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Impact of smartphone addiction on depression and self-esteem among nursing students
Sayeda Mohamed Mohamed1, Mona Hamdy Mostafa1
1Psychiatric Mental Health Nursing Department Faculty of Nursing Cairo University Cairo Egypt.
Aim:
To assess the impact of smartphone addiction on depression and self-esteem among nursing students.
Setting:
Faculty of Nursing.
Design:
Cross-sectional, survey-based research design used in this study. Sample: Stratified random sample consists of 320 nursing students. Tools: Four tools used for data collection: personal data sheet, Hamilton rating scale of depression, smartphone addiction scale and Self-esteem Inventory.
Results:
About 95.8% of nursing students reported smartphone addiction, while 32.5% were pseudonormal of depression. Twenty-eight percent of them had low self-esteem. The study also revealed a statistically significant positive correlation between smartphone addiction and levels of depression. There was a statistically significant negative correlation between levels of depression and self-esteem.
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