Video game addiction and life style changes: Implications for caregivers burden
Limitation of available information on caregiver perspective on managing the users excessive use of technology. The present case series explore the caregiver burden related to users addictive use of video game. The users and caregivers approached the service of healthy use of technology (SHUT clinic...
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| description | Limitation of available information on caregiver perspective on managing the users excessive use of technology. The present case series explore the caregiver burden related to users addictive use of video game. The users and caregivers approached the service of healthy use of technology (SHUT clinic) for management. They were assessed using Griffith criteria for video game; General Health questionnaire and family burden interview schedule. It demonstrate the addictive use of video game and its impact on users life style and the presence of psychiatric distress/family burden in the caregivers. Caregivers also reported presence of disturbance in psychosocial domains and helplessness to manage the excessive use. It has implications for building support group and service to handle parents′ distress and enabling them to handle the dysfunction in users. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-fc08bf1bd27f429da5c7a382698860422022-12-21T18:28:41ZengSAGE PublishingIndian Journal of Psychological Medicine0253-71762016-01-0138215015110.4103/0253-7176.178811Video game addiction and life style changes: Implications for caregivers burdenManoj Kumar SharmaLimitation of available information on caregiver perspective on managing the users excessive use of technology. The present case series explore the caregiver burden related to users addictive use of video game. The users and caregivers approached the service of healthy use of technology (SHUT clinic) for management. They were assessed using Griffith criteria for video game; General Health questionnaire and family burden interview schedule. It demonstrate the addictive use of video game and its impact on users life style and the presence of psychiatric distress/family burden in the caregivers. Caregivers also reported presence of disturbance in psychosocial domains and helplessness to manage the excessive use. It has implications for building support group and service to handle parents′ distress and enabling them to handle the dysfunction in users.http://www.ijpm.info/article.asp?issn=0253-7176;year=2016;volume=38;issue=2;spage=150;epage=151;aulast=SharmaCaregiversusersvideo game |
| spellingShingle | Manoj Kumar Sharma Video game addiction and life style changes: Implications for caregivers burden Indian Journal of Psychological Medicine Caregivers users video game |
| title | Video game addiction and life style changes: Implications for caregivers burden |
| title_full | Video game addiction and life style changes: Implications for caregivers burden |
| title_fullStr | Video game addiction and life style changes: Implications for caregivers burden |
| title_full_unstemmed | Video game addiction and life style changes: Implications for caregivers burden |
| title_short | Video game addiction and life style changes: Implications for caregivers burden |
| title_sort | video game addiction and life style changes implications for caregivers burden |
| topic | Caregivers users video game |
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