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Abstract
Worldwide, smartphones were used by 1.85 billion people in 2014, this number
is expected to be 2.87 billion in 2020 and so, it is expected that various adverse effects
of smartphones will develop (192). The use of cell phone is markedly increasing; in
2018, the number of smartphone users in Egypt reached 26 million, and could reach
almost 29 million by 2019, an increase of 3.15%, according to a report by the Ministry
of Communication and Information Technology (193). The mobile phone has been
obtained as one of the biggest non-drug addictions of the 21st century; its widespread
and unjustified use may lead to problems and emerged new disorders and dependencies
(42). Nomophobia had been defined as the fear of feeling disconnected, being out of
mobile phone contact and being unable to access information and/or communicate with
others (68)
The study was conducted to determine prevalence of nomophobia among
residents in Menuofia university hospitals, its’ severity, its relation to anxiety and its’
effect on communication of junior doctors with patients.
The study was a descriptive cross sectional study conducted on 221 junior residents
including 114 male and 107 female with exclusion of those who had history of psychiatric
disease, alcohol, drug addiction and history of psychotherapy or psychiatric drug
administration .It was approved by Ethical Committee in Faculty of Medicine, Menoufia
University. An official permission letter was obtained and directed to direct supervisors
and to the university hospital general manager of Menoufia university hospitals. After
illustration of study objectives, they were encouraged to give consent to participate .The
study was conducted in the context of time frame 12 months and the data was collected
during attending university hospitals three days a week.
The residents were asked about their personal demographic data (gender-marital
status and residence). Also in addition, they were asked about their phone habits
(frequency of checking phone -if ever Residents were asked about marital status and
residence & Phone habits as frequency of checking phone -if ever locked phone - time of
using smart phone - smart phone check during sleeping time - phantom ring sensation‖ the
sensations of vibration and ringing of the phone when they are not‖).
They were assesed by two questionnaires and one checklist:
Anxiety Scale which is the 7-item Generalized Anxiety Disorder Scale (GAD-7) for
screening, diagnosis and severity assessment of anxiety disorder.
Nomophobia questionnaire for diagnosis and assessment of severity of nomophobia.
Kalamazoo Essential Elements Communication Checklist Adapted for assessment of
junior doctor‘s communication skills with their patients which is formed of 7 points
of principles concerning doctor patient communication skills. It was done three times
in three separate occasions and recording the highest evaluation. The time between
the sessions was about week or two weeks in some specialties.
The study revealed that prevalence of nomophobia was 100% among the post
graduate juniors. They had mild (18.1%) & moderate (54.8%) and severe (27.1%) level
of nomophobia, concerning the dimensions of nomophobia, around 72% of participants
had severe nomophobia according to ―not being access to information‖ while 61% have moderate level for ―giving up convenience‖ moderate level of nomophobia had the
highest frequency for ―not being able to communicate‖ as well as ―losing
connectedness‖, nomophobia prevalence was not affected by the demographic
characteristics
For those who check their mobile each 5 minutes there is 53.8% have moderate
nomophobia while for those who check their mobile every 20 minutes there are 75% have mild nomophobia.