Smartphone addiction and its relationship with physiological health among students of a medical school in East Coast Malaysia

Objective: Smartphones have now become a common and almost essential tool in our daily living activities. Students are among those who use smartphones regularly, which could lead to addiction if overused. This study aims to measure the prevalence of smartphone addiction and its relationship with psy...

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Main Authors:	Abdul Hadi, Azwanis, Mohd Nawawi, HawariI Musyir, Shamsuri, Nurafifah, Rahim, Nurul Najihah, Pasi, Hafizah
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Language:	English
Published:	Innovare Academic Sciences 2019
Subjects:	R Medicine (General) RA Public aspects of medicine RZ Other systems of medicine RZ400 Mental healing
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spelling	iium-739822019-09-06T02:54:12Z http://irep.iium.edu.my/73982/ Smartphone addiction and its relationship with physiological health among students of a medical school in East Coast Malaysia Abdul Hadi, Azwanis Mohd Nawawi, HawariI Musyir Shamsuri, Nurafifah Rahim, Nurul Najihah Pasi, Hafizah R Medicine (General) RA Public aspects of medicine RZ Other systems of medicine RZ400 Mental healing Objective: Smartphones have now become a common and almost essential tool in our daily living activities. Students are among those who use smartphones regularly, which could lead to addiction if overused. This study aims to measure the prevalence of smartphone addiction and its relationship with psychological health among clinical year medical students in International Islamic University Malaysia (IIUM), Kuantan. Methods: A total of 226 medical students in their clinical years were recruited through quota sampling method. The students filled in a four-part online-based questionnaire consisted of questions on sociodemographic characteristics, smartphone usage information, smartphone addiction scaleshort version, and WHOQOL-BREF. Data were analyzed using IBM SPSS Statistics. Results: The prevalence of smartphone addiction among clinical year medical students in IIUM was 51%. Bivariate analysis showed that the majority of students chose social networking as their primary purpose of using a smartphone, and this was significantly associated with smartphone addiction (p=0.037). Following multiple logistic regression analysis, students who had chosen games as their primary purpose of smartphone users are 88% less likely to be related with smartphone addiction (p=0.009, 95% CI: 0.025–0.595) as compared to those who used it for academic performance tasks. Students who were not addicted to smartphones reported significantly better psychological quality of life compared to those who were addicted (p<0.001). Conclusion: Half of IIUM’s medical students in clinical years was found to have smartphone addiction, and those with smartphone addiction had poor psychological health. Immediate intervention such as creating awareness in the campus is important in curbing this problem. Innovare Academic Sciences 2019-08 Article PeerReviewed application/pdf en http://irep.iium.edu.my/73982/1/11%20July%20Dr.%20Azwanis%2034396-Article%20Text-162761-1-10-20190731.pdf Abdul Hadi, Azwanis and Mohd Nawawi, HawariI Musyir and Shamsuri, Nurafifah and Rahim, Nurul Najihah and Pasi, Hafizah (2019) Smartphone addiction and its relationship with physiological health among students of a medical school in East Coast Malaysia. Asian Journal of Pharmaceutical and Clinical Research, 12 (8). pp. 257-260. ISSN 0974-2441 E-ISSN 2455-3891 https://innovareacademics.in/journals/index.php/ajpcr/article/view/34396
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topic	R Medicine (General) RA Public aspects of medicine RZ Other systems of medicine RZ400 Mental healing
spellingShingle	R Medicine (General) RA Public aspects of medicine RZ Other systems of medicine RZ400 Mental healing Abdul Hadi, Azwanis Mohd Nawawi, HawariI Musyir Shamsuri, Nurafifah Rahim, Nurul Najihah Pasi, Hafizah Smartphone addiction and its relationship with physiological health among students of a medical school in East Coast Malaysia
description	Objective: Smartphones have now become a common and almost essential tool in our daily living activities. Students are among those who use smartphones regularly, which could lead to addiction if overused. This study aims to measure the prevalence of smartphone addiction and its relationship with psychological health among clinical year medical students in International Islamic University Malaysia (IIUM), Kuantan. Methods: A total of 226 medical students in their clinical years were recruited through quota sampling method. The students filled in a four-part online-based questionnaire consisted of questions on sociodemographic characteristics, smartphone usage information, smartphone addiction scaleshort version, and WHOQOL-BREF. Data were analyzed using IBM SPSS Statistics. Results: The prevalence of smartphone addiction among clinical year medical students in IIUM was 51%. Bivariate analysis showed that the majority of students chose social networking as their primary purpose of using a smartphone, and this was significantly associated with smartphone addiction (p=0.037). Following multiple logistic regression analysis, students who had chosen games as their primary purpose of smartphone users are 88% less likely to be related with smartphone addiction (p=0.009, 95% CI: 0.025–0.595) as compared to those who used it for academic performance tasks. Students who were not addicted to smartphones reported significantly better psychological quality of life compared to those who were addicted (p<0.001). Conclusion: Half of IIUM’s medical students in clinical years was found to have smartphone addiction, and those with smartphone addiction had poor psychological health. Immediate intervention such as creating awareness in the campus is important in curbing this problem.
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author	Abdul Hadi, Azwanis Mohd Nawawi, HawariI Musyir Shamsuri, Nurafifah Rahim, Nurul Najihah Pasi, Hafizah
author_facet	Abdul Hadi, Azwanis Mohd Nawawi, HawariI Musyir Shamsuri, Nurafifah Rahim, Nurul Najihah Pasi, Hafizah
author_sort	Abdul Hadi, Azwanis
title	Smartphone addiction and its relationship with physiological health among students of a medical school in East Coast Malaysia
title_short	Smartphone addiction and its relationship with physiological health among students of a medical school in East Coast Malaysia
title_full	Smartphone addiction and its relationship with physiological health among students of a medical school in East Coast Malaysia
title_fullStr	Smartphone addiction and its relationship with physiological health among students of a medical school in East Coast Malaysia
title_full_unstemmed	Smartphone addiction and its relationship with physiological health among students of a medical school in East Coast Malaysia
title_sort	smartphone addiction and its relationship with physiological health among students of a medical school in east coast malaysia
publisher	Innovare Academic Sciences
publishDate	2019
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Smartphone addiction and its relationship with physiological health among students of a medical school in East Coast Malaysia

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