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The association between problematic internet use and neck pain among Japanese schoolteachers タナベ, リナ タナベ, リナ Tanabe, Rina ヒサマツ, タカシ ヒサマツ, タカシ Hisamatsu, Takashi フクダ, マリ フクダ, マリ Fukuda, Mari 70636836 津村, 秀樹 ツムラ, ヒデキ Tsumura, Hideki 津村 ツムラ Tsumura 秀樹 ヒデキ Hideki ツチエ, リナ ツチエ, リナ Tsuchie, Rina スズキ, マサコ スズキ, マサコ Suzuki, Masako スガヤ, ナギサ スガヤ, ナギサ Sugaya, Nagisa ナカムラ, コウシ ナカムラ, コウシ Nakamura, Koshi タカハシ, ケンゾウ タカハシ, ケンゾウ Takahashi, Kenzo カンダ, ヒデユキ カンダ, ヒデユキ Kanda, Hideyuki open access This is an open access article under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits use, distribution and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited. internet addiction musculoskeletal pain neck pain problematic internet use teachers Objectives: Problematic internet use (PIU) has been suggested in relation to psychological symptoms among schoolteachers, but the relationship with physical symptoms remains unclear. We examined whether PIU or longer Internet usage time is associated with neck pain in schoolteachers. Methods: We conducted a cross-sectional study among 2582 teachers aged 20 years or older (35.6% women) in Shimane and Tottori, Japan in 2018. Neck pain was defined as ≥5 points on the Neck Disability Index. The Compulsive Internet Use Scale (CIUS) was used to assess PIU. Internet usage time on weekdays and weekends was divided into five groups: 0, 1–29, 30–59, 60–119, and ≥120 min/day. Logistic regression analysis was conducted to examine the association of the CIUS score and Internet usage time on weekdays or weekends with neck pain, adjusting for sex, age, position at school, insomnia, and psychological distress. Results: We observed 800 (31.0%) teachers with neck pain. The median (interquartile range) of their CIUS scores was 7 (2, 14). A higher CIUS score was independently associated with a higher prevalence of neck pain (odds ratio of 4th vs. 1st quartiles, 1.41; 95% confidence interval, 1.06–1.87; trend P = .006). Compared with non-Internet users, Internet users on weekdays had almost double the odds of neck pain although the difference did not reach the customary level for designating statistical significance. Conclusions: In conclusion, teachers with higher scores in CIUS were associated with a higher prevalence of neck pain in Japan, suggesting adults with PIU being at risk of physical disorders. Japan Society for Occupational Health Wiley 2021-12-09 eng journal article VoR 383271 https://tokushima-u.repo.nii.ac.jp/records/2010081 https://doi.org/10.1002/1348-9585.12298 10.1002/1348-9585.12298 13489585 AA11090645 Journal of Occupational Health 63 1 e12298 https://tokushima-u.repo.nii.ac.jp/record/2010081/files/joh_63_1_e12298.pdf application/pdf 242 KB 2022-07-26