Smartphone addiction among medical college students in the Andaman and Nicobar Islands

Sethuraman, Ajay Raj; Rao, Shivani; Charlette, Lena; Thatkar, Pandurang Vithal; Vincent, Vivin

doi:10.18203/2394-6040.ijcmph20183867

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“…have also observed self-acknowledgement as a predictor of smartphone addiction. [ 23 ] We corroborate their finding and state that there is high degree of awareness of being addicted to smartphone use among excessive mobile phone users.…”

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Smartphone use and the quality of life of medical students in the Kumaun Region, Uttarakhand

Awasthi

Kaur

Solanki

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J Family Med Prim Care

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Background: Once a device for telecommunication, now a powerful device bringing the whole world in one's palm, smartphones are increasingly becoming a common commodity among the medical students. Smartphones foster social interaction and facilitate multitasking and learning, but they also have some adverse effects. Young people, especially students, who are always inquisitive towards new technology, are likely to be affected by both these positive and negative impacts. Objective: To assess smartphone use and its association with the quality of life (QOL) of medical students. Materials and Method: A cross-sectional study was conducted among the undergraduate medical students of Government Medical College (GMC), Haldwani. All the students enrolled in MBBS course in GMC, Haldwani, who gave consent for participation and were present on the day of questionnaire administration, were included in the study. Smartphone addiction scale (SAS-SV), and WHO-BREF questionnaires for QOL were used for assessing smartphone use, and QOL of the medical students, respectively. Results: A total of 395 medical students were included in the study; out of them, 42% considered themselves addicted to the smartphone. According to SAS-SV, smartphone addiction was found among 43.8% medical students. It was seen that the junior-most and senior-most batches were significantly less addicted to the smartphone (p-value < 0.001). Male students were more addicted (OR = 1.45, CI = 0.962–2.174) to the smartphone as compared to females. The QOL of the students was significantly affected by smartphone use in all domains assessed (p-value ranging from < 0.001 to 0.002). Conclusions: Smartphone addiction is high among medical students and it has a significant negative impact on their QOL.

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“…(85%) in a medical college in Andaman and Nicobar Islands. [ 23 ] But, smartphone addiction was reported to be lesser by Chen et al . [ 24 ] in China and Ammati et al .…”

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Smartphone use and the quality of life of medical students in the Kumaun Region, Uttarakhand

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Kaur

Solanki

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“…[ 7 ] However, SA prevalence in our study is similar to that reported among Korean adolescents by Lee and Lee[ 8 ] and lower than the rates reported among college students by Sethuraman et al . in their study done in Andaman and Nicobar islands,[ 9 ] Basu et al . in their Delhi-based study,[ 10 ] and Aljomaa et al .…”

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Smartphone use and its addiction among adolescents in the age group of 16–19 years

Bhanderi

Pandya

Sharma

2021

Indian J Community Med

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Background: Smartphone use is escalating among adolescents, thereby increasing the risk of its addiction among them. Objective: The objective of this study was to estimate the prevalence of smartphone use and its addiction among adolescents in 16–19 years of age group. Materials and Methods: An observational cross-sectional study was conducted among 496 students in the age group of 16–19 years. Relevant information was collected using a self-administered questionnaire and the Smartphone Addiction (SA) Scale. Chi-square test and logistic regression were applied to study the association between independent and dependent variables. Results: Smartphone use was found to be 83.9%. It was associated with age, area of residence, discipline, use of hands-free kit, and parents' education and income. The smartphone addiction rate was reported to be 37%. It was found to be associated with age, area of residence, place of education, duration of smartphone use, daily hours of use, perception that cellphone use is harmful to health, and parents' education and income. Conclusion: A high rate of SA among adolescents warrants effective strategies at local, state, and national level to address this growing health problem in this population.

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“…On top of that, among Malaysian medical schools, two studies showed the prevalence of at-risk cases of developing smartphone addiction: 46.9% in Universiti Putra Malaysia (UPM) [ 16 ] and 52.2% in Universiti Teknologi MARA (UiTM) [ 17 ]. Several studies have reported a high prevalence of smartphone addiction: the prevalence of smartphone addiction in a Malaysian medical school was 46.9% [ 16 ], Saudi Arabian university students was 48% [ 18 ], Saudi Arabian dental students was 71.9% [ 19 ] and Indian medical students was 85.4% [ 20 ]. Conversely, some studies have reported a low prevalence of smartphone addiction: the prevalence of smartphone addiction in Chinese medical college students was 29.8% [ 4 ], Saudi Arabian students was 33.2% [ 21 ] and Saudi Arabian medical students was 36.5% [ 22 ].…”

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The relationship of smartphone addiction with psychological distress and neuroticism among university medical students

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Background Smartphone plays a vital role in higher education as it serves as a device with multiple functions. Smartphone addiction was reported on the rise among college and university students. The addiction may result in unwanted consequences on their academic performance and psychological health. One factor that consistently relates to psychological distress and smartphone addiction is the neurotic personality trait. This study explored the relationship of smartphone addiction with psychological health and neuroticism among USM medical students. Methods A cross-sectional study was carried out on medical students in a public medical school. DASS-21, the neuroticism-subscale of USMaP-i and SAS-SV were administered to measure psychological distress, neuroticism, and smartphone addiction of the medical students. Spearman correlation was performed to examine the correlation between smartphone addiction with psychological distress and neuroticism. Simple linear regression was performed to investigate relationship factors of smartphone addiction. Results A total of 574 medical students participated in this study. The prevalence of smartphone addiction was 40.6%. It was higher among male (49.2%) compared to female (36.6%) medical students. The result showed a fair positive correlation between smartphone addiction and psychological health (rdepression = 0.277, p-value < 0.001; ranxiety = 0.312, p-value < 0.001; rstress = 0.329, p-value < 0.001). However, there was a poor positive correlation between smartphone addiction and neuroticism (r = 0.173, p-value < 0.001). The simple linear regression showed a significant increase in the levels of depression, anxiety, stress and neuroticism upon one unit increase in smartphone addiction (bdepression = 0.101, p-value < 0.001; banxiety = 0.120, p-value < 0.001; bstress = 0.132, p-value < 0.001; bneuroticism = 0.404, p-value < 0.05). These results indicated significant relationships between smartphone addiction, psychological health and neuroticism. Conclusion This study suggested a high prevalence of smartphone addiction among medical students, particularly in male medical students. The smartphone addiction might lead to psychological problems and the most vulnerable group is the medical student with the neurotic personality trait.

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Smartphone addiction among medical college students in the Andaman and Nicobar Islands

Cited by 28 publications

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Smartphone use and the quality of life of medical students in the Kumaun Region, Uttarakhand

Smartphone use and the quality of life of medical students in the Kumaun Region, Uttarakhand

Smartphone use and its addiction among adolescents in the age group of 16–19 years

The relationship of smartphone addiction with psychological distress and neuroticism among university medical students

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