Table 2.
Association between nomophobia and variables.
| Variables | Nomophobia |
χ2p value | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mild, n = 70 (%) | Moderate, n = 303 (%) | Severe, n = 78 (%) | Total, N = 451 (%) | ||
| Age group (years) | |||||
| 17–20 | 18 (15.1) | 80 (67.2) | 21 (17.7) | 119 (26.4) | 12.2 |
| 20–23 | 38 (14.8) | 184 (71.6) | 35 (13.6) | 257 (57.0) | 0.016* |
| 23–26 | 14 (18.7) | 39 (52.0) | 22 (29.3) | 75 (16.6) | |
| Gender | |||||
| Male | 29 (17.0) | 109 (63.7) | 33 (19.3) | 171 (37.9) | 1.49 |
| Female | 41 (14.6) | 194 (69.3) | 45 (16.1) | 280 (62.1) | 0.474 |
| MBBS semester | |||||
| First | 14 (16.3) | 60 (69.8) | 12 (13.9) | 86 (19.1) | |
| Third | 11 (11.3) | 65 (67.7) | 20 (20.8) | 96 (21.3) | 9.38 |
| Fifth | 12 (12.1) | 75 (75.8) | 12 (12.1) | 99 (21.9) | 0.311 |
| Seventh | 19 (19.8) | 57 (59.4) | 20 (20.8) | 96 (21.3) | |
| Ninth | 14 (18.9) | 46 (62.2) | 14 (18.9) | 74 (16.4) | |
| Duration of SM use | |||||
| <3 years | 31 (14.6) | 145 (68.4) | 36 (17.0) | 212 (47.0) | 0.32 |
| ≥3 years | 39 (16.3) | 158 (66.1) | 42 (17.6) | 239 (53.0) | 0.853 |
| Mobile data plan | |||||
| Yes | 66 (15.1) | 294 (67.5) | 76 (17.4) | 436 (96.7) | 1.5 |
| No | 04 (26.7) | 09 (60.0) | 02 (13.3) | 15 (3.3) | 0.472 |
| Average time spend on SM (hrs) | |||||
| <3 | 35 (20.5) | 117 (68.4) | 19 (11.1) | 171 (37.9) | 10.5 |
| ≥3 | 35 (12.5) | 186 (66.4) | 59 (21.1) | 280 (62.1) | 0.005* |
| Average time you check your SM per day | |||||
| Up to 10 times | 40 (20.9) | 123 (64.4) | 28 (14.7) | 191 (42.4) | 7.99 |
| >10 times | 30 (11.5) | 180 (69.3) | 50 (19.2) | 260 (57.6) | 0.018* |
| How often you check your SM (hrs) | |||||
| ≤1 | 32 (11.9) | 183 (68.3) | 53 (19.8) | 268 (59.5) | 7.95 |
| >1 | 38 (20.7) | 120 (65.6) | 25 (13.7) | 183 (40.5) | 0.019* |
| Calls made/day | |||||
| Up to 3 | 49 (19.3) | 174 (68.5) | 31 (12.2) | 254 (56.3) | 14.2 |
| >3 | 21 (10.6) | 129 (65.5) | 47 (23.9) | 197 (43.7) | 0.001* |
| Calls received/day | |||||
| Up to 3 | 47 (18.9) | 168 (67.8) | 33 (13.3) | 248 (55.0) | 9.27 |
| >3 | 23 (11.3) | 135 (66.5) | 45 (22.2) | 203 (45.0) | 0.010* |
| Message sent/day | |||||
| Up to 20 | 55 (19.2) | 184 (64.4) | 47 (16.4) | 286 (63.4) | 8.21 |
| >20 | 15 (9.1) | 119 (72.1) | 31 (18.8) | 165 (36.6) | 0.016* |
| Message received/day | |||||
| Up to 20 | 46 (19.7) | 153 (65.7) | 34 (14.6) | 233 (51.7) | 7.74 |
| >20 | 24 (11.0) | 150 (68.8) | 44 (20.2) | 218 (48.3) | 0.021* |
| Smartphone apps | |||||
| Up to 25 | 55 (16.0) | 232 (67.6) | 56 (16.4) | 343 (76.1) | 1.06 |
| >25 | 15 (13.9) | 71 (65.7) | 22 (20.4) | 108 (23.9) | 0.587 |
SM, smartphone.
*Significant at p < 0.05.