The Effect of Smart Phone Addiction on Stress and Sleep Quality of Nursing Students

Mahmoud, Furat Hussein; Mahmoud, Baghdad Hussein; Mohamed, Seham Kamal

doi:10.21608/hijnrp.2025.420769.1437

The Effect of Smart Phone Addiction on Stress and Sleep Quality of Nursing Students

Document Type : Scientific Research Periodical

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¹ Adult health nursing department, faculty of nursing helwan university cairo

² Assistant Professor of Medical Surgical Nursing, Faculty of Nursing, Helwan University, Egypt

³ Medical Surgical Nursing, Faculty of Nursing, Cairo University.Egypt

10.21608/hijnrp.2025.420769.1437

Abstract

Abstract: Addiction to smartphones is among the most common non-substance addictions, and its consequences are pessimistic. Mobile phones are so enticing to teens that some of them rarely turn them off at night. Using a smartphone in a compulsive manner can interfere with daily functioning. Nursing students are the most likely to own a smartphone and use it the most .Aim :to identify the effect of smart phone addiction on stress and sleep quality of nursing students. Design: A descriptive exploratory design. Setting: The faculty of nursing, Helwan University Cairo, Egypt. Subjects: A convenient sample of (150) nursing students from different academic years joined the summer courses of the academic year 2023-2024.tools: four tools were adopted for data collection including: I students personal data, II smart phone addiction scale (SAS-SV), III Pittsburgh Sleep quality index (PSQI) and IV, DASS -21 scale. Results: 72.7% of the studied students had Health problems related to phone use and 56% of them think they are smartphone addicts. Also 65.3% of the studied students had moderate smartphone addiction.72.7% of the studied students had mild stress level while 14% had severe stress level.68% of the studied students had poor sleep quality level. Conclusion: there was a statistically considerable direct correlation between smart phone addiction and stress while there is a significant inverse negative correlation between smart phone addiction and sleep quality. Also there is a significant inverse negative correlation between stress and sleep quality. Recommendations :Determine the degree of smartphone addiction and how it relates to anxiety and sadness in order to create counseling programs that effectively prevent nursing students from becoming addicted.

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