scholarly journals Study of mobile phone usage in medical students of deemed university of Western Maharashtra, India

2017 ◽  
Vol 4 (2) ◽  
pp. 405 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jeevankumar U. Yadav ◽  
Deepmala J. Yadav
Keyword(s):  
Medical Students ◽  
Mobile Phone ◽  
Mobile Phones ◽  
Sleep Time ◽  
Internet Usage ◽  
Undergraduate Medical Students ◽  
Dry Eyes ◽  
Student Community ◽  
Significant Difference ◽  
Mobile Phone Usage

Background: Mobile phone holds the great importance in everyday life. Mobile phone and internet usage have become universal practice especially among the student community. Mobile Phone usage has both pros and cons.Methods: This study was planned in medical students of D. Y. Patil University to know the pattern, purpose & impact if any of mobile phone usage among them. The study included 200 undergraduate medical students of first to third year MBBS. All were explained the purpose of study and data was collected using a pre-tested questionnaire in June-August 2015.Results: There were more pre-paid users 81% than post-paid users. It has been seen that 65% of the participants were using mobile phone >2 hours per day and more than 200 rupees spent monthly by 120 (60%) users. 34 (17%) participants were always using mobiles while driving but men were found to be comparatively less (7.84%) in number with no significant difference. 20 (10%) complained of dry eyes, 11 (5.5%) had diminished hearing and 53 (26.5%) had some other reasons to complain. Headache & diminished hearing found to be more in girls 45 (30.20%) & 10 (6.71%) compared to boys. 21% of participants were always disturbed during sleep due to mobile phones. More than half (56.5%) of the participants were using mobile phones during college hours.Conclusions: Hence mobile usage during collage hours should be restricted, mandatory switching off during lecture hours in campus recommended. There is need to reduce mobile phone usage, switch off / silent mobiles during sleep time, avoid during driving and should be monitored mobile usage in adolescents.

Browsing Alone: The Differential Impact of Internet Platforms on Political Participation

2013 ◽  
Vol 14 (3) ◽  
pp. 305-319 ◽  
Author(s):  
KEN'ICHI IKEDA ◽  
SEAN RICHEY ◽  
HOLLY TERESI
Keyword(s):  
Political Participation ◽  
Mobile Phone ◽  
Mobile Phones ◽  
Seemingly Unrelated Regression ◽  
Internet Usage ◽  
Political Activity ◽  
Sources Of Information ◽  
Unrelated Regression ◽  
Nationally Representative ◽  
Mobile Phone Usage

AbstractWe research the political impact of how users access the Internet. Recent research suggests that Internet usage may promote political participation. Internet usage is proposed to be beneficial because it increases activity in diverse politicized social networks and through greater access to information. Even though Internet usage may begin as a non-political activity, we outline several reasons to believe that it may spark later political participation. This impact, however, is likely to be non-existent in new forms of Internet browsing such as through mobile phones, where users do less full-scale browsing. The more difficult browsing interface of mobile phones reduces activity in chat rooms and in-depth browsing of online sources of information which promote participation. To test these ideas, we use nationally representative survey data from Japan, a country which has more pronounced usage of mobile phone browsing. Using a Seemingly Unrelated Regression Model, we also show that the chief determinants of using PC's over mobile phones for Internet browsing are age and education. We then show that PC-based Internet activity correlates with increased political participation, but mobile phone usage correlates with less participation.

scholarly journals Impact of Short Term Mobile Phone Abstinence on Undergraduate Medical Students: A Qualitative Study

2020 ◽  
Vol 1 (7) ◽  
pp. 299-302
Author(s):  
Venugopal V ◽  
Poonguzhali S ◽  
Sadhana S ◽  
Venkateswaran ST ◽  
Maheshkumar K
Keyword(s):  
Medical Students ◽  
Mobile Phone ◽  
Mobile Phones ◽  
Social Deprivation ◽  
Comparison Method ◽  
Undergraduate Medical Students ◽  
Short Term ◽  
Mobile Phone Addiction ◽  
Unique Experience ◽  
Structured Questionnaire

