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 Whatsapp addiction: assessing pattern of Whatsapp usage and its impact on medical students at U.P.U.M.S., Saifai, Etawah, India

2019 ◽  
Vol 6 (6) ◽  
pp. 2505
Author(s):  
Nishant Singh ◽  
Naresh Pal Singh ◽  
Pradip Kharya ◽  
Sushil Shukla ◽  
Vaibhav Singh ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Physical Activity ◽  
Medical Students ◽  
Mobile Phone ◽  
Medical Science ◽  
Uttar Pradesh ◽  
Cross Sectional Study ◽  
Usage Pattern ◽  
Cross Sectional ◽  
Mobile Phone Addiction ◽  
Structured Questionnaire

Background: Mobile phone addiction is the compulsive use of a mobile phone by youth across the world. A new kind of health disorder in this category among smartphone users is “Whatsapp addiction”. Medical students are also affected by this high smartphone engagement.Methods: It was a cross sectional study, which was conducted among M.B.B.S. students of Uttar Pradesh University of Medical Science, Saifai, Etawah, India. All the M.B.S.S. students willing to participate and present at the time of the study included. The data was collected by using pre designed semi-structured questionnaire. Proforma included socio demographic profile, usage pattern and its impact.Results: This study revealed that most of the participants are males (60.75%). Approximately 54% participants felt that their concentration has been reduced due to Whatsapp use, 43.6% participants experienced strain/diminution of vision and 38.4% participants perceived that their physical activity has been reduced due to Whatsapp use.Conclusions: Whatsapp overuse affects the study duration, concentration, physical activity and sleep.

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 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.

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.

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

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

scholarly journals The Utilization of Mobile Phones with medical related apps among foreign medical students in WMU, China (Preprint)

2018 ◽  
Author(s):  
Laite Chen ◽  
Chen-Yang Jiang
Keyword(s):  
Operating System ◽  
Medical Students ◽  
Mobile Phone ◽  
Mobile Phones ◽  
Medical Practice ◽  
Daily Basis ◽  
Smart Phones ◽  
Medical Apps ◽  
Medical University

BACKGROUND Smart phones containing medical related apps have been applied to medical practice and proved to be helpful by previous studies. However, no attention has been paid to the use of mobile phone and medical related apps among foreign medical students(FMSs) in China. OBJECTIVE The objective of the study was to investigate the utilization of mobile phones with medical apps among FMSs in WMU. METHODS A survey of FMSs was conducted in Wenzhou Medical University (WMU). Data from questionnaire include the major obstacles FMSs face in China; the acceptance and preference of medical related apps in FMSs; the patterns of medical related app usage within FMSs. RESULTS This study included ninety-three FMSs, all of whom owned at least one mobile phone. Most owners had more than one medical related app. No difference on gender or operating system was found in utilization of apps. 55% of FMSs reported using medical related apps on a daily basis, among which, 65% of them spent more than 20 minutes on medical related apps everyday. CONCLUSIONS Mobile phones were highly applied among FMSs in WMU. With more effort in app designing, smart phones could be a possible solution for necessary aid in learning medicine overseas.

scholarly journals SmartCharge Digital Streetscape: Integrating mobile phones more urbanistically through streetscape interventions

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
◽  
Jessica Scheurich
Keyword(s):  
Mobile Phone ◽  
Mobile Phones ◽  
Urban Setting ◽  
Common Belief ◽  
Short Term ◽  
Mobile Phone Technology ◽  
Surrounding Environment ◽  
The Common ◽  
Everyday Routine

<p>Mobile phone technology is rapidly changing our world, how we interact with one another, and our built environment. This thesis investigates how we can integrate mobile phone technology more urbanistically.  There is a tendency for designs of this kind to be a short-term artistic gesture that do not interact with their surrounding environment in either a long term or meaningful way. This thesis argues that the ability of a design to outwardly impact its environment should be considered; rather than sustaining the common belief that design installations only act as a momentary or disposable implementation. It will examine how design can reinvigorate a space and be absorbed into a city’s everyday routine, in a way that it allows it to become permanent and valuable to the streetscape and the community.  This thesis focuses on our dependency on mobile phones by exploring how these devices can overlap with the urban environment through a streetscape intervention. Choosing to test the design of a recharge station across different sites will allow the investigation of the design’s ability to be adapted into different city environments. These stations will be developed with the intention of creating social hotspots that could have a positive outward effect which impacts their urban setting and surroundings. Ultimately these installations will allow us to become digitally and physically connected with society and our city.</p>

scholarly journals Assessment of mobile phone problematic usage and associated health related symptoms among medical students at Goa Medical College

2019 ◽  
Vol 6 (9) ◽  
pp. 3886
Author(s):  
Varsha M. Bhamaikar ◽  
Abhishek Bicholkar ◽  
Jagadish Cacodcar
Keyword(s):  
At Risk ◽  
Medical Students ◽  
Mobile Phone ◽  
Mobile Phones ◽  
Sleep Disturbances ◽  
Study Data ◽  
Negative Consequences ◽  
Health Symptoms ◽  
Total Prevalence ◽  
Health Related

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.

scholarly journals Perception and practice of 4th year MBBS students on self- medication

2021 ◽  
Vol 15 (9) ◽  
pp. 2212-2214
Author(s):  
Mehwish Arif ◽  
Hajra Ahmad ◽  
Hamza N Virk ◽  
Hira Amin ◽  
Hiba Tehrim ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Informed Consent ◽  
Medical Students ◽  
Descriptive Study ◽  
Special Significance ◽  
Undergraduate Medical Students ◽  
Self Medication ◽  
Medication Practice ◽  
Advantages And Disadvantages ◽  
Voluntary Informed Consent ◽  
Structured Questionnaire

Background: Self-medication practice is widespread in many countries and the irrational use of drugs is a cause of concern. It assumes a special significance among medical students as they are exposed to knowledge about diseases and drugs. Medical students must be able to distinguish about their drugs outcomes on body. Aim: To assess perception and practice of self-medication among undergraduate medical students. Methods: A descriptive study was carried out among 4thyear MBBS students of Lahore Medical & Dental College in January 2019. Students of 4th year MBBS were asked to engage in the study after getting voluntary informed consent. A structured questionnaire was used. Data was entered, analyzed in SPSS 20. Results: In this study respondents 39.1% were male and 60.9% female. It was found that 77(67%) students practiced self-medication. The principal morbidity for seeking self-medication was headache as reported by 96(83.5%) students. NSAIDS were most commonly self-medicated as reported by 67(58.3%) students. Only 31(27%) students advised others for self-medication. Conclusion: Self-medication is widely practiced among under- graduate medical students. In this situation, we should educate the students about advantages and disadvantages of self-medication. Keywords: Self-medication, medical students, perception, practice.

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