Prevalence and correlates of excessive smartphone use among medical students: A cross-sectional study

Prevalence and correlates of excessive smartphone use among medical students: A cross-sectional study

Background: Increasing smartphone use has led to the introduction of smartphone addiction as a behavioral addiction with detrimental effects on health. This phenomenon has not been widely studied in the Indian context. This study assessed the rate of smartphone addiction in a sample of medical stude...

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Main Authors: Surabhi P Dharmadhikari, Sneha D Harshe, Poorva P Bhide
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: SAGE Publishing 2019-01-01
Series:Indian Journal of Psychological Medicine
Subjects:
addiction
india
medical
smartphone
students key messages: a high proportion of the medical students of a college in western maharashtra have smartphone addiction. smartphone addiction has significant associations with impaired sleep and high stress. smartphone addiction is significantly associated with a self-reported feeling of having the addiction.
Online Access:http://www.ijpm.info/article.asp?issn=0253-7176;year=2019;volume=41;issue=6;spage=549;epage=555;aulast=Dharmadhikari

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