Health Effects of Digital Device Usage on Students during Covid-19 in Bangladesh: A Statistical Approach

Md. Ashraful Babu, Srikanta Kumar Mohapatra, Md. Mortuza Ahmmed, Abu Sayeed Arif, M. Mesbahuddin Sarker, Jayashree Mohanty

Abstract: Digital dividends are described as the economic growth, employment creation, and provision of financial and non-financial services that result from the use of digital technologies. Digital dividends were widely used during the COVID-19 pandemic. However, the question remains as to how they have impacted students who used them in their daily life for academic objectives. The main target of this research to find out or evaluate the digital devices performance and health effects of these devices usage on students during the pandemic COVID-19 period in Bangladesh. The primary data set is a random collected from different educational institutes. Overall 114 data is collected in a random selection through a survey form. Primary data was collected through a survey based on 114 randomly selected students from different educational institutions. The relation between the variables was tested by chi-square analysis. Outcomes of chi-square analyses show that factors like age, residential origin, device at home, device usage per day, device adaptability, internet source and internet speed had significant association with health effects on respondents due to digital device usage during COVID-19.