Table 4 Association between smartphone addiction and participants’ characteristics
Variable | Addiction | χ2 | p-value | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Addicted n | Not-addicted n | |||
Gender | 7.690 | 0.006 | ||
Male | 46 | 51 | ||
Female | 46 | 107 | ||
Faculty | 6.278 | 0.099 | ||
School of Medicine | 39 | 48 | ||
School of Dental Surgery | 17 | 34 | ||
School of Nursing | 28 | 68 | ||
School of Allied Sciences | 8 | 8 | ||
Past Educational Institute | 1.217 | 0.270 | ||
Private/ Boarding School | 85 | 139 | ||
Government/ Public School | 7 | 19 | ||
Duration of Smartphone use / weekday | 7.003 | 0.008 | ||
> 5 h | 23 | 19 | ||
< =5 h | 69 | 139 | ||
Self-Perception of Smartphone addiction | 47.915 | < 0.001 | ||
Yes | 44 | 23 | ||
No | 15 | 90 | ||
Don’t Know | 33 | 45 | ||
Residence at present time | 41.145 | 0.420 | ||
Hostellers | 32 | 153 | ||
Day-scholars | 60 | 5 | ||