SMARTPHONE USE AND ITS RELATIONSHIP WITH ADDICTION AMONG UNDERGRADUATE ALLIED STUDENTS IN DADELDHURA, NEPAL

Authors

  • Mithilesh Chaurasiya Lecturer, Department of Anatomy Asia International University, Bukhara, Uzbekistan

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.55640/

Keywords:

Allied students, Smartphone usage, Smartphone addiction, Undergraduate students.

Abstract

Objective: To examine smartphone usage patterns and their relationship with smartphone addiction among undergraduate allied students. Study Design: Cross-sectional study. Setting: Allied health departments at the Faculty of Health Sciences, Far Western University, Dadeldhura, Nepal. Methods: A total of 350 students aged 18-25 years were selected using multistage random sampling. Data were collected using validated tools including the Smartphone Addiction Scale (SAS). Statistical analysis was performed using SPSS version 25. The chi-square test was used to determine association between smartphone usage and addiction. A p-value <0.05 was considered statistically significant. Results: Nearly half of the participants (49.7%) used smartphones for more than six hours daily. High levels of smartphone addiction were observed in 49.1% of students. Addiction was significantly higher among excessive smartphone users (p<0.05). Conclusion: Excessive smartphone use is significantly associated with addiction among allied students and may negatively influence academic performance and overall wellbeing.

Downloads

Download data is not yet available.

References

1.Rathakrishnan B, Singh SSB, Kamaluddin MR, Yahaya A, Nasir MA, Ibrahim F, et al. Smartphone addiction and sleep quality on academic performance of university students: Exploratory research. Int J Environ Res Public Health. 2021;18(16):8291.

2.Elhai JD, Dvorak RD, Levine JC, Hall BJ. Problematic smartphone use: A conceptual overview and systematic review of relations with anxiety and depression psychopathology. J Affect Disord. 2017; 207:251-9.

3.Kumar VA, Chandrasekaran V, Brahadeeswari H. Prevalence of smartphone addiction and its effects on sleep quality: A cross-sectional study among allied students. Ind Psychiatry J. 2019;28(1):82-5.

4.Zhong Y, Ma H, Liang YF, Liao CJ, Zhang CC, Jiang WJ. Prevalence of smartphone addiction among Asian allied students: A meta-analysis of multinational observational studies. Int J Soc Psychiatry. 2022;68(6):1171-83.

5.Santander-Hernández FM, Peralta CI, Guevara-Morales MA, Díaz-Vélez C, Valladares-Garrido MJ. Smartphone overuse, depression & anxiety in allied students during the COVID-19 pandemic. PLoS One. 2022;17(8): e0273575.

6.Prafull K, Rao A, Doijad V, Patil P, Daulatabad VS, John NA. Impact of smartphone on mental health among allied undergraduates: A cross-sectional study. J Educ Health Promot. 2024;13(1):137.

7.Kil N, Kim J, McDaniel JT, Kim J, Kensinger K. Examining associations between smartphone use, smartphone addiction, and mental health outcomes: A cross-sectional study of college students. Health Promot Perspect. 2021;11(1):36.

8.Haug S, Castro RP, Kwon M, Filler A, Kowatsch T, Schaub MP. Smartphone use and smartphone addiction among young people in Switzerland. J Behav Addict. 2015;4(4):299-307.

9.Ibrahim NK, Baharoon BS, Banjar WF, Jar AA, Ashor RM, Aman AA, et al. Mobile phone addiction and its relationship to sleep quality and academic achievement of allied students. J Res Health Sci. 2018;18(3): e00420.

Downloads

Published

2026-02-23

Issue

Vol. 5 No. 02 (2026): Journal of Multidisciplinary Sciences and Innovations

Section

Articles

License

Creative Commons License

This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License.

Authors retain the copyright of their manuscripts, and all Open Access articles are disseminated under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License 4.0 (CC-BY), which licenses unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided that the original work is appropriately cited. The use of general descriptive names, trade names, trademarks, and so forth in this publication, even if not specifically identified, does not imply that these names are not protected by the relevant laws and regulations.

How to Cite

SMARTPHONE USE AND ITS RELATIONSHIP WITH ADDICTION AMONG UNDERGRADUATE ALLIED STUDENTS IN DADELDHURA, NEPAL. (2026). Journal of Multidisciplinary Sciences and Innovations, 5(02), 1860-1864. https://doi.org/10.55640/

Similar Articles

1-10 of 1031

You may also start an advanced similarity search for this article.