A Descriptive Study to Assess the Level of Smartphone Addiction and Quality of Sleep among Student Nurses in Selected College of Nursing, New Delhi
Journal Title: International Journal of Nursing & Midwifery Research - Year 2019, Vol 6, Issue 1
Abstract
University students check their smartphone 150 times in a day on an average. The reasons for checking their smartphones include anxiety and fear of missing out on information. And only 26 percent of the respondents use their smartphones for calling. Now-a-days, smartphone is quite essential for many professions like medicine, nursing, etc. but the excessive use of this technology causes individual to become addicted and affect their health. Considering the steep surge in usage of smartphones and internet access, a descriptive study was conducted to assess the level of smartphone addiction and quality of sleep among student nurses in a selected College of Nursing, New Delhi. The research approach adopted for the study was quantitative with descriptive research design. The tools used for data collection were Short Version of Smartphone Addiction Scale (SAS-SV) to assess the smartphone addiction level among student nurses and Pittsburgh’s Sleep Quality Scale used to assess the sleep quality of student nurses. The sample comprised of students’ nurses of B.Sc. (H) Nursing and DGNM 1st year of Rufaida College of Nursing, Jamia Hamdard, Delhi. The data was analyzed using descriptive statistics. The study revealed that none of the students (0%) were addicted to smartphone and 54.09% of the student nurses were having good sleep quality
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Fareha Khan, Asha T Aniyan
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