Examining the Relationship Between Cervical Hypolordosis and Pain, Phone Addiction, and Nomophobia in Young Adults

Indication or complications Patients between the ages of 18-35, diagnosed with neck flattening and who agreed to participate in the study will be included in the study. Patients under the age of 18 and older than 35, who cannot cooperate verbally and/or auditory, and who cannot cooperate psychologically and/or perceptually will be excluded from the study.

120 patients who applied to the clinic with the complaint of neck pain and were diagnosed with cervical hypolordosis by radiological examination will be included in the study. After giving the necessary verbal and written information about the study, a link will be sent to the phones of the patients whose informed consent was obtained. Patients will access evaluation questions and survey questions via this link. Personal information with the Sociodemographic Data Form prepared by us; pain severity by Visual Analogue Scale (VAS); phone addiction level with the Smartphone Addiction Questionnaire (Young Population); nomophobia levels will be evaluated with the Nomophobia Scale.

Sociodemographic Data Form: With the form, participants' name, surname, gender, age, height, weight, education status, marital status, smoking, alcohol, exercise habits, average daily sleep and smartphone usage time, screen usage time in the last 7 days, how many years smart phone usage information and contact information will be recorded.

Visual Analog Scale (VAS): participants are asked to select the point where they feel pain on a 10-centimeter (cm) horizontal line. 0 - no pain, 10 - unbearable pain. Pain conditions are evaluated separately at night, during activity and at rest.

Smartphone Addiction Questionnaire (Young Population): The scale consists of 33 questions and 7 sub-parameters. Sub-parameters Functioning Impairment, Withdrawal Symptom, Positive Expectation, Virtual Directed Relationship, Overuse, Social Network Addiction, and Physical are symptoms. As the score increases, the level of addiction increases. Nomophobia Scale: It has 20 items and 4 dimensions in total. These four dimensions, in order, are not being online, losing communication, not feeling comfortable, and not being able to access information. Each of the 20 questions in the 5-point Likert-type scale is scored by the participants as 1 point-strongly disagree, 7 points-strongly agree. If the total score is 20, it is graded as no nomophobia, 21-59 as mild nomophobia, 60-99 as moderate nomophobia, and 100-140 as extreme nomophobia.