To Assess the Frequency of Health-Related Problems Due to Excessive Usage of Mobile Phones in Medical Students

Background: Mobile Phones can be considered as one of the essential socio-personal utility with diverse features but its overuse may have negative consequences on health. The objective of the present study was to assess the prevalence of mobile phone problematic usage among the medical students and to study the association of health related symptoms and problematic mobile phone usage.Methods: A total of 250 medical students were included in this study. Data regarding the sociodemographic factors and perceived health symptoms related to mobile phone use was collected on a predesigned, structured and self-administered questionnaire. Mobile phone problem use scale (MPPUS) was employed to assess the problematic usage of mobile phone and students were classified into following four categories - casual users (<74), regular users (75-143), at risk users (>143-<179) and problematic users (>179).Results: The total prevalence of problematic users was 22% (17.2% at risk, 4.8% problematic users). Eye strain, concentration difficulties, memory disturbances, morning tiredness, headache, sleep disturbances, painful fingers and restlessness were significantly associated with at risk and problematic users.Conclusions: Multiple health symptoms were associated with problematic use of mobile phones among the medical students. MPPUS is a useful tool which can be used to identify problematic usage of mobile phones.

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Assessment of Dietary Habits, Physical Activity and Lifestyle in Medical University Students

Sustainability ◽

10.3390/su13063572 ◽

2021 ◽

Vol 13 (6) ◽

pp. 3572

Author(s):

Lavinia-Maria Pop ◽

Magdalena Iorga ◽

Iulia-Diana Muraru ◽

Florin-Dumitru Petrariu

Keyword(s):

Physical Activity ◽

Medical Students ◽

Fast Food ◽

Dietary Habits ◽

Healthy Life ◽

Related Data ◽

The Third ◽

Health Related ◽

Medical University ◽

Busy Schedule

A busy schedule and demanding tasks challenge medical students to adjust their lifestyle and dietary habits. The aim of this study was to identify dietary habits and health-related behaviours among students. A number of 403 students (80.40% female, aged M = 21.21 ± 4.56) enrolled in a medical university provided answers to a questionnaire constructed especially for this research, which was divided into three parts: the first part collected socio-demographic, anthropometric, and medical data; the second part inquired about dietary habits, lifestyle, sleep, physical activity, water intake, and use of alcohol and cigarettes; and the third part collected information about nutrition-related data and the consumption of fruit, vegetables, meat, eggs, fish, and sweets. Data were analysed using SPSS v24. Students usually slept M = 6.71 ± 1.52 h/day, and one-third had self-imposed diet restrictions to control their weight. For both genders, the most important meal was lunch, and one-third of students had breakfast each morning. On average, the students consumed 1.64 ± 0.88 l of water per day and had 220 min of physical activity per week. Data about the consumption of fruit, vegetables, meat, eggs, fish, sweets, fast food, coffee, tea, alcohol, or carbohydrate drinks were presented. The results of our study proved that medical students have knowledge about how to maintain a healthy life and they practice it, which is important for their subsequent professional life.

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

International Journal of Community Medicine and Public Health ◽

10.18203/2394-6040.ijcmph20191821 ◽

2019 ◽

Vol 6 (5) ◽

pp. 2074 ◽

Cited By ~ 1

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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Prevalence and Determining Factors Of Refractive Errors Among Medical Students In FMU, Faisalabad

10.53350/pjmhs2115112934 ◽

2021 ◽

Vol 15 (11) ◽

pp. 2934-2935

Author(s):

Nadia Tufail ◽

Huda Abbas ◽

Ali Sarfraz ◽

Sumaira Ashraf ◽

M. Ashraf Majrooh

Keyword(s):

