scholarly journals Impact of Mobile Phone usage on Academic Performance and Behaviour of Medical Students

2020 ◽  
Vol 9 (1) ◽  
pp. 1-5
Author(s):  
Nipunjot Grewal ◽  
Jagminder Kaur Bajaj ◽  
Megha Sood ◽  
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Keyword(s):  
Academic Performance ◽  
Medical Students ◽  
Mobile Phone ◽  
Mobile Phone Usage

scholarly journals A study of mobile phone usage on sleep disturbance, stress and academic performance among medical students in Tamil Nadu

2017 ◽  
Vol 5 (1) ◽  
pp. 365 ◽  
Author(s):  
Gladius Jennifer H. ◽  
Sowmiya K. ◽  
Vidya D. C. ◽  
Archana Lakshmi P. A. ◽  
Roseline Fatima William
Keyword(s):  
Academic Performance ◽  
Medical Students ◽  
Sleep Quality ◽  
Sleep Disturbance ◽  
Mobile Phone ◽  
Tamil Nadu ◽  
Poor Sleep ◽  
Poor Sleep Quality ◽  
Mobile Phone Usage ◽  
Study Participants

Background: Today’s world has led students to mobile phone as a mode of communication and social networking. This also has bought about psychological dependency towards mobile phones which causes sleep deprivation and increased stress affecting them academically. However, very few studies were conducted among medical students. Hence, this study was attempted with an objective to assess the effect of mobile phone usage on sleep disturbance, stress and academic performance among under graduate medical students.Methods: An observational Study was conducted among under graduate medical students in KIMS, Tamil Nadu, during September to November 2016. Among first to final year students 203 were selected by simple random sampling. Data were collected after obtaining the consent using a self administered questionnaire, containing demographic details, variables on mobile usages, PSQI and PSS scales. Mean, median, standard deviation and percentages were calculated; Chi square test and correlation coefficient were calculated at 5% level of significance.Results: Among 203 study participants everyone had smart phones which were used for communication and social media. The hours of usage of mobile ranged from 5 minutes to 10 hours per day. Most of them (61%) used during night hours, 72.4% of the study participants had poor sleep quality, 66.5% had moderate stress, 14.8% had severe stress. There was significant association of poor sleep quality and academic performance with mobile phone usage (p<0.01).Conclusions: There is an association of mobile phone usage with sleep quality and academic performance.

Nomophobia among medical students and its association with depression, anxiety, stress and academic performance

2021 ◽  
Vol 45 (3) ◽  
Author(s):  
Marcos Kubrusly ◽  
Paulo Goberlânio de Barros Silva ◽  
Gabriel Vidal de Vasconcelos ◽  
Emanuel Delano Lima Gonçalves Leite ◽  
Priscilla de Almeida Santos ◽  
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Keyword(s):  
Academic Performance ◽  
Medical Students ◽  
Mobile Phone ◽  
Brazilian Portuguese ◽  
Mental Condition ◽  
Mathematical Operation ◽  
Cross Sectional ◽  
Adoption Of Technology ◽  
Structural Brain Damage ◽  
Device Use

Abstract: Introduction: As the world becomes increasingly interconnected, the adoption of technology remains one of the defining factors of human progress. Nomophobia (NO MObile PHOne PhoBIA) represents a mental condition caused by the fear of being detached from mobile phone connectivity. Such condition is directly associated with depression, anxiety, and stress. Moreover, nomophobia can lead to structural brain damage. Objective: The present study aims to assess the effect of nomophobia on medical students at a private institution and its association with depression, anxiety, stress and academic performance. Method: This is a cross-sectional observational study carried out in medical students at Centro Universitário Christus. Nomophobia was measured using the Nomophobia Questionnaire (NMP-Q). The NMP-Q has 20 questions, which are asked on a 7-point Likert scale. This scale has been validated for the Brazilian Portuguese language. Depression, anxiety and stress were measured by the DASS-21, a simplified version of the DASS instrument. The DASS-21 questionnaire was also validated for the Brazilian Portuguese language. Academic performance was measured through API, the product of a complex mathematical operation that results in the student’s average grade in the semester and functions as a reference index for pedagogical follow-up in the assessed institution. In addition, the device use habits were assessed. Descriptive results were presented, and bivariate analyses of association and correlation were performed. This study was approved by the research ethics committee. Result: A sample of 292 students was assessed. Virtually all students (99.7%) had some degree of nomophobia, and 64.5% had a moderate or severe level of nomophobia. More than 50% of the students had higher than mild degrees of stress, and 19.5% and 11.2% of the students had severe or very severe levels of anxiety and depression, respectively. When analyzing the correlation of NMP-Q with DASS-21 scores, it was observed that increases in NMP-Q lead to increases in the overall DASS score (p < 0.001), and that worse results in DASS-21 are associated with worse API. Conclusion: Our study suggests that nomophobia is likely to increase anxiety, stress and depression and, as a result, leads to a decrease in academic performance.

