Influence of technological gadgets on health and lifestyle of medico

Abstract

After getting approval from the Institutional Ethical Committee and written informed consent from the subject, the subjects were given a pre-tested, framed, and a standardized questionnaire. The first part of the questionnaire consisted of the declaration and the demographic profile which included the year of study, age, gender, residency, and socioeconomic status of the participants followed by four sections. Table 4 shows the influence of technological gadgets on lifestyle of medicos and Table 5 shows the results of health status and the statistical correlation test, Pearson's correlation was done to assess whether the duration of the usage of technological devices does influence their health. In this study, the statements 'technology as the best source of entertainment' and 'survival without gadgets is being difficult' showed significant positive correlation which makes it evident that medicos do need technological gadgets as a relaxation in their stressful lives.