Medical Students ◽

Mobile Phone ◽

Mobile Phones ◽

Refractive Error ◽

Contact Lenses ◽

Electronic Devices ◽

Quantitative Information ◽

Refractive Errors ◽

Cross Sectional ◽

Determining Factors

Aim: Prevalence and determining factors of refractive errors among the medical students in FMU, Faisalabad. Methodology: Cross-sectional quantitative study conducted in Faisalabad Medical University from 01-03-2020 to 15-12-2020 after approval from institutional review committee. All students of MBBS in FMU were included in this study. A structured questionnaire was used to collect the required quantitative information. SPSS version 26 was used for analysis. Results: Prevalence of refractive error is 49%. Females were 59% and males were 41%. More students i.e. 85.2% were suffering from myopia. In our study, usage of electronic devices i.e. mobile phones especially was one of the risk factors in developing refractive errors. 20.6% students having refractive error said that they use mobile phone for 4 hours, 30.2% having refractive error said that they watch TV for one hour, 23.3% having refractive error said that they play video games for one hour. For the correction of the refractive error, 184 students i.e. 97.4% used spectacles whereas only 5 (2.6%) students used contact lenses. It is observed in this study that contact lenses were only used by those students having refractive error <1.5. Conclusion: Refractive errors were a significant cause of visual impairment among medical students. The prolonged use of electronic devices especially mobile phones should be discouraged. Keywords: Refractive errors, myopia, electronic devices, mobile phone

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Predictors of the quality of life of medical university students in the initial period of schooling

Medical Journal of the Russian Federation ◽

10.17816/0869-2106-2021-27-1-5-16 ◽

2021 ◽

Vol 27 (1) ◽

pp. 5-16

Author(s):

Vladimir V. Kuznetsov ◽

Kirill V. Kosilov ◽

Ekaterina K. Fedorishcheva ◽

Elena Yu. Kostina ◽

Olga A. Barabash

Keyword(s):

Quality Of Life ◽

Academic Performance ◽

Medical Students ◽

Professional Burnout ◽

Health Related Quality ◽

Self Assessment ◽

Related Quality ◽

Health Related ◽

Medical University

AIM: This study aimed to examine prognostic parameters of health-related quality of life of medical students to determine the possibilities of its correlation with subsequent optimization of the educational environment of the university. MATERIALS AND METHODS: The study was conducted from 02/01/2017 to 01/10/2020 at the School of Biomedicine of the Far Eastern Federal University and the Pacific State Medical University. It included 496 students of both sexes [251 (50.6%) women, 245 (49.4%) men; average age, 20.4 years] enrolled in 13 medical courses. Demographic characteristics, education and living conditions, and morbidity data were collected using the comprehensive I.V. Pozdeeva questionnaire (2008) supplemented by authors as well as the standard medical documentation of the polyclinic. The MOS SF-36 Health-Related Quality of Life Brief Self-Assessment Questionnaire was used to evaluate the health-related quality of life. The Academic Motivation Scale questionnaire survey was performed, and statistical data on academic performance were collected using K. Maslach and S. Jackson questionnaire for the administrative offices of educational institutions. RESULTS: The following scores were obtained on the self-assessment of the quality of life: physical functioning, 58.8 points; role functioning, 27.4 points; somatic pain (reverse assessment), 79.4 points; general well-being, 48.6 points; hardiness, 61.2 points; social functioning, 57.3 points; emotional status, 51.0 points; psychological comfort, 53.7 points. The students showed a high level of motivation to learn (47.759.8 points by the Vallerand scale) and a low professional burnout index (24.944.0 by Maslach and Jackson scale); the performance indicators were 4.14.6 points. Each parameter of self-assessment of physical and mental state is significantly associated with the composite average assessment of the health-related quality of life (r=0.490.86; p0.05). The health-related quality of life of medical students was found to be associated with academic performance (=0.27, p0.05), but motivation to study (=0.35, p0.05) was not correlated with the level of professional burnout. A strong relationship was also found between health-related quality of life and comorbidity (=0.30, p0.05) and sports (=0.27, p0.05). CONCLUSIONS: The scores on the total self-assessment of the quality of life by medical students are within the normal range. Most students are highly motivated to learn, perform well, and have little or no burnout. The health-related quality of life of medical students at the start of their schooling is reliably influenced by academic performance, motivation to study, and level of chronic morbidity and physical activity.