scholarly journals Mobile phone usage pattern and its health effects among medical students in north Karnataka: an observational study

2019 ◽  
Vol 6 (10) ◽  
pp. 4305
Author(s):  
Sweta Sinha ◽  
Manjula S. Patil
Keyword(s):  
Medical Students ◽  
Observational Study ◽  
Mobile Phone ◽  
Health Effects ◽  
Sleep Disturbances ◽  
Negative Impact ◽  
Health Effect ◽  
Human Society ◽  
Usage Pattern ◽  
Mobile Phone Usage

Background: The mobile phone is viewed as an important communication tool and is an integral part of the human society in the present era. Medical students use smart phones for note taking, imaging, web browsing, text books, question banks etc. Excessive mobile phone use has been found to be associated with health problems such as impaired concentration, headache, fatigue, thermal sensations in and around ear, stress, sleep disturbances and frustration. Objective was to explore the mobile phone usage pattern and its health effects among medical students.Methods: An observational study was conducted among medical students of Belagavi. The calculated sample size was 277 after taking the prevalence of mobile phone usage pattern of 76.4%. The questionnaire consists of socio-demographic characteristics, pattern of mobile phone usage like mode of use, time of maximum use etc. and the health effect variables like headache, restlessness, neck pain, painful fingers etc. Statistical analysis was done using MS-Excel 2007 and SPSS v 22, proportion and chi-square test was applied and p<0.05 was considered significant.Results: 98.19% were using smart phone and 85.56% were having single phone. Maximum were using for 2-4 years (42.60%). Internet was used for academic purpose in 89.89%. Majority of them experienced eyes symptoms (55.23%) followed by sleep deprivation (46.21%) and headache (42.60%).Conclusions: Even though mobile phone has positive role in our daily lives, its overuse leads to negative impact on health, sleep, and academic performance of students.

scholarly journals Impact Of Mobile Phone Usage On Academic Performance Among Secondary School Students In Taraba State, Nigeria

2016 ◽  
Vol 12 (1) ◽  
pp. 466 ◽  
Author(s):  
Haruna Rabiu ◽  
Aisha Indo Muhammed ◽  
Yunusa Umaru ◽  
Hadiza Tukur Ahmed
Keyword(s):  
Academic Performance ◽  
Secondary School ◽  
Mobile Phone ◽  
Secondary School Students ◽  
Achievement Test ◽  
School Students ◽  
Male And Female ◽  
Senior Secondary School ◽  
Mobile Phone Usage ◽  
Senior Secondary

This study employed survey design in investigating the influence of mobile phone usage on academic performance among secondary school student in Jalingo, Taraba State, Nigeria. The sample for the study was 300 respondents selected from the total population of 6,482 respondents. Stratified sampling technique was employed to select the sample. The Mobile Phone Usage Questionnaire (MPUQ) adapted from Twum (2011), Mathematic Achievement Test (MAT) and English Language Achievement test (ELAT), were the instrument used for this study. Data collected were analyzed using mean, standard deviation, t-test and ANOVA to answer the research questions and hypotheses. The finding of this study, revealed that mobile phone usage significantly influence academic performance among male and female senior secondary school students (t = 6.113, P = 0.02), age difference was not a significant factor in mobile phone usage on academic performance among senior secondary school students (f = 6.431, P = 0.022), parent’s occupation was not a significant factor in mobile phone usage on academic performance among senior secondary school students (f = 9.005, p= 0.031) and that the frequency of mobile phone usage does not significantly influence academic performance among male and female senior secondary school students (t = 8.131, p = 0.02). It was recommended that, School psychologists, teachers, school administrators, parents and students should be sensitized on the influence of mobile phone usage on academic performance among secondary school students irrespective of gender and age differences.

scholarly journals Addiction-like Behavior Associated with Mobile Phone Usage among Medical Students in Delhi

2018 ◽  
Vol 40 (5) ◽  
pp. 446-451 ◽  
Author(s):  
Saurav Basu ◽  
Suneela Garg ◽  
M. Meghachandra Singh ◽  
Charu Kohli
Keyword(s):  
Medical Students ◽  
Mobile Phone ◽  
Mobile Phone Usage

scholarly journals STUDY THE PATTERN OF MOBILE PHONE USAGE IN MEDICAL STUDENTS

2019 ◽  
Vol 7 (3.1) ◽  
pp. 6717-6721
Author(s):  
Viren B. Kariya ◽  
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Lalit C. Ratanpara ◽  
Keyword(s):  
Medical Students ◽  
Mobile Phone ◽  
Mobile Phone Usage