Background: The purpose of the current study is to investigate the perceptions of completely abstaining oneself from using a smartphone for one whole day among medical students. This study is a unique initiative and it was experimented on a particular group of adolescent college students to completely abstain from using mobile phones for one whole day, and that specific day was coined as ‘No Mobile Day’. Methods: A total of 119 residential medical students participated in the study and they were instructed to abstain from any type of mobile phone or gadget usage for a period of 24 hours and they surrendered their mobile phones. A semi-structured questionnaire with open and close-ended questions was provided to the students at the end of the 24 hour period and the aims of the questionnaire are explained clearly to the respondents. Results: In total, 12 invalid responses were deleted, leaving 107 valid responses for analysis. The qualitative data analysis is performed using a constant comparison method. Results obtained from the current findings indicate the presence of mobile phone addiction in this particular group to some extent. However, majority of the students enjoyed this unique experience of not using mobile phones and embraced the concept of “No Mobile Day’. Conclusion: Given the alarming increase in depression among adolescents and the number of psychosocial treatments being administered to young people, conducting such events would be a great boost to slowly overcome social anxiety and social deprivation.

scholarly journals A study on the mobile phone usage pattern and its dependence among medical students of a college in Kerala, India

2017 ◽  
Vol 5 (8) ◽  
pp. 3615 ◽  
Author(s):  
Shiny George ◽  
Namitha Saif ◽  
Biju Baby Joseph
Keyword(s):  
Medical Students ◽  
Mobile Phone ◽  
Mobile Phones ◽  
Cross Sectional Study ◽  
P Value ◽  
Young Generation ◽  
Usage Pattern ◽  
Chi Square ◽  
Cross Sectional ◽  
Mobile Phone Usage

Background: Mobile phones have become an essential part of life. It has become an important accessory carried by everybody not only because they make it easy to keep in touch with people but because of the various facilities they offer especially the internet. The charm of mobile phone is more among young generation and the increasing use may result in dependence. Aim was to study the usage pattern and dependence of mobile phones among medical students.Methods: A cross sectional study conducted among 200 medical students and studied the pattern of usage of mobile phones, common problems encountered and its dependence using a questionnaire. Statistical analysis done using chi square test and a p value of <0.05 is taken as significant.Results: In the present study 35% of the students were frequent users that is they used for >30 minutes per day. Female students were talking more to their parents and male students to their friends followed by their lovers. 49 of them never used to attend the call while driving and 58 of them used to stop the vehicle and attend the call. (p=0.002) Mobile phone dependence was also found to be increased which is evident from ringxiety experienced by 68 students (34%) and waking up from sleep to check the mobile for call or message by 62 students(p=0.000). Out of 68 students with ringxiety, 69% were males and 37% were females (p=0.040). 82 participants (41%) commented that life without mobile will be boring and 50 (25%) said that they will feel alone or unsafe (p=0.001).Conclusions: As dependence is increasing with the excessive use of mobile phones, some interventions are required to motivate the youth against it. 

scholarly journals Nomophobia - mobile phone dependence, a study among students of a rural medical college

2019 ◽  
Vol 6 (5) ◽  
pp. 2034
Author(s):  
Vanita V. Myakal ◽  
Vinod L. Vedpathak
Keyword(s):  
Medical Students ◽  
Mobile Phone ◽  
Undergraduate Students ◽  
Mobile Phones ◽  
Nuclear Family ◽  
Study Data ◽  
Common Symptom ◽  
Undergraduate Medical Students ◽  
Cross Sectional ◽  
Medical College

Background: Nomophobia literally means ‘no mobile phobia’ that is the fear of being out of mobile phone contact. People experience symptoms of withdrawal when they are away from mobile phones. To address this problem and create awareness among medical students the present study was planned. Objectives of this study were 1)To assess prevalence of nomophobia among medical students 2) To assess pattern of mobile phone usage. 3) To know health related consequences of nomophobiaMethods: This college based cross sectional study was conducted among undergraduate medical students of SRTR Government Medical College, Ambajogai. All undergraduate students from 1st MBBS to final MBBS were enrolled in the study. Data was collected from a total of 346 medical students with a predesigned pretested questionnaire. “test of mobile phone dependence” (TMD Brief) was used to assess nomophobia. TMD brief scale was designed and validated by Chóliz et al. According to scores, medical students scoring 30-60 were labeled as having nomophobia. Data was analyzed using Epi info 7 Software.Results: The prevalence of nomophobia was 71.39%, which was more among males (73%) compared to females (69.94%). ‘Disturbance of sleep’ (41.33%) was most common symptom experienced due to mobile phone dependence. Study participants belonging to nuclear family, 3rd year MBBS batch, age group of 20-22 years and students spending Rs. >400/month on mobile phones were significantly associated with nomophobia.Conclusions: The present study has reported prevalence of nomophobia as 71.39% among undergraduate medical students which is very high. Now a day’s nomophobia is an alarming issue and it should be addressed on priority basis.

