PREVALENCE OF SMARTPHONE ADDICTION AMONG STUDENTS OF COLLEGES OF REHABILITATION SCIENCES
Keywords:
Smartphone Overuse, Smartphone Addiction Scale, Medical students, musculoskeletal problems, Depression, AnxietyAbstract
ABSTRACT
BACKGROUND AND AIM
Smartphones have become an essential tool in these times. This study is based on smartphone usage and its addiction amongst people aged 20-25 years, out of which 109 were males (51.9%) and 101 (48.1%) females. Colleges of Rehabilitation Sciences and its impact on psychological and physical wellbeing.
METHODOLOGY
A cross sectional study was conducted on 260 medical students out of which 50 dropped out later. Smartphone Addiction Scale (SASas used to assess the level of smartphone addiction amongst these individuals.
RESULTS
The statistical value of mean is 1.48 for both the genders whereas the statistical value of mean for age ranging from 20-25 years is 21.7 and the standard deviation is 0.50 for gender and 1.38 for the included age group. Only 7 participants (3.3%) were found to have low smartphone addiction level, 108 participants (51.4%) to be moderately addicted and 95 participants (45.2%) to have higher addiction.
CONCLUSION
The excessive use of smartphone was significant among the individuals aged 22 years and more specifically the more males than the females were found to be more addicted by smartphone. Our findings may help in the development of policies and guidelines which should be followed by the students to improve their quality of life and mental health issues such as depression and anxiety.
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