Effects of Smartphone use During Defecation and Smartphone Dependency on Incidence of Anal Disease in Adults

Abstract

This study aims to investigate whether adults who use smartphones during defecation have anal diseases and their smartphone dependencies. For 129 adults, whether to use a smartphone when defecating, defecation time, with or without anal disease and smartphone dependency were surveyed. When defecating, defecation time of the smartphone-using group showed a significant increase compared to the non-using group. The group with anal disease showed a significant difference in smartphone usage time during defecation, defecation time and smartphone dependency compared to the group without anal disease.