Table 1 Characteristics of study participants
Variables | Frequency (%) |
|---|---|
Gender | |
Male | 97 (38.8%) |
Female | 153 (61.2%) |
Faculty | |
School of medicine | 87 (34.8%) |
School of Dental Surgery | 51 (20.4%) |
School of Nursing | 96 (38.4%) |
School of Allied sciences | 16 (6.4%) |
Past Educational Institute | |
Private/ Boarding School | 224 (89.6%) |
Government/ Public School | 26 (10.4%) |
Place of residence | |
Hostel | 185(74%) |
Day-scholar | 65 (26%) |
Reasons for using Smartphone | |
Communication | 16 (6.4%) |
Social networking and gaming | 23 (9.2%) |
Studying | 12 (4.8%) |
Communication, social networking and gaming | 25 (10%) |
Social networking, gaming and study purposes | 59 (23.6%) |
Communication and study | 48 (19.2%) |
Communication, social networking, gaming and study purposes | 67 (26.8%) |
Self-Perception of Smartphone addiction | |
Yes | 67 (26.8%) |
Don’t Know | 78 (31.2%) |
No | 105 (42%) |
Duration of Smartphone use (weekdays) | |
> 5 h/weekdays | 42 (16.8%) |
≤5 h/weekdays | 208 (83.2%) |