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Izinombolo eziyinhloko

• Cishe u-27% wabantu emhlabeni wonke bahlangabezana nemigomo yokuncika ku-smartphone emibuzweni eqinisekisiwe — lesi yisilinganiso esihlanganisiwe esivela ezifundweni ezingu-504 zabantu abangaphezu kwezigidi ezingu-2.1 emazweni angu-64.
• Ukuncika ku-smartphone kuyindlela evame kakhulu yokuncika kwedijithali kulokho kuhlaziywa, kudlula ezinkundleni zokuxhumana (17.4%), i-inthanethi (14.2%) nokuncika emidlalweni (6.0%).
• Phakathi kwezingane nentsha, isilinganiso esimaphakathi sokuvama kokusebenzisa i-smartphone ngendlela eyinkinga ngu-23.3% — cishe umuntu oyedwa kwabangu-4.
• Intsha enokusebenzisa i-smartphone okunenkinga ibinethuba elingaba izikhathi ezi-3 lokuba nokudangala nokukhathazeka kanye nezikhathi ezi-2.6 zokuba nekhwalithi yokulala engesihle — lokho kuwukuhlangana kwezinto, hhayi ubufakazi bokuthi kubangela.
• Izinga liyakhuphuka: izikolo zenyuke ngokuhamba kwesikhathi emazweni amaningi kwangu-24 afundwe, futhi ukuhlaziywa kwamazwe angu-64 kwathola ukuthambekela kokukhuphuka eminyakeni engamashumi amabili, okwaba kubi kakhulu ngesikhathi sobhubhane lwe-COVID-19.

Lapho kuphezulu kakhulu nalapho kuphansi kakhulu

Emazweni angu-24 — abantu abangu-33,831 abaneminyaka engu-15 kuya ku-35, ezifundweni ezisukela ku-2014 kuya ku-2020 — amaphuzu ayephezulu kakhulu eChina naseSaudi Arabia, alandelwa iMalaysia, iBrazil, iSouth Korea, i-Iran, iCanada neTurkey. Ayebehla kakhulu eGermany naseFrance. Ababhali baxhumanisa lo mehluko ngokwengxenye namasiko: amaphuzu aphezulu ayevame ukuvela emazweni anemithetho yomphakathi eqinile nezibopho zomphakathi nezomndeni ezisemthethweni kakhulu.

Ukuhlaziywa okuhlanganisiwe kwamazwe angu-64 kuthole iphethini efanayo ebanzi ngokwesifunda nangemali engenayo: amazinga aphezulu esifundeni sase-Eastern Mediterranean nasemazweni anemali engenayo ephansi kanye nalawo anemali engenayo ephansi kuya emaphakathi.

Okukalwa yilezi zibalo

Smartphone addiction is not an official diagnosis. Studies measure it with self-report questionnaires such as the Smartphone Addiction Scale and count everyone above a cut-off score. Different scales and cut-offs give different rates — one reason estimates range so widely between studies. The figures describe how common the pattern is in surveys, not how many people would receive a clinical diagnosis.

Umi kuphi?

Uhlolo lwethu lwamahhala lokubheka ukusetshenziswa ngokweqile kwefoni lusebenzisa imibuzo eyishumi eguqulwe kusukela enguqulweni emfushane ye-Smartphone Addiction Scale (SAS-SV), isikali esifanayo esisekela ingxenye enkulu yocwaningo olungenhla. Luthatha imizuzu emibili futhi lukunika isinyathelo esilandelayo esicacile, hhayi ukuxilongwa.

Imithombo

• Meng SQ, Cheng JL, Li YY, et al. Ukusabalala komhlaba wonke kokulutha kwedijithali kubantu bonke: ukubuyekezwa okuhlelekile kanye ne-meta-analysis. Clinical Psychology Review, 93, 102128 (2022).
• Sohn SY, Rees P, Wildridge B, Kalk NJ, Carter B. Ukusabalala kokusetshenziswa kwe-smartphone okuyinkinga kanye nemiphumela yezempilo yengqondo ehambisana nakho ezinganeni nakubantu abasha: ukubuyekezwa okuhlelekile, i-meta-analysis kanye ne-GRADE yobufakazi. BMC Psychiatry, 19, 356 (2019).
• Olson JA, Sandra DA, Colucci ÉS, et al. Ukulutha kwama-smartphone kuyanda emhlabeni wonke: i-meta-analysis yamazwe angu-24. Computers in Human Behavior, 129, 107138 (2022).

Ikhasi ligcine ukubuyekezwa: Septhemba 2026. Sibuyekeza izibalo uma kushicilelwa ama-meta-analysis amasha.