Correlation of anxiety, depression, and socioeconomic status with phantom vibration syndrome in healthy individuals

Desai, R. M.; Patel, Dharmesh K.; Mohit, Mayank

doi:10.5455/njppp.2019.9.0415316052019

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“…Almost 66.44 % experienced moderate level of depression in this study as in contrary to the study conducted by Desai et al in which majority were normal (56.32%) and about 34.48% and only 3.44% had mild and moderate level of depression respectively. 5 Students who spent more time (> 6 hours) in their mobile phones experienced PVS. This result goes in accordance with Subba et al study conducted in 2013, where students who had PVS observed to spend more time on their mobile phones 15 .…”

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“…Modern lifestyle modifications, excessive work stress, disturbed sleep pattern, unusual food habits, irregular working hours, etc., has also contributed to increased prevalence of such disorders across the globe. 5 The frequent use on cell phone in prolonged activation of vibration alert mode lead towards Phantom Vibration Syndrome (PVS) with estimated prevalence rate to be 78.1 % in India 2 . History of phantom syndrome was traced back to 1996, when the cartoonist Scott Adams, referred such sensation as "phantom-pager syndrome" in his comic "Dilbert".…”

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Distribution of Phantom Vibration Syndrome and Its Association on Psychological Morbidity among Medical Students, South India

Jayachandran¹,

Umadevi²,

Krishnaprasanth³

2022

Natl J Community Med

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Introduction: With the advancement of cellular technology at its peak, the rise in obsession for mobile phone usage has ended up in psychological dependency towards it resulting in emergence of 'Phantom Vibration Syndrome', described by Mr. Robert D Jones in 2003 as a 'tactile hallucination of mobile phone vibration'. This study was conducted to estimate the distribution of phantom vibration syndrome among medical students using smart phone and its impact on level of stress, anxiety and depression. Methodology: A cross sectional study was conducted among 200 final year private medical college students in Kancheepuram district. A semi - structured questionnaire, including Perceived Stress Scale (PSS), Hamilton Anxiety Rating score and Hamilton depression rating scale was used. Data was analyzed using SPSS software. Results: Almost 74% of study population experienced phantom vibration syndrome (PVS). It was estimated that about 74% experienced moderate stress, 77.41% from mild anxiety and 45.16% from mild depression. Conclusion: Excessive problematic usage of mobile phone has resulted in various disorders like phantom vibration syndrome, Phubbing, Ringxiety and Nomophobia that deals with psychological or socio-behavioral changes. By limiting mobile phone use in a productive way, these health-related problems can be avoided.

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Distribution of Phantom Vibration Syndrome and Its Association on Psychological Morbidity among Medical Students, South India

Jayachandran¹,

Umadevi²,

Krishnaprasanth³

2022

Natl J Community Med

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“…Phantom vibrations are widespread, with studies from around the world reporting majorities of participants experiencing them (see Desai et al, 2019). Frequency of and dependency on mobile media use often correlate with experiencing phantom vibrations (Desai et al, 2019;Kruger & Djerf, 2017), and they are also experienced more often by people expecting calls, such as on-duty doctors (Deb, 2015).…”

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Thinking and Feeling through Mobile Media and Communication: A Review of Cognitive and Affective Implications

Ross¹,

Campbell²

2021

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In recent decades, mobile media and communication have become integral to human psychology, including how people think and feel. Although the popular press, parents, and educators often voice concerns about the integration of mobile media into everyday life (e.g., “smartphone addiction”), the growing body of scholarship in this area offers a mix of positive, negative, and conditional effects of mobile media use. This review article traverses this variegated scholarship by assembling cognitive and affective implications of mobile media and communication. It identifies information processing, offloading, spatial cognition, habit, attention, and phantom vibrations as cognitive themes, and feelings of pleasure, stress/anxiety, safety/security, connectedness, and control as affective themes. Along the way, it helps bring structure to this growing and interdisciplinary area of scholarship, ground psychological work on mobile media in theorizing on technological embedding, inform academic and public debates, and identify opportunities for future research.

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Correlation of anxiety, depression, and socioeconomic status with phantom vibration syndrome in healthy individuals

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Distribution of Phantom Vibration Syndrome and Its Association on Psychological Morbidity among Medical Students, South India

Distribution of Phantom Vibration Syndrome and Its Association on Psychological Morbidity among Medical Students, South India

Thinking and Feeling through Mobile Media and Communication: A Review of Cognitive and Affective Implications

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