A Cross-Sectional Study on Impact of Nomophobia Among Health Care Professional Students in Chennai and Kanchipuram

Abstract

Background Nomophobia is defined as a state of socio-psychological illness, refers to a fear of lack of access to mobile phone, which is thought to be a modern age disorder that causes negative health risks and harmful psychological effects. Objective To assess the impact of nomophobia among health care professional students and to determine if nomophobia can increase the likelihood of problematic dependent, prohibited and dangerous mobile phone use, human error during clinical practice, and also to educate and create awareness and Knowledge about nomophobia among Heath Care Professional Students. Methodology: A cross sectional study conducted in Chennai and Kanchipuram, from March 15th 2023 to August 15th 2023. Permission was obtained from IEC; a well-organized questionnaire was executed with 20 items using the Google Forms. Pre- structured questions were pre-validated by Experts. Google form contains the details such as socio-demographic, impact analyzing questions. The Completed data was collected, entered in excel sheet and the results was analyzed with the proper statistical method. Conclusion Our study concludes that every healthcare professional student should be free from nomophobia, to serve a healthy society.