TY - JOUR AU - Nusrat Bano , AU - Muhammad Anwar Khan, AU - Uzma Asif, AU - Jennifer de Beer, AU - Hawazen Rawass, AU - Admin, PY - 2020/11/19 Y2 - 2024/03/29 TI - Effects of nomophobia on anxiety, stress and depression among Saudi medical students in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia JF - Journal of the Pakistan Medical Association JA - J Pak Med Assoc VL - IS - SE - Research Article DO - 10.47391/JPMA.983 UR - https://ojs.jpma.org.pk/index.php/public_html/article/view/553 SP - 1-11 AB - <h2><u>Abstract</u></h2><p>Objective: To assess the prevalence of depression, anxiety and stress in medical students, and to analyse effects of demographics and nomophobia on depression, anxiety and stress.</p><p>Method: The descriptive cross-sectional study was conducted at the College of Medicine, King Saud bin Abdulaziz University for Health Sciences, Jeddah, Saudi Arabia, from April 1 to May 23, 2019, and comprised male and female medical students aged 19-25 years. Data was collected using a demographic information form, the 21-item depression, anxiety and stress scale and the 20-item nomophobia questionnaire. Data was analysed using SPSS 20.</p><p>Results: Of the 230 students, 108(47%) were boys and 122 (53%) were girls. The overall mean age was 21.93<u>+</u>1.80 years. Anxiety, depression and stress was reported in 168 (74.6%), 158 (70.2%) and 127 (55.9%) of the students. Extremely severe anxiety, depression and stress were self-reported by 92 (40.9%), 38 (16.8%) and 16 (7.04%) students. There was a significant difference in the distribution of subjects within different levels of anxiety across gender (p&lt;0.05).&nbsp; Higher anxiety and stress scores were observed in 78 (33.9%) students with severe nomophobia. Differences in the levels of anxiety and stress with regards to type of residence and nomophobia levels were significant (p&lt;0.05).</p><p>Conclusion: There was high prevalence of depression, anxiety and stress associated with gender, nomophobia levels and residence type.</p><h2>Key Words: Depression, Anxiety, Stress, Medical, Nomophobia.</h2> ER -