Abstract:

Because electronic opportunities are increasing, we studied relationship of use of electronic devices (EDs) and mobile phones (MPs) by children/adolescents with parents’ jobs, sociocultural level, socioeconomic level and their characteristics of use of MP. A poll was carried out among children/adolescents aged between 06-18 years who consulted to Department of Pediatrics, NKU MF. In this form, we asked the characteristics of use of MPs by children/adolescents, parents’ jobs, educational level, socioeconomic level and characteristics use of MP. Data of 50 people who use MP and 50 people who do not use MP was compared between groups. PASW 18 statistics for windows package program was used to compare data. Chi-square, independent sample t and Mann-Whitney u test were used to evaluate data. p≤0,05 value was accepted as statistically significance limit.Boy/girl ratio of MP (-) group was 1.00, and it was 0.92 in the MP (+) group. Mean age (months) was 121.32±21.22 in the MP (-) group, and it was 147.34±24.63 in the MP (+) group. Daily period of use of ED (minutes) was 234.10±114.49 in the MP(-) group, and it was 286.70±116.32 in the MP (+) group (p≤0,05). Job (+) mother ratio of MP (+) group was statistically significant (p≤0,01), but job (+) father ratio was not statistically significant (p≥0,05). Secondary school - high school (+) mothers and university–post-graduate (+) fathers had statistically significant high ratios in the MP(+) children group (p≤0,05). Monthly income and monthly income per person in the family parameters were statistically significant higher ratios in MP(+) children (p≤0,01). Ratio of use of MP, daily period of use of MP by the parents and how long they use MP were not statistically significant between MP (+) and MP (-) groups (p≥0,05). In our study, use of MP of children/adolescents was found to be closely related with parents’ jobs, sociocultural and socioeconomic states, when it has no relationship with characteristics of use of MP by the parents.

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