TY - GEN
T1 - Usage prediction and effectiveness verification of app restriction function for smartphone addiction
AU - Yasudomi, Katsuki
AU - Hamamura, Toshitaka
AU - Honjo, Masaru
AU - Yoneyama, Akio
AU - Uchida, Masato
N1 - Funding Information:
ACKNOWLEDGMENT This work was supported in part by the Japan Society for the Promotion of Science through Grants-in-Aid for Scientific Research (B) (17H01742).
Publisher Copyright:
© 2021 IEEE.
PY - 2021/3/1
Y1 - 2021/3/1
N2 - In recent years, there has been a growing problem of smartphone addiction. As the excessive use of smartphones has negatively impacted our daily lives, many apps for reducing smartphone addiction have been developed around the world. In this study, we focus on the app restriction function, which is one of the key features of digital medicines for smartphone addiction, and analyze the usage of the function and verify its effectiveness. The results showed significant differences in both psychological and behavioral aspects between those who used the app restriction function and those who did not. Specifically, we found that the app restriction function was more likely to be used by those who were more aware of their smartphone addiction. We also found that the app restriction function was effective in lessening smartphone usage time, especially when the smartphone addiction is relatively moderate.
AB - In recent years, there has been a growing problem of smartphone addiction. As the excessive use of smartphones has negatively impacted our daily lives, many apps for reducing smartphone addiction have been developed around the world. In this study, we focus on the app restriction function, which is one of the key features of digital medicines for smartphone addiction, and analyze the usage of the function and verify its effectiveness. The results showed significant differences in both psychological and behavioral aspects between those who used the app restriction function and those who did not. Specifically, we found that the app restriction function was more likely to be used by those who were more aware of their smartphone addiction. We also found that the app restriction function was effective in lessening smartphone usage time, especially when the smartphone addiction is relatively moderate.
KW - App restriction function
KW - Digital medicine
KW - Smartphone addiction
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U2 - 10.1109/HEALTHCOM49281.2021.9398974
DO - 10.1109/HEALTHCOM49281.2021.9398974
M3 - Conference contribution
AN - SCOPUS:85104837879
T3 - 2020 IEEE International Conference on E-Health Networking, Application and Services, HEALTHCOM 2020
BT - 2020 IEEE International Conference on E-Health Networking, Application and Services, HEALTHCOM 2020
PB - Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc.
T2 - 22nd IEEE International Conference on E-Health Networking, Application and Services, HEALTHCOM 2020
Y2 - 1 March 2021 through 2 March 2021
ER -