Background : Trans Jakarta passenger is one of the potraits of urban society that use smartphone in DKI Jakarta. Excessive use of smartphones can cause addiction for the users. This study aims to determine the prevalence of smartphone addiction in the Trans Jakarta passengers and the relationship of smartphone addiction related to risk factors, such as age, gender, educational status, job, and common use of smartphones.
Methods : This study used cross sectional multivariate analytical studies with logistic regression with a total of 143 respondents selected by consecutive sampling at ten of Trans Jakarta stations. Fifty persons were asked to fill out the Smartphone Addiction Scale (SAS) questionnaire.
Results : The majority of the sample were female (65%), aged of 21-25 years (53%), high school graduates (88%), working as an employees (81%) and doing frequent communication online (64%). Prevalence of Trans Jakarta passengers who addicted to smartphone were 68%.
Conclusions : Results of logistic regression test showed there was no significant relationship between factors of gender, age, educational status, job, and common use of smartphone with smartphone addiction. Based on the statistic, there is no relationship between the risk factors related to smartphone addiction, but the high percentage of respondents who were addicted to smartphone should be taken into consideration for the prevention of smartphone addiction. |