Prevalence and factors associated with smartphone addiction among medical students at King Abdulaziz University, Jeddah

Objective: To investigate smartphone addiction among medical students and to determine factors associated with smartphone addiction among sixth-year medical students at King Abdulaziz University, Jeddah

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Methods: This cross-sectional study was conducted on 203 sixth-year medical students at the Faculty of Medicine, King Abdulaziz University, Jeddah, Saudi Arabia, during July 2017. Data analysis was done using SPSS20

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Results: The number of completed questionnaires received was181 out of 203, making a response rate of 89%. There were 87 male respondents [48.1%] and 94 female respondents [51.9%]. The overall prevalence of smartphone addiction was 66 [36.5%]. There is a statistically significant relationship between daily hours of smartphone usage and smartphone addiction [p<0.02]. Out of 66 addicted students, 24 [55.8%] students reported using their smartphone more than five hours daily, 17[34.7%] students were using it 4 to 5 hours daily, 13 [27.7%] students were using it 2 to 3 hours daily and 12[28.6%] students were using it less than two hours daily. The study showed no statistically significant relationship between smartphone addiction and smoking statusor degree of obesity. There was a significant association between the total score on the smartphone addiction scale and daily usage hours [pvalue<0.005]

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Conclusion: The overall prevalence of smartphone addiction was high among our study participants. The smartphone addiction was associated with daily hours of smartphone usage