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APA 2024: Nomophobia or “no mobile phone phobia” and physicians

May 10, 2024

This global survey-based study shed light on the burden of nomophobia among health care providers (HCPs) and highlights smartphones’ significant role in their personal and professional lives.

• Researchers modified the web-based Nomophobia Questionnaire (NMP-Q) and distributed it using snowball sampling among global health care professionals from April 1 to July 1, 2023.
• A total of 12,253 responses (59% female; 38%, 30.6%, 17.5% were in the 26-35, 18-25, and 36-45 age groups, respectively) were collected from HCPs in 105 countries. The majority (26.8%) of HCPs had 2-5 years, 18.9% had 6-10 years, and 16.2% had 11-20 years of clinical experience.
• In self-reporting, a total of 64.2% met the criteria for moderate, 22.6% for severe nomophobia, and 15.6% for mild. When compared to males, female HCPs didn't have higher odds for moderate-severe nomophobia OR 1.05 (95% CI 0.95- 1.16).
• When compared with <3 hours of either personal or work-related use, HCPs with moderate-severe nomophobia had an OR of 3.4 (95% CI, 2.98-3.8) for 3 to 6 hours of personal use and an OR of 1.5 (95% CI, 1.3-1.7) for work-related phone use. These odds were even higher for >6 hours of phone use for either activity.

Source:

Singh A, et al. The Global 3-P (Provider’s Phone-lessness Phobia) Study. Poster P03-024. Presented at: American Psychiatric Association Annual Meeting; May 4-8, 2024; New York City, NY. 2024. https://s7.goeshow.com/apa/annual/2024/poster_search.cfm?session_key=8E8EDD68-90B1-1C06-DFD2-A3207F130979&session_date=Saturday,%20May%2004,%202024