The PREVALENCE OF PSYCHO-PSYCHIATRIC DISORDERS WITHIN MEDICAL STUDENTS ADDICTED TO MOBILE PHONE USAGE

Abstract

BACKGROUND: Mobile phone addiction creates the basis of psycho-psychiatric disorders like depression and anxiety in medical students.

METHODOLOGY: 112 students from all five years of MBBS were selected from Nishtar Medical University, Multan by convenience sampling.

RESULTS: Within Smartphone Non-addict (SNA) subjects, as deciphered on DASS, 85.7% males while 82.1% females were found to be devoid of depressive spectrum. On the sub-scale of anxiety, 82.1% of both males and females had no anxiety. While interpreting stress, 78.6% of both males and females were normal and had no stress at all. Within the Smartphone Addict (SA) populations, 75.0% males and 71.4% females portrayed depression. On the sub-scale of anxiety, 75.0% males and 78.6% females depicted various shades of anxiety. While interpreting stress, 75.0% of both males and females harbored stress.

CONCLUSIONS: Mobile phone addiction leads to stress disorders like depression and anxiety in medical students addicted to mobile phones.