Research in Health Science ISSN 2470-6205 (Print) ISSN 2470-6213 (Online) Vol. 3, No. 4, 2018 www.scholink.org/ojs/index.php/rhs 91 Original Paper Smartphone Addiction and Health Issues among Young Adults in India: A Cross Sectional Study Saravanan Murugan 1* , Chetana Bodar 2 , Ipsa Chaudhari 3 , Tanvi Chaudhari 4 & Kripal Panchal 5 1 Associate Professor, The Sarvajanik College of Physiotherapy, Surat, Gujarat, India 2 Tutor, P P Savani School of Physiotherapy, Surat, Gujarat, India 3 Assistant Professor, Vidyadeep Institute of Physiotherapy, Surat, Gujarat, India 4 Physiotherapists, Independent practice, Surat, Gujarat, India 5 Physiotherapists, Independent practice, Mumbai, Maharashtra, India * Saravanan Murugan, The Sarvajanik College of Physiotherapy, Badatwadi, Chhada-Ole, Rampura, Surat, 395003, Gujarat, India Received: October 25, 2018 Accepted: November 9, 2018 Online Published: November 29, 2018 doi:10.22158/rhs.v3n4p91 URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.22158/rhs.v3n4p91 Abstract Purpose: Since smartphone usage across the world has increased in the recent years, the present study aims to explore smartphone addiction in young college going adults and common factors associated with it. Method: 306 female college students volunteered to be part of this study. Demographic information including smartphone usage and sleeping hours per day were collected using a self-administered questionnaire. Smartphone Addiction Scale (SAS) was used to evaluate level of addiction to smartphone. Results and discussion: SAS score of participants was 137.64, which shows higher rate of addiction to smartphone. 27.1% of the participants complained of pain and other health related symptoms, 66.3% reported awareness of symptoms occurring due to mobile overuse, 34.6% reported changes in sleeping pattern and 43.5% in sleeping hours. Conclusion: A higher rate of addiction to smartphone is associated with negative effects on health, social life and might present difficulties to performance in education. Keywords Smartphone, addiction, smartphone Addiction Scale, health issues, young adults 1. Introduction Smartphones are mobile phones with advanced features that are used widely for purposes other than the basic needs of communication. It has potentially replaced the features provided by computers and laptops including internet browsing, gaming, listening to music and watching videos to name a few and