A Descriptive Study to Assess the Prevalence of Nomophobia and Knowledge and Effect of using Smartphone among College Students of Desh Bhagat University Mandi Gobindgarh

A descriptive study to assess the prevalence of nomophobia and knowledge and effect of using smartphone among college students in Mandi Gobindgarh, Punjab, with a View to develop an information booklet was conducted with the objectives To assess the prevalence of nomophobia among college students, to assess the knowledge level regarding smartphone use among college students, to assess effect of using smartphones among college students, to find the association between level of Nomophobia among college students with their selected demographic variables, to find the association between level of knowledge regarding smartphone among college students with their selected demographic variables, to find out the correlation between level of nomophobia and effect of using mobile phone among college students, to find out the correlation between level of knowledge and effect of using mobile phone among college students.Conceptual framework selected for this study is based on health belief model developed by Rosenstock, Becker and Miama in 1988. It is developed to address non compliance with health screening programs, mostly concerning disease prevention. Three key components were identified as influential aspects towards an individual's likelihood to following health recommendations.An exploratory research approach with descriptive research design was adopted tor the study. Sample size were 250 college students of District Fatehgarh Saheb Punjab. Colleges are selected convenient by lottery method. Data was collected through nomophobia scale, knowledge questionnaire and checklist. Major findings shows that majority 140 56.06 of samples has moderate level of Nomophobia. 203 81.20 of samples have good knowledge level regarding smartphone, 29 11.6 have poor knowledge level. Majority 188 75.29 of samples has moderate level of effect on their life due to smartphone use, 49 19.6 have mild level of effect.There is significant association between level of nomophobia of samples with years of using mobile phone and there is also a significant association between level of nomophobia of samples with their frequent reason of using mobile phone.The association between level of knowledge of samples with their age is significant at 0.05 level of significance and the association between level of knowledge of samples with their educational level is significant at 0.05 level of significance. There is a positive correlation between levels of nomophobia and effects of using smartphone among college students. There is a negative correlation between levels of knowledge and effects of using smartphone among college students.Recommendations were that a similar study can be conducted among students of other stream and with different usage pattern of smartphone. Shailja Gautam | Mr. Deepak K. Shandilya | Ms. Lovesampuranjot Kaur "A Descriptive Study to Assess the Prevalence of Nomophobia and Knowledge and Effect of using Smartphone among College Students of Desh Bhagat University Mandi Gobindgarh" Published in International Journal of Trend in Scientific Research and Development (ijtsrd), ISSN: 2456-6470, Volume-6 | Issue-3 , April 2022, URL: https://www.ijtsrd.com/papers/ijtsrd49570.pdf Paper URL: https://www.ijtsrd.com/medicine/nursing/49570/a-descriptive-study-to-assess-the-prevalence-of-nomophobia-and-knowledge-and-effect-of-using-smartphone-among-college-students-of-desh-bhagat-university-mandi-gobindgarh/shailja-gautam