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Health-Related Quality of Life of Medical Students in a Chinese University: A Cross-Sectional Study

International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health ◽

10.3390/ijerph16245165 ◽

2019 ◽

Vol 16 (24) ◽

pp. 5165 ◽

Cited By ~ 3

Author(s):

Yanli Qiu ◽

Mingkang Yao ◽

Yiwei Guo ◽

Xiaowei Zhang ◽

Shuoyang Zhang ◽

...

Keyword(s):

Quality Of Life ◽

Medical Students ◽

Impact Factors ◽

Health Related Quality ◽

Effective Response ◽

Chinese University ◽

Sf 36 ◽

Related Quality ◽

Health Related

Thus far, there have been no studies adapting the Mandarin 36-Item Short Form Health Survey (the SF-36) questionnaire for assessment of the health-related quality of life (HRQOL) of medical students in China. This study aimed to explore the feasibility of that form and analyse its impact factors. The study involved 498 randomly sampled medical students stratified by their academic majors, and general information was collected. The effective response rate was 83.53%. Split-half reliability coefficients and Cronbach’s α coefficients of seven dimensions were more than 0.7 with the exception of the social function (SF) dimension. Spearman’s correlation analysis results were basically in accord with the theoretical construction of the SF-36. The HRQOL of the students was scored from 43.83 (the RE dimension) to 93.34 (the PF dimension). The primary impact factors affecting the HRQOL of medical students included major, sleep quality, degree of physical exercise, post-exercise status, relationship with roommate, and satisfaction with family. These findings suggested that the Mandarin SF-36 was reliable for measuring the HRQOL, that the HRQOL of medical students in a Chinese university was relatively poor, and that its improvement requires concerted efforts.

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Using mobile phones and social media to facilitate education and support for rural-based midwives in South Africa

Curationis ◽

10.4102/curationis.v38i2.1500 ◽

2015 ◽

Vol 38 (2) ◽

Cited By ~ 9

Author(s):

Jennifer Chipps ◽

Christoph Pimmer ◽

Petra Brysiewicz ◽

Fiona Walters ◽

Sebastian Linxen ◽

...

Keyword(s):

South Africa ◽

Mobile Phones ◽

Empirical Studies ◽

Mobile Network ◽

Training Programme ◽

Literacy Skills ◽

Mobile Phone Technology ◽

Professional Activities ◽

Health Related ◽

Development Goals

Background: Empirical studies show the value of mobile phones as effective educational tools to support learning in the nursing profession, predominantly in high income countries.Problem statement: The rapidly increasing prevalence of mobile phone technology in Africa nourishes hopes that these tools could be equally effective in lowly resourced contexts, specifically in efforts to achieve the health-related Millennium Development goals. The purpose of this study was to investigate the perception and use of mobile phones as educational and professional tools by nurses in lowly resourced settings.Methodology: A quantitative survey using self-administered questionnaires was conducted of rural advanced midwives.Results: Fifty-six nurses (49.6%) from the 113 rural-based midwives attending an advanced midwifery training programme at the University of KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa, filled in a questionnaire. The results showed that, whilst nurses regarded their technology competences as low and although they received very little official support from their educational and professional institutions, the majority frequently used mobile functions and applications to support their work and learning processes. They perceived mobile devices with their voice, text, and email functions as important tools for the educational and professional activities of searching for information and engaging with facilitators and peers from work and study contexts. To a lesser extent, the use of social networks, such as WhatsApp and Facebook, were also reported.Conclusion and recommendation: It is concluded that educational institutions should support the appropriate use of mobile phones more systematically; particularly in relation to the development of mobile network literacy skills.

