Smartphone use by government dermatology practitioners in Kuwait: a self-reported questionnaire based cross-sectional study

Background: Smartphones are unavoidable technology in this modern era. Though there are several advantages with the use of smartphones, there is another school of thought is that due to excessive use of smartphones and addiction behavior the academic performance of the students gets deteriorates. With this in background, this study was conducted to compare the use of smartphones with the student’s academic performances.Methods: This prospective cross-sectional study was conducted among the undergraduate medical students of Sri Venkateshwara medical college hospital and research institute, Puducherry, a tertiary care teaching hospital during the January 2019 to July 2019. A total of 370 students were included in this study. All were assessed for the demographic profile and questions related to usage of smart phones using a questionnaire. Data was analyzed using SPSS.Results: Sharing documents, assessing drug information, taking notes and reading journals articles and books was the academic reasons reported by 94.6%, 72.7%, 58.1% and 35.7% of participants, respectively. Among non-academic reasons games, social media and entertainments was recorded in 82.4% 75.4% and 33% of participants, respectively. Mean duration of smart phone usage in a day was 3.5 hours. However, there was no significant difference noted between the academic performance and use of smartphones.Conclusions: Though smartphone use has no significant impact on academic performance of medical students, with the view of steady increase in smartphone usage, there is a necessary for further monitoring, in order to prevent smartphone related complications like addiction.

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Smartphone Addiction and its Associated Factors Among Freshmen Medical Students in China: A Cross-Sectional Study

10.21203/rs.3.rs-1071201/v1 ◽

2021 ◽

Author(s):

Huan Liu ◽

Ming Zhang ◽

Zhiqing Zhou ◽

Ergang Zhu Zhu ◽

Long Huang

Keyword(s):

Mental Health ◽

Logistic Regression ◽

Regression Analysis ◽

Medical Students ◽

Professional Identity ◽

Cross Sectional Study ◽

Smartphone Addiction ◽

Sectional Study ◽

Cross Sectional ◽

Smartphone Use

Abstract Background With the widespread smartphone use worldwide, this has brought about addiction and smartphone addiction recognized as an emerging epidemic. The study aims to investigate the prevalence of smartphone addiction among freshmen medical students and explore its association with personal factors, mental health and professional identity.Methods This cross-sectional study was conducted in October 10th to November 10th, 2020 and included 2182 first-year college students at Wannan Medical College, China.The Smartphone Addiction Test, Professional identity, 12-item General Health Questionnaire were used in this cross-sectional survey. Pearson correlation analysis was performed to examine the correlations between smartphone addiction with mental health and professional identity. Binary logistic regression analysis was conducted to assess examine the factors influencing smartphone addiction.Results Of the 2182 students, 866(39.7%) were identified as smartphone addiction. The logistic regression analysis shows that four factors (professional identity scale,poor mental health,whether or not smartphone use before sleep, and perceived study pressure) had a significantly associated with smartphone addiction.Conclusions This cross-sectional study showed that smartphone addiction was common among the chinese freshmen medical students. smartphone addiction was common among the freshmen medical students surveyed.The findings suggest that the promotion program aimed at enhancing the mental health and professional identity among freshmen medical students are beneficial to reducing their smartphone addiction.

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A cross-sectional study to investigate the association between excessive smartphone use and sleep disturbances among adolescents, studying at KLE Society's Raja Lakhamagouda Science Institute, Belagavi, Karnataka, India, with a view to develop an information booklet

Indian Journal of Health Sciences and Biomedical Research (KLEU) ◽

10.4103/kleuhsj.kleuhsj_76_19 ◽

2019 ◽

Vol 12 (3) ◽

pp. 237

Author(s):

Sabiyah Youssouf ◽

SumitraL Aribenchi ◽

Gavi Salimath

Keyword(s):

Sleep Disturbances ◽

Cross Sectional Study ◽

Sectional Study ◽

Cross Sectional ◽

Science Institute ◽

Information Booklet ◽

Smartphone Use

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Smartphone Dependence among Undergraduates in Taiwan

Journal of Mobile Multimedia ◽

10.13052/1550-4646.1424 ◽

2018 ◽

Author(s):

Nae-Fang Miao ◽

Cheng-Jin Lin ◽

Ching-Lien Cheng ◽

Yu-Ling Hsiao ◽

I-Hui Chen

Keyword(s):

Health Care Providers ◽

Economic Status ◽

Cross Sectional Study ◽

Care Providers ◽

Sectional Study ◽

Cross Sectional ◽

Smartphone Use ◽

Use Behavior ◽

Structured Questionnaire

Smartphones have become a new means of communication and a major method of obtaining information. Dependence on or the excessive use of smartphones may affect health in the long term. However, little attention has been focused on smartphone use and dependence among undergraduates. Therefore, this study investigated the smartphone use behavior of Taiwanese undergraduates and their dependence on smartphones. A cross-sectional study design with a structured questionnaire was used for undergraduates aged≥20 years from four universities. The results suggested that the majority of participants, particularly women, experienced physical discomfort caused by smartphone use. Moreover, the participants exhibited a moderate to high dependence on smartphones. Smartphone use and dependence were both affected by family economic status, monthly allowance, and major. The findings indicated that health care providers, educators, and parents can play critical roles in encouraging the healthy use of smartphones among undergraduates.

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The effect of smartphone use on neck flexion angle and hand grip power among adolescents: Cross-sectional study

10.14198/jhse.2021.16.proc3.05 ◽

2021 ◽

Author(s):

Tamer M. Shousha ◽

Hamada Ahmed Hamada ◽

Nehad A. Abo-Zaid ◽

Mohamed Y. Abdelhamid Abdelsamee ◽

Mohamed A. Behiry

Keyword(s):

Cross Sectional Study ◽

Flexion Angle ◽

Neck Flexion ◽

Sectional Study ◽

Cross Sectional ◽

Hand Grip ◽

Smartphone Use ◽

Grip Power

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How addicted are newly admitted Undergraduate Medical Students to Smartphones?: a Cross-sectional Study from Chitwan Medical College, Nepal

10.21203/rs.2.14799/v1 ◽

2019 ◽

Author(s):

Sirisa Karki ◽

Sameer Timilsina ◽

Jaya Prasad Singh

Keyword(s):

Medical Students ◽

Undergraduate Students ◽

Cross Sectional Study ◽

Smartphone Addiction ◽

Short Version ◽

Sectional Study ◽

Undergraduate Medical Students ◽

Cross Sectional ◽

Medical College ◽

Smartphone Use

Abstract Introduction Increasing smartphone use among adolescents in todays’ world has made this handy device an indispensable electronic tool, however, it comes at a price of problematic overuse or addiction. We aimed to investigate the prevalence of smartphone addiction among undergraduate medical students and explore its association with various demographic and personal factors.Methods A pool of 250 undergraduate students enrolled at Chitwan Medical College were included in this cross-sectional study conducted between August to November 2018. A preformed demographic porforma along with 10-point Smartphone Addiction Scale-Short Version was used to collect participant information.Results Smartphone addiction among medical students was estimated at around 36.8% with higher percentage of male smartphone addicts. Prevalence rates of smartphone related tolerance was reported in 42.8% participants, 37.6% reported phubbing and 60.8% participants reported overuse. Statistically significant association was observed between smartphone addiction and gender, self-acknowledgement of addiction and overuse.Conclusion This study provides preliminary insights into smartphone use, smartphone addiction and various factors predicting smartphone addiction among early undergraduate medical students from Nepal, which should be extended in future studies. Some fruitful programs and strategies to promote students’ knowledge and awareness about using smartphone seems to be the need of the hour.

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