The dark side of smartphone usage (Nomophobia): Do we need to worry about it?

Aim: There are so many studies about psychological and sociological aspects of nomophobia. We also investigated sociodemographic aspects of nomophobia. The present study aimed to examine nomophobia among the medical students, and its relationship with different variables. Methods: Participants in the study were 680 medical students from the Faculty of Medicine of Hacettepe University. The Nomophobia Questionnaire and the Satisfaction with Life Scale were used as data collection instruments. Results and Conclusion: It was found that students had moderate nomophobia and nomophobia was related to academic achievement. Our findings indicated that the prevalence of nomophobia does not vary by gender, class standing and living arrangements, whereas showed that students’ nomophobia levels differed significantly with age, academic achievement, type of housing and carrying a phone charger. According to our findings, lots of suggestions were presented to practitioners and future studies