A Cross-sectional Study on Nomophobia among Undergraduate Medical Students in Chennai, India
Introduction: Nomophobia is the fear of being away from mobile phone contact or in other words nomophobia is the irrational fear of being without mobile phone. Nomophobia is an emerging psychological public health problem. Aim: To determine the prevalence of nomophobia and pattern of mobile pho...
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| description | Introduction: Nomophobia is the fear of being away from
mobile phone contact or in other words nomophobia is the
irrational fear of being without mobile phone. Nomophobia is an
emerging psychological public health problem.
Aim: To determine the prevalence of nomophobia and pattern
of mobile phone usage among medical students in Chennai.
Materials and Methods: This cross-sectional study was
done among 400 undergraduate medical students of Tagore
Medical College and Hospital, Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India,
studying from 1st year to 4th year, over a period of two months
(July 2019 and August 2019). A structured questionnaire,
developed by Yildirim C and Correia AP, was used to determine
the prevalence of nomophobia among the study population.
Stratified simple random sampling technique was used, where
100 students from each study year were selected. Descriptive
statistics and chi-square test were done to compare the
severity of nomophobia with various variables.
Results: Out of 400 students, 50% (200) were males and 50%
(200) were female students. Overall, 85% (340) used mobile
internet. The top three reasons for using mobile internet were
WhatsApp (95%), YouTube (81.3%) and Instagram (74.3%).
The overall prevalence of nomophobia was 99% (396); 17.5%
(70) showed severe nomophobia, 56.3% (225) moderate
nomophobia, and 25.3% (101) had mild nomophobia. Severe
nomophobia was associated with mobile usage >5 hours in a
day (p-value=0.013).
Conclusion: Health education and health awareness
campaigns regarding nomophobia should be created among
the undergraduate medical students. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-f192b9f121c546bfa95931f8272cd7a62022-12-22T04:09:51ZengJCDR Research and Publications Private LimitedJournal of Clinical and Diagnostic Research2249-782X0973-709X2021-12-011512091210.7860/JCDR/2021/51757.15772A Cross-sectional Study on Nomophobia among Undergraduate Medical Students in Chennai, India Ganesh Shanmugasundaram Anusuya0 Hanscie Dinah1Balaji Arumugam2Recharla Chenchu Karth3Radhakrishnan Annamalai4Ezhilvanan Mani5Associate Professor, Department of Community Medicine, Tagore Medical College and Hospital, Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India.Student, Department of Community Medicine, Tagore Medical College and Hospital, Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India.Professor and Head, Department of Community Medicine, Tagore Medical College and Hospital, Chennai, Tamil Nadu, IndiaAssociate Professor, Department of Community Medicine, Tagore Medical College and Hospital, Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India.Assistant Professor, Department of Community Medicine, Tagore Medical College and Hospital, Chennai, Tamil Nadu, IndiaStatistician cum Assistant Professor, Department of Community Medicine, Tagore Medical College and Hospital, Chennai, Tamil Nadu, IndiaIntroduction: Nomophobia is the fear of being away from mobile phone contact or in other words nomophobia is the irrational fear of being without mobile phone. Nomophobia is an emerging psychological public health problem. Aim: To determine the prevalence of nomophobia and pattern of mobile phone usage among medical students in Chennai. Materials and Methods: This cross-sectional study was done among 400 undergraduate medical students of Tagore Medical College and Hospital, Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India, studying from 1st year to 4th year, over a period of two months (July 2019 and August 2019). A structured questionnaire, developed by Yildirim C and Correia AP, was used to determine the prevalence of nomophobia among the study population. Stratified simple random sampling technique was used, where 100 students from each study year were selected. Descriptive statistics and chi-square test were done to compare the severity of nomophobia with various variables. Results: Out of 400 students, 50% (200) were males and 50% (200) were female students. Overall, 85% (340) used mobile internet. The top three reasons for using mobile internet were WhatsApp (95%), YouTube (81.3%) and Instagram (74.3%). The overall prevalence of nomophobia was 99% (396); 17.5% (70) showed severe nomophobia, 56.3% (225) moderate nomophobia, and 25.3% (101) had mild nomophobia. Severe nomophobia was associated with mobile usage >5 hours in a day (p-value=0.013). Conclusion: Health education and health awareness campaigns regarding nomophobia should be created among the undergraduate medical students.https://jcdr.net/articles/PDF/15772/51757_CE[Ra1]_F(SHU)_PF1(SC_RK)_PFA2(SC_KM)_PN(KM).pdfaddictivebehaviourpredictorprevalencesmartphone |
| spellingShingle | Ganesh Shanmugasundaram Anusuya Hanscie Dinah Balaji Arumugam Recharla Chenchu Karth Radhakrishnan Annamalai Ezhilvanan Mani A Cross-sectional Study on Nomophobia among Undergraduate Medical Students in Chennai, India Journal of Clinical and Diagnostic Research addictive behaviour predictor prevalence smartphone |
| title | A Cross-sectional Study on Nomophobia among Undergraduate Medical Students in Chennai, India |
| title_full | A Cross-sectional Study on Nomophobia among Undergraduate Medical Students in Chennai, India |
| title_fullStr | A Cross-sectional Study on Nomophobia among Undergraduate Medical Students in Chennai, India |
| title_full_unstemmed | A Cross-sectional Study on Nomophobia among Undergraduate Medical Students in Chennai, India |
| title_short | A Cross-sectional Study on Nomophobia among Undergraduate Medical Students in Chennai, India |
| title_sort | cross sectional study on nomophobia among undergraduate medical students in chennai india |
| topic | addictive behaviour predictor prevalence smartphone |
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