Health affectations in students during the online modality due to the pandemic

Abstract

With the arrival of the SARS-CoV-2 Pandemic in 2019, various sectors found it necessary to implement strategies that would allow them to continue their activities and offer their services. The clear example is shown in the education sector, which forced and in response to the challenge of continuing to provide education, it moved face-to-face classes completely remotely, which meant that students at different educational levels began to use various digital platforms and invest time in everything related to this way of working. To carry out online education, it was necessary to use mobile devices or computers that facilitated the connectivity of teachers and students. However, it led to an increase in the time spent sitting, to adapt spaces within the home to be able to receive classes, as well as to the change of some unhealthy habits. This research is carried out to determine the health effects that students present because of the implementation of the online modality. The collection of information was through the application of an online questionnaire to 209 high school students at the Cuauhtémoc Campus of the Preparatory School of the Autonomous University of the State of Mexico (UAEMéx), of which 67.9% were female and 32.1 % male, in an age range of 15 to 17 years.