Volume : 7, Issue : 2, February - 2018

Prevalence of Smart Phone Addiction in Medical Undergraduates - A Cross - Sectional Study.

Dr. Prabhukiran Vishwanath Gogi, Dr. Anusha V Reddy, Dr. Somasundara Babu Suryaprakash Rayala

Abstract :

<p>&nbsp;<b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;&#10;line-height:200%;font-family:&quot;Times New Roman&quot;,&quot;serif&quot;;mso-fareast-font-family:&#10;&quot;Times New Roman&quot;">Aim</span></b></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:&#10;200%"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:200%;font-family:&quot;Times New Roman&quot;,&quot;serif&quot;;&#10;mso-fareast-font-family:&quot;Times New Roman&quot;">To&nbsp; estimate&nbsp; the&nbsp; prevalence&nbsp; of&nbsp; potential&nbsp; excessive smart&nbsp; phone&nbsp; use&nbsp; in&nbsp; medical&nbsp; undergraduates and the demographic&nbsp; parameters associated&nbsp; with&nbsp; smart&nbsp; phone&nbsp; addiction&nbsp; in&nbsp; male&nbsp; and&nbsp; female students.<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:&#10;200%"><b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;&#10;line-height:200%;font-family:&quot;Times New Roman&quot;,&quot;serif&quot;;mso-fareast-font-family:&#10;&quot;Times New Roman&quot;">Materials and methods<o:p></o:p></span></b></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:&#10;200%"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:200%;font-family:&quot;Times New Roman&quot;,&quot;serif&quot;">A cross sectional study using smart phone addiction scale short version (SAS-SV), 150 medical undergraduates aged 18 to 25 years were assessed.</span><span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:200%;font-family:&quot;Times New Roman&quot;,&quot;serif&quot;;&#10;mso-fareast-font-family:&quot;Times New Roman&quot;"> <o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:&#10;200%"><b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;&#10;line-height:200%;font-family:&quot;Times New Roman&quot;,&quot;serif&quot;;mso-fareast-font-family:&#10;&quot;Times New Roman&quot;">Results <o:p></o:p></span></b></p> <p class="Default" style="line-height:200%"><span lang="EN-IN" style="font-family:&#10;&quot;Times New Roman&quot;,&quot;serif&quot;;color:windowtext">There&nbsp; is&nbsp; a&nbsp; significant&nbsp; association&nbsp; between&nbsp; males (50%) , management&nbsp; fee /C category&nbsp; students (35.29%) and&nbsp; excessive&nbsp; smart&nbsp; phone&nbsp; use&nbsp; with&nbsp;&nbsp; p &lt; 0.0482&nbsp; and&nbsp; &lt;0.010&nbsp; respectively. Smart phone was most commonly used for messenger application ( whatsapp, fb messenger, google hangouts, etc) followed by&nbsp; video streaming websites (youtube).<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="Default" style="line-height:200%"><b><span lang="EN-IN" style="font-family:&quot;Times New Roman&quot;,&quot;serif&quot;;color:windowtext">Conclusion<o:p></o:p></span></b></p> <p><span style="font-size:11.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:&quot;Times New Roman&quot;,&quot;serif&quot;;&#10;mso-fareast-font-family:Calii;mso-fareast-theme-font:minor-latin;mso-ansi-language:&#10;EN-US;mso-fareast-language:EN-US;mso-bidi-language:AR-SA">Smartphones&nbsp; can be appreciated&nbsp; by the&nbsp; advantages offered&nbsp; however&nbsp; adolescents&nbsp; need&nbsp; to&nbsp; be&nbsp; cautious&nbsp; about&nbsp; its&nbsp; addictive potential&nbsp; that&nbsp; will adversely&nbsp; affects&nbsp; the&nbsp; mental&nbsp; health</span></p>