School of Nursing, College of Nursing, Kaohsiung Medical University, Kaohsiung 807, Taiwan.
Department of Medical Research, Kaohsiung Medical University Hospital, Kaohsiung Medical University, Kaohsiung 807, Taiwan.
Int J Environ Res Public Health. 2020 Mar 30;17(7):2313. doi: 10.3390/ijerph17072313.
The smartphone is a widely used and rapidly growing phenomenon worldwide, and problematic smartphone use is common in our society. This study's objective was to examine the gender difference of baseline and post-intervention skin conductance response (SCR) among smartphone users and explore the relationships among problematic smartphone use level, anxiety level, and SCR changes by evaluating SCR, the Zung Self-Rating Anxiety Scale score, and the Chinese version of the Smartphone Addiction Inventory (SPAI) score in a one-group baseline and post-test design. Sixty participants were recruited from two communities, and data were collected from April to June 2017. There was a significant difference in terms of SCR changes between young males and old males and between young females and old females. Additionally, the SCR changes in young females were significantly greater than those in young males with twofold mean difference. This study provides strong evidence supporting the effectiveness of SCR measurement for assessing problematic smartphone use (PSU) anxiety when users are in a withdrawal-like state. The SCR measurement can help healthcare providers identify cases with risk factors of PSU for early intervention.
智能手机是一种在全球范围内广泛使用且快速发展的现象，在我们的社会中，存在着普遍的智能手机使用问题。本研究的目的是通过评估皮肤电反应（SCR）、zung 焦虑自评量表评分和中文版智能手机成瘾问卷（SPAI）评分，考察智能手机使用者在基线和干预后的皮肤电反应（SCR）的性别差异，并探讨智能手机使用问题程度、焦虑程度与 SCR 变化之间的关系。研究采用单组基线和后测设计，共招募了来自两个社区的 60 名参与者，数据收集时间为 2017 年 4 月至 6 月。研究结果显示，在 SCR 变化方面，年轻男性和老年男性、年轻女性和老年女性之间存在显著差异。此外，年轻女性的 SCR 变化明显大于年轻男性，其平均差异为两倍。本研究为 SCR 测量在评估使用者处于戒断状态时的智能手机使用问题（PSU）焦虑方面的有效性提供了有力证据。SCR 测量可以帮助医疗保健提供者识别有 PSU 风险因素的病例，以便进行早期干预。
