Correlation of Smart Phone Addiction with Poor Sleep Quality and Low Academic Score in Medical Students of Nishtar Medical University, South Punjab
Ghulam Mujtaba Nasir,
Ghulam Dastgeer,
Muhammad Umar Khan
et al.
Abstract:Background: Smart phone addiction can disturb sleep quality in medical students by upsetting internal biological clock (SCN) and melatonin level which in turn adversely affects academic performance of medical students.
Objectives: To correlate smart phone addiction (SPA), poor sleep quality and low academic score in medical students and its association with gender.
Methodology: A Cross- sectional descriptive study was conducted on medical students of 4th and final year MBBS (who were mobile phone a… Show more
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