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Updated: Jan 19, 2026
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Association between General Health and Mobile Phone Dependency among Medical University Students: A Cross-sectional
Mehdi Ranjbaran1,2, Bahareh Soleimani1, Maryam Mohammadi1
1Department of Public Health, Faculty of Health, Arak University of Medical Sciences, Arak, Iran.
Background:
Mobile phone dependency is an emerging public health problem. The aim of this study was to investigate the associations between general health and mobile phone dependency in college students.
Methods:
In this cross-sectional study, 334 students from Arak University of Medical Sciences of Iran were selected by stratified random sampling. Data were collected by (1) demographic checklist, (2) 27-item Mobile Phone Problem Usage Scale, and (3) General Health Questionnaire-28 (GHQ-28).
Results:
Mean scores of mobile phone dependency and GHQ-28 were 119.83 ± 43.53 and 23.73 ± 12.77, respectively. In multiple linear regression, age, family economic status, anxiety and sleep disorder, and social dysfunction were the main significant predictors of mobile phone dependency (R = 0.469, R 2 = 0.220, adjusted R 2 = 0.203).
Conclusions:
Based on the finding of this study, prevention strategies for management of mobile phone use in students can be adopted.
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