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VOL. 6, ISSUE 2 (2021)
A study to assess nomo phobia among nursing student in order to develop a pamphlet regarding prevention of nomo phobia in Aurangabad city
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Trupti Sabne, Mayur Ghansawant, Pradnya Waghmre, Vipulta Gaikwad
Abstract
Nomophobia is a proposed name for the phobia of being out of cellular phone contact. It has been considered as a symptom or syndrome of problematic digital media use in mental health, the definitions of which are not standardized. In today’s contemporary digital and virtual society, anxiety is the affliction of life. New addition to the stress list is “nomophobia,” the fear of being out of mobile phone contact. This disorder, nomophobia is an acronym for “no mobile phone phobia.” It is a result of the development of technologies that enable virtual communication. Nomophobia refers to discomfort, anxiety, nervousness, or anguish caused by being out of contact with a mobile phone. The study was conducted with the objective To assess Nomo phobia among nursing students, To associated Nomo phobia with selected demographic variable. And To distribute pamphlet to the nursing students who are prone to nomophobia. Descriptive Approach with descriptive research Design was used in this study. 380 Nursing students were selected by using Non-Probability Convenience Sampling for the study. Modified Nomophobic Rating Scale were used to collect the data. Distribution of Nursing students regarding nomophobic score, the overall percentage shows that (0.53%) are at risk, (46.32%) are Mild, (40.52%) are moderate, (12.63%) are severe. The minimum score was 0 and the maximum score was 125, the mean score for the test was 67.01 ± 20.69 and mean percentage of knowledge was 53.60. There was a significant association of nomophobic score in relation to age, types of mobile phone, Duration of mobile phone, number of mobile phones, number of Sim card used regarding Nomophobia. There was a no significant association of nomophobic score is gender, occupation, family income, academic performance of last year, Number of mobile in family regarding Nomophobia. Mobile phone use with increasing adoption of smartphones promotes an addiction-like behavior that is evolving as a public health problem in a large proportion of Indian youth.
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Pages:18-21
How to cite this article:
Trupti Sabne, Mayur Ghansawant, Pradnya Waghmre, Vipulta Gaikwad "A study to assess nomo phobia among nursing student in order to develop a pamphlet regarding prevention of nomo phobia in Aurangabad city ". International Journal of Advanced Science and Research, Vol 6, Issue 2, 2021, Pages 18-21
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