{"id":658,"date":"2018-01-02T16:00:14","date_gmt":"2018-01-02T10:30:14","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.gomedii.com\/?p=658"},"modified":"2021-03-25T14:58:52","modified_gmt":"2021-03-25T09:28:52","slug":"digital-health-wellness-what-is-the-definition-of-digital-wellness","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/gomedii.com\/blogs\/english\/health-a2z\/digital-health-wellness-what-is-the-definition-of-digital-wellness\/","title":{"rendered":"Digital Health &#038; Wellness -What is the Definition of Digital Wellness?"},"content":{"rendered":"<h1><\/h1>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><strong>Digital health and wellness<\/strong> mainly refer to psycho-social and physical well-being in a <strong>technological world<\/strong>, or else the increased use of technologies by people for their wellbeing.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"color: #ff6600;\">People Also Like:<\/span>\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/gomedii.com\/blogs\/english\/pharmacy\/e-health-online-pharmacy-and-connectivity\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">E-Health, Online Pharmacy and Connectivity: Steps Towards Improving Medication Compliance<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Technologies help in developing personal lives, health, and wellness by addressing a well-balanced life.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h1>What is Digital Health &amp; Wellness?<\/h1>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">There are several physical issues that are needed to be addressed such as <strong>eye safety, sound ergonomic practices, and repetitive stress syndrome<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">There are also several issues related to\u00a0psychological issues like <strong>Internet addiction<\/strong> and need to address users regarding the inherent dangers of <strong>technology<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.ilocis.org\/documents\/chpt29e.htm\"><strong>Ergonomics<\/strong><\/a> (<em>the study of people&#8217;s efficiency in their working environment<\/em>) is the application of information concerning systems, objects, and environments for human use.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Without the thorough understanding of <strong>digital health and wellness<\/strong> and digital safety, people mostly teenagers are under the major risk of being in danger.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h2>Issues Related to Digital Health and Wellness?<\/h2>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">There are many issues related to our health that we must think and resolve while using computers. The issues include <strong>computer addiction, posture or eyesight.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"color: #ff6600;\">People Also Read:\u00a0<\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/gomedii.com\/blogs\/english\/health-care\/what-things-do-you-do-to-get-better-sleep\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">What Things Do You Do To Get Better Sleep?<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><strong>Computer addiction:<\/strong> It\u00a0can be described as the compulsive or excessive use of the\u00a0computer\u00a0which continues\u00a0despite serious negative consequences for personal, occupational, and social function.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><strong>Posture while using the computer:<\/strong>\u00a0The wrong posture during computer usage can lead to back, neck and shoulder pain as well as overuse of computer can cause injuries of the hands and wrists.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><strong>Eyesight:<\/strong> Overuse or contentious use of the computer can also impact eyes such as increased risk of dry eyes (<a href=\"https:\/\/gomedii.com\/blogs\/english\/diseases-prevention\/dry-eyes-symptoms-cause-treatment\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Read More About &#8211; Dry eyes<\/a>).<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">There are several studies regarding computer or internet addiction with respect to the <strong>digital health and wellness<\/strong> is defined as the amount of time spends by a person <a href=\"http:\/\/digitalprakhar.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">online<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">It also shows that with new internet games, children are more likely addicted to it which results in a lack of sleep, feeling separated when not near the computer, and feeling tired.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h2>Possible Solutions or Guidelines for Issues Related to the Use of the Computers:<\/h2>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<ul style=\"text-align: justify;\">\n<li>Use of keyboards while using laptops because it helps in avoiding problems and make a person sit straight with correct hand and body posture (<a href=\"https:\/\/gomedii.com\/blogs\/english\/health-care\/know-more-about-office-stretches\/\" rel=\"bookmark\">Know More About Office Stretches)<\/a>.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<ul style=\"text-align: justify;\">\n<li>\u00a0Avoid sitting too close to the computer screen.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<ul style=\"text-align: justify;\">\n<li>Taking breaks in every 20 minutes.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<ul style=\"text-align: justify;\">\n<li>Remember to blink ( Know More &#8211; <a href=\"https:\/\/gomedii.com\/blogs\/english\/health-care\/top-5-tips-to-protect-your-eyes-at-workplace\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">How To\u00a0Protect Your Eyes at Workplace<\/a>).<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<ul style=\"text-align: justify;\">\n<li>Using enough lighting.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<ul style=\"text-align: justify;\">\n<li>Use of Computer glasses to reduce the eye strain associated with\u00a0computer work.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h3>Conclusion:<\/h3>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><strong>Digital health and wellness<\/strong> are totally depended upon the awareness among the people using the <strong>technology<\/strong>. Lack of psycho-social and physical well-being awareness impact the health of a person.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">[<span style=\"color: #ff6600;\"> People Also Read:<\/span>\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/gomedii.com\/blogs\/english\/health-care\/sexual-and-reproductive-health-awareness-day\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Sexual and Reproductive Health Awareness Day<\/a>]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&nbsp; Digital health and wellness mainly refer to psycho-social and physical well-being in a technological world, or else the increased use of technologies by people for their wellbeing. &nbsp; People Also Like:\u00a0E-Health, Online Pharmacy and Connectivity: Steps Towards Improving Medication Compliance &nbsp; Technologies help in developing personal lives, health, and wellness by addressing a well-balanced&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><a class=\"btn btn-style\" href=\"https:\/\/gomedii.com\/blogs\/english\/health-a2z\/digital-health-wellness-what-is-the-definition-of-digital-wellness\/\">Continue Reading<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":681,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[2],"tags":[165,161,163,164,162],"yst_prominent_words":[1071,1980,9021,1963,9017,9015,1623,1625,658,9016,9022,2000,9019,624,9023,2279,9020,9018,2003,9024],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/gomedii.com\/blogs\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/658"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/gomedii.com\/blogs\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/gomedii.com\/blogs\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gomedii.com\/blogs\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gomedii.com\/blogs\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=658"}],"version-history":[{"count":20,"href":"https:\/\/gomedii.com\/blogs\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/658\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":32620,"href":"https:\/\/gomedii.com\/blogs\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/658\/revisions\/32620"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gomedii.com\/blogs\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/681"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/gomedii.com\/blogs\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=658"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gomedii.com\/blogs\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=658"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gomedii.com\/blogs\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=658"},{"taxonomy":"yst_prominent_words","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gomedii.com\/blogs\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/yst_prominent_words?post=658"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}