Impact of Mobile Phone Usage on Psychosocial Wellbeing of Student Nurses

Abstract

AQuantitative Non experimental, cross sectional survey was conducted to assess the impact of mobile phone usage on the psychosocial wellbeing of student nurses. The study was conducted on 193 student nurses in the College of Nursing in Northern India. Samples were selected by stratified random sampling technique. The study results showed that 80% of the subjects were in the age group of 17 to 26 years. Out of the total subjects, 89% were females. The Participants had been using mobile phones since for the last 4 years. On an average, 76 % subjects spent 1 to 3 hrs. on mobile usage. Statistical significant association was found between Attention and concentration with age of participants. Gender was also found to have statistical significance with Socialization and communication. Females used phone more for socialization and communication. Highest mean SD was 17.42±4.33 for attention and concentration. Hence it can be concluded that usage of mobile phone certainly has an impact on psychosocial well- being of student nurses.