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. 2018 Aug 27;13(8):e0202953. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0202953

Table 1. Sample demographic characteristics.

Variable n %
Gender:
Male 82 27
    Female 222 73
Academic course:
Third 154 50.7
Fourth 150 49.3
Daily time spent using a smartphone: 
<1h 48 15.8
1-3h 99 32.6
3-5h 86 28.3
>5h 71 23.4
Most common Smartphone activity: 
Social networking 185 60.9
WhatsApp 279 91.8
Internet searches 131 43.1
Texting 14 4.6
Phone calls 85 28
Listening to music 80 26.3
Watching movies 57 18.8
Playing games 20 6.6
Others 18 5.9
  M SD
Age (Range from 19 to 41 years old) 22.77 3.65
Age of beginning smartphone use 13.67 2.21
Frecuency a smartphone use during their clinical practicum 8.36 15.84