Mobile Phones: Vital Addiction or Lethal Addiction? Mobile Phone Usage Patterns and Assessment of Mobile Addiction among Undergraduate Medical Students in Telangana, India
Table 2
Responses to questions from the SAS-SV.
Strongly disagree, N (%)
Disagree, N (%)
Weakly disagree, N (%)
Weakly agree, N (%)
Agree, N (%)
Strongly agree, N (%)
Missing planned work due to smartphone use
66 (10.5%)
98 (15.7%)
49 (7.8%)
136 (21.7%)
183 (29.2%)
94 (15%)
Having a hard time concentrating in class, while doing assignments, or while working due to smartphone use
46 (7.3%)
118 (18.8%)
51 (8.1%)
137 (21.9%)
172 (27.5%)
102 (16.3%)
Feeling pain in the wrists or at the back of the neck while using a smartphone
76 (12.1%)
133 (21.2%)
43 (6.9%)
149 (23.8%)
157 (25.1%)
68 (10.9%)
Would not be able to stand not having a smartphone
93 (14.9%)
155 (24.8%)
74 (11.8%)
105 (16.8%)
139 (22.2%)
60 (9.6%)
Feeling impatient and fretful when I am not holding my smartphone
132 (21.1%)
193 (30.8%)
87 (13.9%)
112 (17.9%)
68 (10.9%)
34 (5.4%)
Having my smartphone in my mind even when I am not using it
139 (22.2%)
219 (35%)
65 (10.4%)
89 (14.2%)
79 (12.6%)
35 (5.6%)
I will never give up using my smartphone even when my daily life is already greatly affected by it
164 (26.2%)
211 (33.7%)
84 (13.4%)
90 (14.4%)
57 (9.1%)
20 (3.2%)
Constantly checking my smartphone so as not to miss conversations between other people on Twitter or Facebook
162 (25.9%)
178 (28.4%)
53 (8.5%)
104 (16.6%)
101 (16.1%)
28 (4.5%)
Using my smartphone longer than I had intended
22 (3.5%)
60 (9.6%)
28 (4.5%)
111 (17.7%)
249 (39.8%)
156 (24.9%)
The people around me tell me that I use my smartphone too much
