The Association of the Use of Electronic Media with Primary Headache in Students of the Faculty of Medicine, BaiturrahMah University Class 2017

Abstract

Background: The use of multimedia-based electronics during this Covid pandemic is the right solution fordistance learning. Electronic media that are generally known by the public are cellphones and laptops/computers, and television which are communication media that use electromechanical power.

Aims: To find the association between the use of electronic media with primary headaches in students of the Faculty of Medicine, Baiturrahmah University class 2017.

Method: This research was an observational analytic study with a cross-sectional design. The sample of this study was the 2017 class of students who met the inclusion criteria and exclusion criteria—sampling using a non-random sampling method, namely consecutive selection. Data collection was done by distributing questionnaires.

Results: In this study, the gender of the respondents, who were primarily women, was 50 people (72.5%). Respondents who experienced migraine headaches were 13 people (18.8%), and Tension-Type Headachewas 56 people (81.2%). This study showed no significant association between the use of cellphones and primary headaches in terms of frequency, duration, length of possession, position, and brightness (p>0.05). Likewise, for the use of laptops/computers, there was no significant association with primary headaches in terms of frequency, duration, length of stay, position, and brightness (p>0.05). Furthermore, there was no significant association with primary headaches for television use in terms of frequency, duration, length of stay, and position.

Conclusion: There is no significant association between the use of electronic media with primary headache.