Smartphone dependency and its impact on academics among medical and nursing students: A cross-sectional study
作者机构：Department of Neurosciences NursingCollege of NursingAll India Institute of Medical SciencesRishikeshUttarakhandIndia Department of PediatricsAll India Institute of Medical SciencesRaipurChhattisgarhIndia Department of EmergencyAll India Institute of Medical SciencesRaipurChhattisgarhIndia Obstetrics and Gynecology NursingGovernment College of NursingRaipurChhattisgarhIndia
出 版 物：《Journal of Integrative Nursing》 (中西医结合护理杂志（英文）)
年 卷 期：2022年第4卷第1期
页 面：30-35页
学科分类：0502[文学-外国语言文学] 050201[文学-英语语言文学] 05[文学]
主 题：Internet addiction disorder medical nursing smartphone students
摘 要：Objective:This study aimed to assess smartphone dependency and its impact on academics among medical and nursing *** and Methods:A cross-sectional study was carried out on Bachelor of Medicine and Bachelor of Surgery(MBBS)and Bachelor of Science in Nursing(BScN)students in a medical teaching *** Smartphone Dependency Scale and self-structured questionnaire on impact of smartphone on academics were used to assess smartphone dependency and its impact on academics.A total of 436 students were selected using the total enumerative sampling *** were analyzed using the descriptive(frequency,percentage,mean,and standard deviation)and inferential(t-test,Chi-square test)***:The mean age of students was 20.6±1.29 years,81%were females,and the mean body mass index score was 21.59±3.41 kg/*** mean impact on academics and smartphone dependency scores was 19.92±7.01 and 48.58±11.46,*** impact on academics had a significant association with student category(P0.001)and gender(P0.001).A significant association was found between the impact on academics(P=0.003)and smartphone dependency(P=0.05)with studying ***:The use of smartphones is more among medical *** studying in the first and second years are found to be more dependent on smartphone,which caused a serious impact on their *** appliances have become mandatory in this era of technology,and it is not possible to stop its usage but negative impact of smartphones on students’academic performance needs to be ***,it is mandatory to organize educational seminars and workshops to promote the appropriate use of smartphones.
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