scholarly journals Pattern of Mobile Phone Use among Students of An Institution

2018 ◽  
Vol 56 (209) ◽  
pp. 522-526 ◽  
Author(s):  
Kriti Thapa ◽  
Rita Pokharel ◽  
Rambha Sigdel ◽  
Surya Prasad Rimal
Keyword(s):  
Medical Students ◽  
Mobile Phone ◽  
Mobile Phones ◽  
Sampling Technique ◽  
Simple Random Sampling ◽  
Young Generation ◽  
Major Purpose ◽  
Cross Sectional ◽  
Mobile Phone Use ◽  
Mobile Phone Usage

  Introduction: The charm of mobile phone is more among young generation and the increasing use can lead to various harmful effects and may result in dependence. The objective of the study is to evaluate the pattern of mobile phone use among medical students. Methods: A descriptive cross sectional study was conducted on a total of 229 medical students aged between 18 and 25 years who were using mobile phones for more than 1 year by using simple random sampling technique. Students were requested to complete a pre-tested self-administered questionnaire which comprised their socio-demographic characteristics and pattern of mobile phone usage. Results: Among the total 229 students, all of them had their own smart phones. Major purpose of using mobile was for calling, listening music, taking photos/videos and internet use. Most of the students 97 (42.4%) have owned mobile phones since 4-6 years. The median time spent by the students on the mobile phone using different features of mobile phone was 3.5 hours. Majority of the students i.e. 157 (68.5%) use mobile phones at night. The median amount of money spent on recharge per month was 500. Age of student was significantly (P <0.05) associated with calls per day. There was no significant association of pattern of mobile phone use with other selected socio-demographic variables Conclusions: Students were found to use mobile phone excessively. The pattern of mobile phone usage among the students in this study may signal the evolution of mobile phone use from a habit to an addiction.

Digital Vision Syndrome (DVS) Among Medical Students During Covid-19 Pandemic Curfew

2020 ◽  
Vol 11 (SPL1) ◽  
pp. 1128-1133
Author(s):  
Niveditha K P ◽  
Dheepak Sundar M
Keyword(s):  
Medical Students ◽  
Screen Time ◽  
Undergraduate Medical Students ◽  
Digital Device ◽  
Cross Sectional ◽  
Dry Eyes ◽  
Display Devices ◽  
Significant Difference ◽  
Before And After ◽  
Level Of Significance

In the present era, mobiles and other digital display devices have become an essential part of our daily life. But due to the COVID-19 pandemic curfew, the use of digital gadgets has increased many folds, with direct proportion to increased health risks, especially eyes. In this study, we aim to assess the prevalence, risk factors and symptomatology of Digital vision syndrome (DVS) among medical students during the COVID-19 lockdown. This is a descriptive cross-sectional questionnaire-based study. The undergraduate medical students were asked to fill an electronic self-administered survey. The survey included questions regarding their digital device usage before and after the curfew and various factors related to DVS. Among 250 medical students during this lockdown period, it was observed the screen time or hours spent on using a digital screen by the respondents increased significantly in the 2-3 hours and 3-4 hours category and a significant difference (p=0.000) was observed in 1% level of significance in pre and post lockdown. No significant change was observed in the type and illumination of gadgets used. Around 60% of the students were in intensive lockdown, and up to 51% of the students felt the upsurge in DVS symptoms. Nearly 82.3% of students experienced one or more symptoms of DVS. The most commonly reported symptom was headache which shot up after the lockdown to 51.6% from 32.7%. It was followed by eye strain and dry eyes, which increased from 19.5% to 40.3% and 10% to 21% respectively after curfew. During the COVID-19 pandemic lockdown, there appeared to be an exacerbated increase in DVS symptoms among medical students, one of the leading reasons being increased screen time. A significant association was found between the rise in symptoms and intensive lockdown.

scholarly journals Mobile Phones: Vital Addiction or Lethal Addiction? Mobile Phone Usage Patterns and Assessment of Mobile Addiction among Undergraduate Medical Students in Telangana, India

2021 ◽  
Vol 2021 ◽  
pp. 1-6
Author(s):  
Vinay Jahagirdar ◽  
Kaanthi Rama ◽  
Pranavi Soppari ◽  
M. Vijay Kumar
Keyword(s):  
Medical Students ◽  
High Risk ◽  
Mobile Phone ◽  
Detrimental Effect ◽  
Smartphone Addiction ◽  
Short Version ◽  
Undergraduate Medical Students ◽  
Cross Sectional ◽  
Mobile Phone Usage ◽  
Mobile Use