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Health-related quality of life of medical students in a Brazilian student loan programme

Perspectives on Medical Education ◽

10.1007/s40037-016-0283-3 ◽

2016 ◽

Vol 5 (4) ◽

pp. 197-204 ◽

Cited By ~ 2

Author(s):

Liliane Lins ◽

Fernando Martins Carvalho ◽

Marta Silva Menezes ◽

Larissa Porto-Silva ◽

Hannah Damasceno

Keyword(s):

Quality Of Life ◽

Medical Students ◽

Student Loan ◽

Health Related Quality ◽

Related Quality ◽

Health Related

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Preliminary needs assessment of mobile technology use for healthcare among homeless veterans

10.7287/peerj.preprints.749 ◽

2014 ◽

Author(s):

D Keith McInnes ◽

Gemmae M Fix ◽

Jeffrey L Solomon ◽

Beth Ann Petrakis ◽

Leon Sawh ◽

...

Keyword(s):

Mobile Phone ◽

Mobile Phones ◽

Technology Use ◽

Text Messaging ◽

Text Messages ◽

It Use ◽

Homeless Veterans ◽

Healthcare Needs ◽

Phone Calls ◽

Health Related

BACKGROUND: Homeless veterans have complex healthcare needs, but experience many barriers to treatment engagement. While information technologies (IT), especially mobile phones, are used to engage patients in care, little is known about homeless veterans’ IT use. This study examines homeless veterans’ access to and use of IT, attitudes toward health-related IT use, and barriers to IT in the context of homelessness. METHODS: Qualitative interviews were conducted with 30 homeless veterans in different housing programs in Boston, MA. Inductive thematic analysis was used. RESULTS: Most participants (90%) had a mobile phone and were receptive to IT use for health-related communications. A common difficulty communicating with providers was the lack of a stable mailing address. Some participants were using mobile phones to stay in touch with providers. Participants felt mobile-phone calls or text messages could be used to remind patients of appointments, prescription refills, medication taking, and returning for laboratory results. Mobile phone text messaging was seen as convenient, helped participants stay organized because necessary information was saved in text messages. Some reported concerns about the costs associated with mobile phone use (calls and texting), the potential to be annoyed by too many text messages, and not knowing how to use text messaging. CONCLUSION: Homeless veterans use IT and welcome its use for health-related purposes. Technology-assisted outreach among this population may lead to improved engagement in care.

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Tinnitus Among Medical Students Using Personal Sound System

Bengal Journal of Otolaryngology and Head Neck Surgery ◽

10.47210/bjohns.2017.v25i1.107 ◽

2017 ◽

Vol 25 (1) ◽

pp. 27-33

Author(s):

Syam Sasidharan ◽

Sheetal Rai ◽

Gangadhara Somayaji

Keyword(s):

Hearing Loss ◽

Medical Students ◽

Mobile Phones ◽

Statistical Data ◽

Average Duration ◽

Prevalence Data ◽

Sound System ◽

Global Prevalence ◽

The Relationship

Introduction Statistical data on prevalence of tinnitus in India and on the relationship between exposure to recreational sound/music and the presence of tinnitus are scarce. This study was conducted to assess relationship between tinnitus and the use of personal sound system(PSS) in medical students. Materials and Methods A questionnaire based study was conducted on 100 randomly selected medical students to assess their sound habits with the use of PSS. Information on commonly used intensity, frequency, duration of use, type of earphones and severity of tinnitus was sought. Conventional frequency audiometry (0.25-8kHz) was also performed. Result The prevalence of tinnitus was found to be 33%, which was on the higher side of the global prevalence data. All the medical students surveyed in this study used personal sound system. Majority of the students (45%) used PSS less than 1 hour daily. More than 60% of the students complaining of tinnitus preferred louder settings in their PSS. Discussion The most common personal sound system used was mobile phones. No statistically significant association was seen with relation to the type of personal sound system, the type of ear phone used, average duration of use and hearing loss. Tinnitus was found to have statistically significant association with volume in our study with majority having tinnitus listening to higher levels of sound. Conclusion Use of personal sound system is common in medical students. Though duration of use of the personal sound system was not associated with the complaint of tinnitus, exposure to louder sounds had statistically significant association with tinnitus.

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