Nomophobia and its impact on mindfulness and self-efficacy among nurses: An analytical cross-sectional study in the institution of national importance, Western India

• Main Authors: Karitika Sharma (Author), Aashish Parihar (Author), Suresh K. Sharma (Author), Naresh Nebhinani (Author), Irasangappa B. Mudakavi (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Wolters Kluwer Medknow Publications, 2024-05-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
• Online Access: Connect to this object online.
• Notes: 2277-9531; 2319-6440; 10.4103/jehp.jehp_1057_23
• Keywords: mindfulness; nomophobia; nurses; self-efficacy; smartphone; Special aspects of education; LC8-6691; Public aspects of medicine; RA1-1270
• Source: Journal of Education and Health Promotion, Vol 13, Iss 1, Pp 184-184 (2024)

BACKGROUND: The interaction between people and advanced information and communication technologies results in behavioral addictions, one of them is nomophobia. In a health care setting, nurses constitute a significant proportion of healthcare workers. Therefore, discovering the level of nomophobia and its impact on constructs such as mindfulness and self-efficacy is very important as this might affect the psychological and physical well-being of nurses, which can impact the quality of patient care. The study aimed to assess the level of nomophobia and its relationship with mindfulness and self-efficacy of nurses. METHODS AND MATERIAL: An analytical cross-sectional study was carried out in a tertiary care hospital. A total of 420 nurses were selected using a convenience sampling technique. Self-structured questionnaire was used to assess socio-demographic characteristics and mobile phone use. Standardized questionnaires were administered in pen and paper format for measuring nomophobia, mindfulness, and self-efficacy. Statistical Package for Social Sciences (SPSS) version 20.0 was used. Karl Pearson's correlation coefficient and Chi-square test were employed to analyze the data. RESULTS: The majority of nurses (99.5%) had nomophobia. About half of them (53.3%) had a moderate level of nomophobia. Nearly half of nurses had high level of mindfulness (52.6%) and self-efficacy (53.3%) respectively. Further, nomophobia was found to be negatively correlated with mindfulness (r = -0.289) and self-efficacy (r = -0.278). CONCLUSION: Nomophobia poses a risk to the mindfulness and self-efficacy of nurses. Continuing education should focus on awareness programs emphasizing good practices in the use of current technologies.