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Autor(en) / Beteiligte

• Farooqui, Iqbal Ahmad
• Pore, Prasad
• Gothankar, Jayashree

Titel

Nomophobia: an emerging issue in medical institutions?

Ist Teil von

• Journal of mental health (Abingdon, England), 2018-10, Vol.27 (5), p.438-441

Ort / Verlag

England: Routledge

Erscheinungsjahr

2018

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Applied Social Sciences Index & Abstracts (ASSIA)

Beschreibungen/Notizen

• Background: Nomophobia is No Mobile Phone Phobia - the fear of being without a mobile device or beyond mobile phone contact. The time and money wastage by medical students is a negative aspect of mobile phone dependence. This time can be utilized for academic and recreational activities. Aim: To assess the prevalence of Nomophobia in the students in 1st year MBBS. Methods: Study area: A medical college in Pune city. Study period: December 2015 to February 2016. A cross-sectional study was carried out on all the students of 1st year MBBS. A predesigned and pretested questionnaire was used to collect data. Data were analyzed statistically by simple proportions using SPSS v20. Results: A total of 145 students were monitored according to inclusion and exclusion criteria. Amongst all the participants, 45.5% were males (66/145) and 54.5% were females (79/145). Mild Nomophobia was found in 17.9% students whereas 60% had moderate and 22.1% had severe Nomophobia. Amongst the males, 56.06% and 24.24% had moderate and severe Nomophobia, respectively while in females, moderate and severe Nomophobia was found to be 63.25% and 20.25%, respectively. Conclusion: Nomophobia is found to be prevalent in students of 1st year MBBS.