Excessive use of Mobile Phones by Medical Students: Should Precautions be Taken?

Siddiqi, Najam; Jahan, Firdous; Moin, Faisal; Al-Shehhi, Fatima; Al-Balushi, Fatima

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“…It is an interesting observation that 51.2% of students in present study are keeping their phone ON during classes and apart from that 40.6% are texting and 24.7% are playing games during lecture which can be one of the main courses of distraction in their attention which overall affects their academic performance. It is also reported in a similar study by Siddiqi et al [11] [9] in 2011 shows 62% of students believe and are aware of the side effects of mobile phone usage. Also most of the students were aware of common health hazards like Headache, Sleep disturbances, Loss of concentration and Blurred vision in present study as reported previously.…”

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“…It is observed that, 75.9% of students are keeping their phone ON(but internet OFF) while sleeping and 28.8% are keep it under the pillow, 14.1% on bed; which almost similar by Siddiqi et al[11] stating that 70% keep their mobile ON and 33% are keeping it under their pillow while going asleep. Keeping it ON entire night; particularly, placing it under the pillow would expose the head part to electromagnetic waves which would create sleep disturbances.…”

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Study the Pattern of Mobile Phone Usage in Medical Students

Kariya¹,

Ratanpara²

2019

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Mobile technology has influenced the way of living across all segments of society and has raised concern about its electromagnetic waves. Hence, the present study gives emphasis on investigating the pattern of mobile phone usage among undergraduate medical students and their perception and awareness regarding negative health effects due to excessive exposure of electromagnetic waves.Methods: A cross sectional study was conducted among 170 UG students of PDU Govt. Medical College, Rajkot, Gujarat, India. Data were collected by pre-tested questionnaire in Google form and analysed using MS Excel software.Results: Out of total students participated in the study, 103 were males and 67 were females; Average time spent using mobile phones was 3.75 hours/day; 51.2% students kept their mobile phone ON during lecture; 75.9% also stated that they were aware of health hazards due to exposure to electromagnetic waves; 27.6% students agreed that their sleep is suffered due to use of mobile phone.Conclusion: the outcomes of this study confirms that there is excessive use of mobile phone among medical students. Regulatory bodies should form some specific regulations and guidelines regarding mobile phone usage in classroom. Further, it is also required to anticipate long term health hazards considering its overuse among young adults.

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Kariya¹,

Ratanpara²

2019

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“…) due to the fact that the main object of study was not nomophobia (n = 14)[3,6,[8][9][10]21,[50][51][52][53][54][55][56][57].…”

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Nomophobia: An Individual’s Growing Fear of Being without a Smartphone—A Systematic Literature Review

Rodríguez-García

Moreno-Guerrero

Belmonte

2020

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This review examines the current literature focused on nomophobia (objectives, methodological design, main variables, sample details, and measurement methods) in the Scopus and Web of Science databases. To this end, we conducted a systematic literature review in accordance with the Preferred Reporting Items for Systematic Reviews (PRISMA) guidelines. The initial sample consisted of 142 articles, of which 42 met the inclusion criteria and were analyzed in detail. The findings show that the current research is in an exploratory phase, with a greater predominance of descriptive, nonexperimental, and cross-sectional studies that explore the prevalence of nomophobia mainly in adolescents and university students. The most widely used measurement instrument is the Nomophobia Questionnaire (NMP-Q) proposed by Yildrim and Correia. In addition, the research suggests that nomophobia negatively affects personality, self-esteem, anxiety, stress, academic performance, and other physical and mental health problems. We are therefore faced with a health problem, which negatively affects a person, causing psychological problems and physical and behavioral changes.

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“…However, 100% of the students were still using PDAs. [ 16 ] Moreover, 58% of the students reported that using PDAs has affected their lives. The mental effect was the topmost effect followed by physical effect.…”

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Medical students’ awareness of Personal Digital Assistant Devices’ impact on their health

Altwaijri

Almunyif

Alotaibi

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Journal of Family Medicine and Primary Care

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Aims: 1. To evaluate medical students’ awareness of personal digital assistant devices impacts on their overall health. 2. To estimate medical students’ hours on digital devices. 3. To determine the most common effect of personal digital assistant devices on medical student health. Settings and Method: This descriptive cross-sectional study was conducted at the college of medicine of a in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia. The participants were medical students, and a questionnaire consists of 3 sections was used. A sample of 289 medical students participated in the study. Kruskal–Wallis test was used to analyze the relationship between the knowledge score and the year of study. Statistical Analysis used and Results: The research included medical students whose ages ranged from 19 to 25 years with a median (IQR) of 22.00 (21.00–23.00). Approximately, 56% of the participants were males, and the majority of the students were from year 3. The average hours spent daily while using PDA for studying was 5 hours with SD 2.7. 167 (58%) of the students reported that studying using PDAs has affected their life. The most experienced effects reported was dry eyes and vision problems 53 (54%). Conclusions: The current study revealed that the majority of medical students have adequate knowledge of PDAs’ effects on their health despite their continuous use. More attention should be paid to reduce the effects on their health by raising campaigns to increase the awareness of all the students and the community.

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Excessive use of Mobile Phones by Medical Students: Should Precautions be Taken?

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Study the Pattern of Mobile Phone Usage in Medical Students

Study the Pattern of Mobile Phone Usage in Medical Students

Nomophobia: An Individual’s Growing Fear of Being without a Smartphone—A Systematic Literature Review

Medical students’ awareness of Personal Digital Assistant Devices’ impact on their health

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