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Assessment of Mobile Phone Dependence aamong Nursing Students

B. Jayabharathi* , B. Jayabharathi* , Pinkie Lizbeth Thomas**

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Journal of Social Welfare and Management 8(2):p 51-55, April - August 2016. | DOI:

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  Mobile phone overuse is a dependence syndrome seen among certain mobile phone users. Some mobile phone users exhibit problematic behaviours such as preoccupation with mobile communication, excessive money or time spent on mobile phones, use of mobile phones in socially or physically inappropriate situations such as driving an automobile. The aim of the present study was to assess the level of mobile phone dependence among nursing students . Cross sectional design was adopted for the study. The study was conducted at SRM College of Nursing. The total sample size for the study comprised of 144 nursing students and they were selected by using convenient sampling technique. The Mobile Phone Dependence Questionnaire (MPDQ) was used to assess the level of mobile phone dependence among nursing students. The data was analysed by using descriptive and inferential statistics. The findings of the study showed that, majority 59% of nursing students had mild mobile dependence, 38% of them had moderate mobile phone dependence and only 3% of them had severe mobile dependence. There was no association found between the mobile phone dependence among nursing students with their demographic variables.

Keywords: Mobile Phone Dependence; Nursing Students.

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