Mobile addiction and its relationship with quality of life in medical students

Autor: Maryam Miri, Amir Tiyuri, Mohammad Miri, Farzaneh Miri, Hamid Salehiniya, Maryam Bahlgerdi
Rok vydání: 2020
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Zdroj: Clinical Epidemiology and Global Health. 8:229-232
ISSN: 2213-3984
DOI: 10.1016/j.cegh.2019.08.004
Popis: Background Quality of life is one of the most important health-related outcomes that can be affected by mobile phone addiction. This study was conducted to determine the prevalence of mobile phone addiction and its relationship with quality of life in students of Birjand University of Medical Sciences (BUMS). Methods This cross-sectional study was conducted on 360 students in BUMS in 2018. The sample was randomly selected from each faculty using proportional stratified sampling. To collect data, a questionnaire containing the demographic variables, the PMPAS questionnaire for mobile addiction and SF-12 for quality of life were used. Data were analyzed by independent t-test and Pearson correlation coefficient in SPSS (V.18). Results The mean age of the students was 25.1 ± 6.3 years that 75.5% were female. In terms of marital status, 60.6% were single. Nearly 75% of students were with moderate or severe mobile phone addiction. The score of mobile phone addiction was higher in single and younger students (p Conclusions According to the results, the prevalence of mobile phone addiction among students was high and mobile phone addiction has a negative effect on the quality of life of students, which has a negative effect on psychological performance.
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