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Minaam Farooq
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Mohammad Ashraf at NHS Greater Glasgow and Clyde
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Nomophobia (no-mobile-phone phobia) is a relatively new term that describes the growing fear and anxiety associated with being without a mobile phone. This poster got 1st position at the Medical Student Research competition.
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Introduction
Prevalence of nomophobia; and an analysis of its contributing
factors in the undergraduate students of Pakistan
•Nomophobia (no-mobile-phone phobia) is a
relatively new term that explains the increasing
psychological dependence of people, especially
young and adolescents, on mobile devices.
•The term was first used in 2008 by a UK-based
research organization, YouGov, licensed by UK
Post Office to evaluate the anxieties associated with
the use of mobile phones.
•It is yet to be added to the
Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of
Mental Disorders (DSM)
•It hasn’t been studied on Pakistani
demography.
Objectives
•To determine the prevalence of Nomophobia
among the undergraduate students of Pakistan
•To determine its correlation with gender
•To determine the contributory factors of
Nomophobia
Materials and Methods
•Study Design: Cross-sectional Study
(Observational)
•Study Setting: Online Nomophobia questionnaire
by Yildrim and Correia, developed using Google
Forms was circulated through social media sites
(WhatsApp, Facebook, Twitter and Instagram)
because of the prevalent pandemic and its
associated restrictions imposed by the Government.
•Study Population: Undergraduate Students
(Intermediate till University)
•Study Sampling: Snowball
•Duration: 5th April 2021 to 19th April 2021
•Data Analysis: IBM SPSS version 22 and MS
Excel 2007
Factor Description Items concerned
on NMP-Q
Average Score per
Question (1-7)
Factor I Not being able to
communicate Item
10,11,12,13,14,15 4.89
Factor II Losing connectedness Item 16,17,18,19,20 4.59
Factor III Not being able to
access information Item 1,2,3,4 4.97
Factor IV Giving up
convenience Item 5,6,7,8,9 4.10
•Geographical
•Demographical
•COVID-19
•Hopefully, the administration will utilize this to adopt
measures to set up awareness and prevention programs so
that the current magnitude of this phobia can be
minimized.
•Wider research should be done to investigate it further and
evaluate its clinical significance.
Category Scores No. of responses
Percentage of total
responses
Severe
Nomophobia (100-140) 186 40.88 %
Moderate
Nomophobia (60-99) 221 48.57%
Mild Nomophobia
(21-59) 48 10.55 %
1. Kuscu TD, Gumustas F, Rodopman Arman A et al. The relationship between nomophobia and
psychiatric symptoms in adolescents. Int J Psychiatry Clin Pract(2021);56-61. doi:
10.1080/13651501.2020.1819334. Epub 2020 17th September. PMID: 32940094. [PubMed]
2. Bhattacharya S, Bashar MA, Srivastava A et al. NOMOPHOBIA: NO MObilePHonePhoBIA. J
Family Med Prim Care(2019);8(4):1297-1300. doi: 10.4103/jfmpc.jfmpc_71_19. PMID: 31143710;
PMCID: PMC6510111. [PubMed]
3. C. Yildirim, A.Correia. Exploring the dimensions of nomophobia: Development and validation of a
self-reported questionnaire. Computers in human behavior(2015); Vol.49.doi:
10.1016/j.chb.2015.02.059. [ResearchGate]
Results
Conclusion
Limitations
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88
90
92
94
96
Females Males
Mean Score
Gender
Minaam Farooq1, Musa Ali Rizvi1, Waaiz Ali Wajid1, Mohammad Ashraf2, Mukarram Farooq3, Kaleem Ullah Ranjha1
References
Rationale
1King Edward Medical University, Lahore, Pakistan
2The University of Glasgow, Scotland, UK
3Allama Iqbal Medical College, Lahore, Pakistan
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NOMOPHOBIA: NO MObile PHone PhoBIA
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  • Apr 2019
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Exploring the dimensions of nomophobia: Development and validation of a self-reported questionnaire
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  • Aug 2015
  • COMPUT HUM BEHAV
Nomophobia is considered a modern age phobia introduced to our lives as a byproduct of the interaction between people and mobile information and communication technologies, especially smartphones. This study sought to contribute to the nomophobia research literature by identifying and describing the dimensions of nomophobia and developing a questionnaire to measure nomophobia. Consequently, this study adopted a two-phase, exploratory sequential mixed methods design. The first phase was a qualitative exploration of nomophobia through semi-structured interviews conducted with nine undergraduate students at a large Midwestern university in the U.S. As a result of the first phase, four dimensions of nomophobia were identified: not being able to communicate, losing connectedness, not being able to access information and giving up convenience. The qualitative findings from this initial exploration were then developed into a 20-item nomophobia questionnaire (NMP-Q). In the second phase, the NMP-Q was validated with a sample of 301 undergraduate students. Exploratory factor analysis revealed a four-factor structure for the NMP-Q, corresponding to the dimensions of nomophobia. The NMP-Q was shown to produce valid and reliable scores; and thus, can be used to assess the severity of nomophobia.
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The relationship between nomophobia and psychiatric symptoms in adolescents
Article
  • Sep 2020
  • INT J PSYCHIAT CLIN
Objective: This study aimed to find out whether nomophobia levels are higher in adolescents with internalising or externalising disorders than healthy adolescents and to investigate the correlation of nomophobia levels with externalising and internalising symptoms. Methods: K-SADS (Kiddie Schedule for Affective Disorders and Schizophrenia) was applied to 139 adolescents (ages 13-18) and they were asked to fill No Mobile Phone Questionnaire (NMP-Q) and Revised Child Anxiety and Depression Scale (RCADS), while the parents were asked to complete Conners Parent Rating Scale-48 (CPRS-48). Results: There were no significant differences in nomophobia total scores between the three study groups. However, losing connectedness (LC) and not being able to access information (NAI) subscores were significantly higher in group with internalising disorder than healthy controls and there was no significant difference between group with externalising disorder and healthy group. Separation anxiety, social phobia, total anxiety, depression, hyperactivity and oppositional problems positively correlated with nomophobia total score. Conduct problems correlated with only LC. Total anxiety and hyperactivity predicted nomophobia total score. Conclusions: Since anxiety and hyperactivity were predictors of nomophobia according to the study, adolescents with attention deficit hyperactivity disorder or anxiety disorder should be examined for nomophobia as well. Key points Nomophobia levels of internalising and externalising disordered groups did not differ. Internalising group had higher scores in two sub-dimensions of nomophobia. All anxiety and depression symptoms correlated with nomophobia. Hyperactivity and oppositional symptoms correlated with nomophobia. Total anxiety and hyperactivity were predictors of nomophobia.
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