Please use this identifier to cite or link to this item: https://hdl.handle.net/11499/48554
Title: Perceived Stress and Nomophobia in Medical Faculty Students during COVID-19 Pandemic
Authors: Uğurlu, Tuğçe Toker
Terzioğlu, Merve Aktaş
Abstract: Objective: This study aimed at investigating the stress levels of medical students during the COVID-19 pandemicand their fear of being deprived of their mobile phones (nomophobia).Method: An online questionnaire consisting of the Perceived Stress Scale (PSS), Nomophobia Scale (NMP-Q) andsociodemographic data was completed with the participation of 341 students.Results: The use of smartphones increased during the COVID-19 pandemic andthis increase was statisticallysimilar in both sexes. According to NMP-Q results, 67% of females were mildly, 32.1% were moderate, and 0.9%were severe nomophobic. Of the males 55% were mildly, while 39.3% were moderate, and 5.7% were found to besevere nomophobic. It was determined that the mean PSS scores of males were significantly higher than females.Mean scores of PSS and NMP-Q for students aged 20 and under were found to be similar to those of students over20. There was a positive correlation between PSS scores and all dimensions of NMP-Q.Conclusion: Medical faculty students were found to be mild/moderate level nomophobic. During the COVID-19pandemic, male medical students were more affected than female students, they felt greater stress, and had ahigher tendency toward nomophobia.
URI: https://doi.org/10.51982/bagimli.953053
https://search.trdizin.gov.tr/yayin/detay/443234
https://hdl.handle.net/11499/48554
ISSN: 1302-5570
2791-9846
Appears in Collections:Tıp Fakültesi Koleksiyonu
TR Dizin İndeksli Yayınlar Koleksiyonu / TR Dizin Indexed Publications Collection

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