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 Effects of Electronic Devices and Internet Addiction on Sleep and Academic Performance Among Female Egyptian and Saudi Nursing Students: A Comparative Study

2021 ◽  
Vol 7 ◽  
pp. 237796082110556
Author(s):  
Amal Ahmed Elbilgahy ◽  
Rasha Kamal Sweelam ◽  
Fatma Abdou Eltaib ◽  
Hanaa E. Bayomy ◽  
Shereen Ahmed Elwasefy
Keyword(s):  
Academic Performance ◽  
Nursing Students ◽  
Mobile Phone ◽  
Internet Addiction ◽  
Electronic Device ◽  
Cross Sectional ◽  
World Community ◽  
Widespread Availability ◽  
Mobile Phone Usage ◽  
Systematic Random Sample

Introduction The widespread availability of Internet access and increasing rate of electronic device usage has helped enlighten the world community through copious applications, information resources, and other benefits. However, both the lack of controlled behavior and excessive Internet usage have resulted in a variety of difficulties that can hinder user achievement in many areas. Objectives This study investigated the prevalence of Internet and electronic device addiction among Egyptian and Saudi nursing students, with the aim of identifying any effects on sleep and academic performance. Methods A cross-sectional comparative research design was employed among a systematic random sample comprised of 920 Egyptian and Saudi female nursing students. All participants completed the Young-Internet Addiction Test (IAT), Mobile Phone Involvement Questionnaire (MPIQ), and Epworth Sleepiness Scale (ESS). Results Severe Internet Addiction (IA) detected in 42.69% and 10.31% of Saudi and Egyptian participants, respectively. However, Saudi participants were more likely to report high rates of mobile phone usage ( P < 0.001), while Egyptian participants tended to score higher on the ESS (17.47 ± 3.99 vs. 16.8 ± 3.83; P = 0.024). For all participants, IAT and MPIQ scores were correlated with ESS results, while IA was specifically associated with poor academic performance. Finally, MPIQ scores were inversely correlated with academic performance for Saudi participants. Conclusion Smartphone and Internet addiction were notable problems for the Egyptian and Saudi nursing students investigated in this study. Importantly, these conditions adversely affect academic performance and other activity engagement in addition to inducing excessive daytime sleepiness.

scholarly journals Prevalence of Mobile Phone Dependence (MPD) among Medical Students: An Observational study

2021 ◽  
Vol 8 (5) ◽  
pp. 10-15
Keyword(s):  
Medical Students ◽  
Observational Study ◽  
Confidence Interval ◽  
Mobile Phone ◽  
Family Type ◽  
Medical College ◽  
Icd 10 ◽  
The Mean ◽  
Mobile Phone Usage ◽  
Participant Information

Today, we live in an era of Information and technology, where everything is available at the touch of a finger, and the speed of an electron. With the advent of the smartphone, new unbounded possibilities have opened up, bringing with them an array of mental, behavioural, and psychological problems. Aim Evaluation of the Prevalence of Mobile Phone dependence in Medical Students. A secondary aim involves finding out association of a factor, like age, sex, or years of usage with aforementioned dependence. Materials and Methods An observational survey was conducted, with an questionnaire for the students of a Medical College in Navi Mumbai (New Bombay), India. 340 students, from each of the 4 years from a Medical College in Navi Mumbai were selected for the sample. The students were randomly included, and criteria of having a mobile phone was applied. Participant information like age, gender, family type, phone type, duration of use per day and years of mobile phone usage was recorded. They were administered an MPD questionnaire based upon the dependence syndrome criteria as per ICD-10 criteria. According to their responses, participants who fulfilled three or more of the diagnostic criteria were rated as having MPD. Results The sample of 340 students was analyzed and the following results were obtained. ● Out of 340, 51 students matched the ICD-10 criteria, while 289 did not. At 95% Confidence Interval (CI), the prevalence was 15.04 ± 3.8 %. ● The mean age of all the students was calculated to be around 20.156 years. At 95% CI, we can say the mean age is 20.15 ± 0.15 years. Alternatively, it can be stated around 20 to 20.3 years. ● The percentage of males dependent were 17.30 ± 7.76 %, while for females they were 12.80 ± 7.36 %. ● Smartphone users were at 14.90 ±1.15 %, with the mean years of use sitting around 3.43 ± 0.27.

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