasmine eletreby
Contact
yeletreby@horus.edu.eg
+201554984342
yasmine eletreby
principal investigator · Cairo University

Oversight

FDA-regulated drug
No
FDA-regulated device
No
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