Mobile phone usage pattern among undergraduate medical students in a Medical College of West Bengal, India
Journal Title: Journal of the Indian Medical Association - Year 2019, Vol 117, Issue 8
Abstract
One of the most prominent and widespread product of technology in today’s world is the ‘Mobile phone’. Although a boon for better communication; there have been endless controversies over frequent use of mobile phones. The study was conducted to find out the pattern of mobile phone usage among undergraduate medical students and to determine any hazards faced by them and their involvement with mobile phones. It was a cross-sectional study conducted at IQ City Medical College, Durgapur, District Burdwan, West Bengal, India during July to August 2015 among 252 undergraduate medical students. Statistical Package for Social Sciences (SPSS) software (version 19.0) was used for analysis. Maximum students used their mobile phones in class (42.5%). About 67.1% were aware of hazards related to mobile phone usage. The most commonly experienced symptom was headache (61.5%), followed by ringxiety (34.7%). Half of the subjects could not live without phone for a single day. Dependence on mobile phone and its hazards have become an issue nowadays due to the multiplicity of its functions. Rules and regulations need to be placed in time regarding its use is the need of the hour
Authors and Affiliations
Indranil Saha, Tapas Kumar Som, Sreemedha Choudhury, Gautam Ghose, Bobby Paul
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