Smartphone Usage and Its Addiction among Undergraduate Nursing Students

Abstract

Introduction: The mobile phone is becoming an integral part of students concerning managing the critical
situation and maintaining a social relationship. This behavior may reduce thinking capabilities, affect
Cognitive function. The sciences of Smartphone addiction are constantly checking the phone for no reason,
feeling anxious, or restless without the phone, waking up in the middle of the night to check the mobile
and communication update, delay in academic performance as a result of prolonged phone activities and
distracted with smartphone applications.
Aim: Most of the global population, especially college and university students uses a Smartphone. Due to
its wide range of applications, while beneficial in numerous ways, Smartphone has disadvantages such as a
reduction in academic performance, psychological addiction.
Materials and Methods: In the present study, a Quantitative Research approach is used. The sample
comprised of 100 students, consisting of both male and female students. The convenient sample technique
was used to collect the data from Students. Students were requested to fill a specially designed, selfAdministered, questionnaire which comprised the Socio-demographic characteristics, Frequency and
pattern of mobile-phone usage, questions related to physical behavior, psycho-social behavior. Regarding
their health, they were asked whether they felt eye pain, thumb pain, a backache, neck pain and tiredness,
and total time spent on a mobile phone.
Results: 73% of the students aged 18-21 years, 23% of them had age 22-25 Years and 4% of them had age
26-29 years.98% of them had prepaid SIM card, and 2% of them had postpaid SIM.97% of them had the
android, and 3% of them had IOS. 96% of them responded, that excessive use of the mobile phone can cause
harm to health. All of them play PUBG on their Phone. 61% of them were using the mobile up for to 6 hours,
31% of them were using the mobile for 7-12 hours, 2% of them were using the mobile for 13-18 hours and
6% of them were using mobile for 19-24 hours. Majority of 79% of students used both internet and talk-time
plan, 17% of them had internet plan and 4% of them use only the talk-time plan. The majority of 77% of
them feel that the use of a mobile phone affects the students in their academic performances. 38% of them
use a mobile-phone while lecture going in the class.48% of them often feel that your phone is vibrating, even
when it is not.96% of them responded that excessive use of the mobile phone can cause harm to health.11%
of them had pain in the thumb. 9% of them had a backache after long time use of the mobile phone, 35% of
them have a headache and 56% of them had pain in eyes after having used the mobile phone for a long time.
Conclusion: Addiction of Smartphone among students has seen that its effect on academic performance and
77% of them feel that the use of the mobile phone affects physical behavior.