Why it is important to reduce the time you use your smartphone

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Reducing smartphone usage by at least one hour a day reduces the anxiety, increases the level of satisfaction with life and even the chances of physical activity. This is the conclusion reached by scientists from the Ruhr-Universität Bochum in Germany.

We can hardly imagine life without a smartphone, but if we could reduce their use by at least one hour a day, it would already reduce the degree of anxiety. increased the level of satisfaction with life and even the chances of more physical activity. German scientists claim that it is not necessary to completely give up smartphones in order to feel better. But even a small reduction in the intensity of their use already has a positive effect on a person's well-being.

Previous studies have also shown that active use of smartphones is associated with obesity, neck pain, impaired work capacity and the formation of mental addiction. And now German scientists wanted to find out what period of smartphone use is dangerous for health. And would our lives really be better if we cut back on these gadgets.

They recruited 619 people, dividing them into three groups. In the first 200 participants gave up smartphones altogether for a whole week, in the second 226 people reduced their use by one hour per day, and in the third control group 193 participants did not change their relationship with the smartphone in any way. It turned out that the participants of the first and second groups had a positive effect. But where the smartphone was not completely abandoned, this effect lasted longer and showed greater stability.