Background. Increased mobile phone usage among undergraduate medical students causes a detrimental effect on their health. The main focus of this study is to determine the pattern of mobile phone usage among undergraduate medical students in Hyderabad, India, and the detrimental effect on their health due to excess mobile use. Materials and Methods. A cross-sectional study was conducted among undergraduate medical students from various medical colleges in Hyderabad, India, from September 2020 to January 2021. Data were collected from 626 respondents using a semistructured, pretested questionnaire. Smartphone Addiction Scale-Short Version (SAS-SV) was used to assess the risk of smartphone addiction. Microsoft Excel and SAS were employed to analyze the data. Associations were examined using Fisher’s exact test. Results. 100% of the respondents were using mobiles, with 83.2% spending more than 4 hours on them. Only 22% reported that no mobile use during classes. Half (51.6%) admitted to keeping their mobiles close by while sleeping. 84.3% used social networking apps via their mobiles. Common symptoms arising from prolonged mobile usage included eye strain (67.9%), blurred vision (31.4%), and numbness or tingling in palms (30.9%). 52.70% of the respondents were at high risk of mobile addiction according to SAS-SV. Screen time more than 4 hours was associated with high risk of mobile addiction ( p < 0.0001 ). Significant association was found between high risk of mobile addiction and eye strain ( p < 0.0001 ), blurry vision ( p = 0.0115 ), numbness/tingling in palms ( p < 0.0001 ), and heat/tingling in the auditory area ( p < 0.0001 ). Conclusion. The study shows the alarming rate of risk of smartphone addiction among medical students. Students can be encouraged to assess their mobile addiction status and become aware of the issue. More research may be performed to develop standardized tools for early identification of mobile addiction and appropriate therapies for its rectification.

Awareness of basic life support among undergraduate medical students in Syria, Iraq and Jordan: a cross sectional study

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Mohammad Nour Shashaa ◽  
Mohamad Shadi Alkarrash ◽  
Mohammad Nour Kitaz ◽  
Roaa Rhayim ◽  
Mohammed Ismail ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Medical Students ◽  
Basic Life Support ◽  
Life Support ◽  
Clinical Stage ◽  
Sudden Cardiac Arrest ◽  
Cross Sectional Study ◽  
Sectional Study ◽  
Undergraduate Medical Students ◽  
Cross Sectional ◽  
Significant Difference

Abstract Background Sudden cardiac arrest considers one of the most leading cause for death in all over the world. It is important for all medical students to train basic life support. This study evaluated the awareness of basic life support among medical students. Methods An electronic questionnaire based cross sectional study was conducted in November 2020 among 2114 medical student in Syria, Iraq and Jordan. We evaluated BLS skills according to mean score. A chi-squared test was used to determine if there were differences between those who attended a basic life support course and those who did not. Results 1656 of the participants (78.3%) stated that they did not attend a basic life support course. There was a significant difference between the participants from different countries where the mean score in Syria, Jordan and Iraq was 18.3, 24.3 and 18.8 respectively (p < 0.05). The participants were divided into 3 level according to total score; low (0–12), moderate (13–24) and high (25–37). In total, 18.3%, 72.8% and 8.9% of participants had high, intermediate and low level respectively. Conclusions The overall knowledge of basic life support among medical students is not adequate and need significant improvements. This study showed that an attendance a basic life support course previously had an effect on knowledge level. Hence, there is an urgent need to apply basic life support courses into the pre-clinical stage at universities.

scholarly journals Investigation of university students’ problematic usage of mobile phone in the context of personalityÜniversite öğrencilerinde cep telefonunun problemli kullanımının kişilik bağlamında incelenmesi

2017 ◽  
Vol 14 (2) ◽  
pp. 1263 ◽  
Author(s):  
Mustafa Kutlu ◽  
Mustafa Pamuk
Keyword(s):  
University Students ◽  
Mobile Phone ◽  
Big Five ◽  
Big Five Personality ◽  
Personality Test ◽  
Spring Period ◽  
Significant Difference ◽  
Mobile Phone Usage ◽  
Faculty Of Education ◽  
Academic Year

