KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDE AND PERCEPTION OF TEXT NECK SYNDROME AMONG UNDERGRADUATES IN ADELEKE UNIVERSITY, EDE, OSUN STATE, NIGERIA

Text Neck Syndrome (TNS) is a growing musculoskeletal health issue among university students, driven by prolonged poor posture during the use of mobile devices such as smartphones, tablets, and laptops. A cross-sectional study design was adopted for this research. The target population was all undergraduates in Adeleke University, Ede, Osun State; the sample size was estimated using the Cochran’s formula with sample size of 261. A semi-structured questionnaire was used for this study. The respondents were of the age range 15-25 years, mean age of 20. This study tested the null hypothesis that there is no relationship between knowledge and attitude of text neck syndrome among the study population, Fishers Exact Test yielded a p value of 0.005. This study tested the null hypothesis that there is no relationship between the knowledge and perception of text neck syndrome among the study population, Fisher Exact Test yielded a p value of 0.61. This study also tested the null hypothesis that there is no relationship between the attitude and perception of text neck syndrome among the study participants, Fisher Exact Test yielded a p value of 0.001 resulting to reject the null hypothesis. It is therefore recommended that awareness campaigns and health education programs are integrated into the university’s curricula, improvement of ergonomic infrastructures on campus should also be provided by the university.