Abstract :
Background: Addiction to gadgets is a situation when someone feels anxious when away from the gadget. Data from Deloitte Global Mobile Consumer Survey in 2014 recorded the highest number of smartphone users as teenagers (91%). Many teens lack sleep due to playing gadgets, Headmaster and Headmistresses Conference (HMC) noted that 68% of teens play gadgets before going to bed and 10% of teens feel nervous if they don't check their gadgets before going to bed.
Objective: To analyze the differences in gadget dependence on class X students who were given education and assistance with non-mentoring education at Palembang Methodist 1 High School
Method: This study used the quasy experiment method with the design of two group pre-test post-test on 40 respondents with total sampling
Results: The intervention group was given education and assistance, the control group was given education without assistance. The Wilcoxon results showed a difference in gadget dependence before and after intervention in the intervention group (p = 0.011) and there were no differences in gadget dependence before and after intervention in the control group (p = 0.059). The Mann Whitney test showed no difference in gadget dependence after being given education and assistance with education without assistance (p = 0.841).
Conclusion: there is no difference in gadget dependence after being given education and assistance with education without assistance.