Aim of this study is to examine problematic usage of mobile phone in the context of big five personality among university students. 103 male and 182 female, totally 285 university students who were from different Departments of Faculty of Education composed participants of the study in the spring period 2015-2016 academic year. Problematic mobile phone usage scale (PMPUS) and Quick Big Five Personality Test (QBFPT) were applied to 285 students, who were participants of the study. To analyse these data, Pearson’s Correlation Coefficient, Cronbach’s Alpha Coefficients, skewness, kurtosis, t test, and multiple regression were used. According to results obtained from the study, there was no significant difference between male and female in relation to problematic usage of mobile phone. Furthermore, agreeableness, extraversion, and openness to experience didn’t statistically predict to problematic usage of mobile phone, but conscientiousness and emotional stability statistically did. Discussion and some suggestions have been made based on the findings. ÖzetBu araştırmanın amacı üniversite öğrencilerinin cep telefonlarını problemli kullanma davranışlarını beş büyük kişilik bağlamında incelemektir. Araştırmanın katılımcılarını 2015-2016 Eğitim-Öğretim sezonunun bahar döneminde Eğitim Fakültesi’nde öğrenim görmekte olan 103’ü erkek, 182’si kadın olan toplamda 285 üniversite öğrencisi oluşturmaktadır. Araştırmanın katılımcılarına üniversite öğrencileri için problemli cep telefonu kullanım ölçeği (PCTKÖ) ve hızlı büyük beşli kişilik testi (HBBKT) uygulanmıştır. Elde edilen verilerin analizinde Pearson Korelasyon Katsayısı, iç tutarlılığa ilişkin güvenirlik katsayısını hesaplamak için Cronbach Alpha katsayıları, basıklık ve çarpıklık değerleri, cep telefonunun problemli kullanımının cinsiyete göre farklılaşıp farklılaşmadığını belirlemek için t testi ve son olarak da beş kişilik faktörünün cep telefonunun problemli kullanımını yordayıp yordamadığına ilişkin çoklu regresyon analizi yapılmıştır. Araştırmadan elde edilen sonuca göre, cep telefonunun problemli kullanımı cinsiyete göre istatistiksel olarak anlamlı bir farklılığın olmadığı bulunmuştur. Ayrıca uyumluluk, dışadönüklük ve deneyime açıklık kişilik faktörlerinin cep telefonunun problemli kullanımını istatistiksel olarak anlamlı bir şekilde yordamadığı; ancak duygusal denge ve sorumluluk kişilik faktörlerinin istatistiksel olarak anlamlı bir şekilde yordadığı belirlenmiştir. Elde edilen bulgulara dayalı olarak önerilerde bulunulmuş ve tartışılmıştır.

scholarly journals A study on nomophobia and its correlation with sleeping difficulty and anxiety among medical students in a medical college, Telangana

2019 ◽  
Vol 6 (5) ◽  
pp. 2074 ◽  
Author(s):  
Nagapraveen Veerapu ◽  
Ravi Kumar Baer Philip ◽  
Hanisha Vasireddy ◽  
Sowmya Gurrala ◽  
Swathi Tapaswi Kanna
Keyword(s):  
Medical Students ◽  
Mobile Phone ◽  
Mobile Phones ◽  
Cross Sectional Study ◽  
Psychological Problems ◽  
Human Interaction ◽  
Cross Sectional ◽  
General Anxiety Disorder ◽  
General Anxiety ◽  
Athens Insomnia Scale

Background: Social media and digital communication have become a part of life. Many things were made easy through online connectivity. The mobile phones not only connects people at anytime, anywhere and with anybody, but also movable and portable. Mobile phones when used extensively may cause a number of physical and psychological problems. Nomophobia (NO-MObile phone-PHOBIA) is one of the psychological problems related to exclusive use of mobile phone. It is the fear/anxiety of being away from mobile phone contact. The objectives are to study grading of nomophobia and to find out any correlation exits between nomophobia and sleeping difficulty and anxiety among medical students.Methods: A cross sectional study is conducted for duration of 6 months among medical students using semi-structured questionnaire. Nomophobia questionnaire (NMP-Q) is used to assess nomophobia, Athens insomnia scale is used to assess sleeping difficulty and general anxiety disorder- 7 Item scale is used to assess general anxiety.Results: The study showed that out of 364 students, 62 (17%) have mild, 234 (64.3%) have moderate and 68 (18.7%) have severe nomophobia. There is a weak positive correlation between nomophobia and sleeping difficult and anxiety.Conclusions: There problem of nomophobia is alarming; there is a need to reduce nomophobia, and to evolve effective strategies to enhance human interaction.

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