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Nomophobia is Associated with Insomnia but Not with Age, Sex, BMI, or Mobile Phone Screen Size in Young Adults

PURPOSE: NOMOPHOBIA (NO MObile PHone PhoBIA) or problematic smartphone use is a psychological disorder in which people are afraid of being cut off from their mobile phones. Currently, there has been no direct assessment of mobile phone screen size in the home setting and its effect on nomophobia and...

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Autores principales: Jahrami, Haitham, Rashed, Mona, AlRasheed, Maha M, Bragazzi, Nicola Luigi, Saif, Zahra, Alhaj, Omar, BaHammam, Ahmed S, Vitiello, Michael V
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8560167/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/34737661
http://dx.doi.org/10.2147/NSS.S335462
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author Jahrami, Haitham
Rashed, Mona
AlRasheed, Maha M
Bragazzi, Nicola Luigi
Saif, Zahra
Alhaj, Omar
BaHammam, Ahmed S
Vitiello, Michael V
author_facet Jahrami, Haitham
Rashed, Mona
AlRasheed, Maha M
Bragazzi, Nicola Luigi
Saif, Zahra
Alhaj, Omar
BaHammam, Ahmed S
Vitiello, Michael V
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description PURPOSE: NOMOPHOBIA (NO MObile PHone PhoBIA) or problematic smartphone use is a psychological disorder in which people are afraid of being cut off from their mobile phones. Currently, there has been no direct assessment of mobile phone screen size in the home setting and its effect on nomophobia and related symptoms, such as insomnia. Thus, we investigated the association between nomophobia, insomnia, and mobile phone screen size in a young adult population in Bahrain. PATIENTS AND METHODS: Using a descriptive, cross-sectional design, we surveyed participants aged 18 to 35 between August and September 2020 using an online questionnaire. Participants completed demographic questions and questions about personal mobile phones, the Nomophobia Questionnaire (NMP-Q), and the Insomnia Severity Index (ISI). The mobile phone screen size was determined using an open-source online database. Crude and adjusted regression analyses were fitted to examine the associations between the study variables. RESULTS: A total of 549 individuals, 54% females, were included in the final analyses. One hundred and fourteen participants (21%) had severe nomophobia, and 81 (14%) had clinical insomnia. A strong positive pair-wise linear association was observed between NMP-Q and ISI β 0.15, P = 0.001. Age, sex, BMI, and mobile phone screen size showed no association with the NMP-Q. CONCLUSION: Nomophobia is very prevalent in young adult men and women, and it is closely associated with insomnia, regardless of mobile phone screen size, suggesting that mobile phone screen size should not be used as a proxy for hazardous usage.
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spelling pubmed-85601672021-11-03 Nomophobia is Associated with Insomnia but Not with Age, Sex, BMI, or Mobile Phone Screen Size in Young Adults Jahrami, Haitham Rashed, Mona AlRasheed, Maha M Bragazzi, Nicola Luigi Saif, Zahra Alhaj, Omar BaHammam, Ahmed S Vitiello, Michael V Nat Sci Sleep Original Research PURPOSE: NOMOPHOBIA (NO MObile PHone PhoBIA) or problematic smartphone use is a psychological disorder in which people are afraid of being cut off from their mobile phones. Currently, there has been no direct assessment of mobile phone screen size in the home setting and its effect on nomophobia and related symptoms, such as insomnia. Thus, we investigated the association between nomophobia, insomnia, and mobile phone screen size in a young adult population in Bahrain. PATIENTS AND METHODS: Using a descriptive, cross-sectional design, we surveyed participants aged 18 to 35 between August and September 2020 using an online questionnaire. Participants completed demographic questions and questions about personal mobile phones, the Nomophobia Questionnaire (NMP-Q), and the Insomnia Severity Index (ISI). The mobile phone screen size was determined using an open-source online database. Crude and adjusted regression analyses were fitted to examine the associations between the study variables. RESULTS: A total of 549 individuals, 54% females, were included in the final analyses. One hundred and fourteen participants (21%) had severe nomophobia, and 81 (14%) had clinical insomnia. A strong positive pair-wise linear association was observed between NMP-Q and ISI β 0.15, P = 0.001. Age, sex, BMI, and mobile phone screen size showed no association with the NMP-Q. CONCLUSION: Nomophobia is very prevalent in young adult men and women, and it is closely associated with insomnia, regardless of mobile phone screen size, suggesting that mobile phone screen size should not be used as a proxy for hazardous usage. Dove 2021-10-28 /pmc/articles/PMC8560167/ /pubmed/34737661 http://dx.doi.org/10.2147/NSS.S335462 Text en © 2021 Jahrami et al. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/This work is published and licensed by Dove Medical Press Limited. The full terms of this license are available at https://www.dovepress.com/terms.php and incorporate the Creative Commons Attribution – Non Commercial (unported, v3.0) License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/ (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/) ). By accessing the work you hereby accept the Terms. Non-commercial uses of the work are permitted without any further permission from Dove Medical Press Limited, provided the work is properly attributed. For permission for commercial use of this work, please see paragraphs 4.2 and 5 of our Terms (https://www.dovepress.com/terms.php).
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Jahrami, Haitham
Rashed, Mona
AlRasheed, Maha M
Bragazzi, Nicola Luigi
Saif, Zahra
Alhaj, Omar
BaHammam, Ahmed S
Vitiello, Michael V
Nomophobia is Associated with Insomnia but Not with Age, Sex, BMI, or Mobile Phone Screen Size in Young Adults
title Nomophobia is Associated with Insomnia but Not with Age, Sex, BMI, or Mobile Phone Screen Size in Young Adults
title_full Nomophobia is Associated with Insomnia but Not with Age, Sex, BMI, or Mobile Phone Screen Size in Young Adults
title_fullStr Nomophobia is Associated with Insomnia but Not with Age, Sex, BMI, or Mobile Phone Screen Size in Young Adults
title_full_unstemmed Nomophobia is Associated with Insomnia but Not with Age, Sex, BMI, or Mobile Phone Screen Size in Young Adults
title_short Nomophobia is Associated with Insomnia but Not with Age, Sex, BMI, or Mobile Phone Screen Size in Young Adults
title_sort nomophobia is associated with insomnia but not with age, sex, bmi, or mobile phone screen size in young adults
topic Original Research
url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8560167/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/34737661
http://dx.doi.org/10.2147/NSS.S335462
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