Does smartphone connectivity impact on undergraduate dental students' environmental stress?
| dc.contributor.author | Khan, Saadika | |
| dc.date.accessioned | 2019-08-12T14:16:05Z | |
| dc.date.available | 2019-08-12T14:16:05Z | |
| dc.date.issued | 2018 | |
| dc.description.abstract | INTRODUCTION: Several studies have suggested that smartphone addiction has negative effects on mental health and academic performance and may contribute to the development of stress. AIM: To determine the prevalence of smartphone addiction and its impact on stress levels of students registered for the degree BChD in 2017 at the University of the Western Cape. OBJECTIVES: To establish the impact of smartphone addiction and associated stress levels on student performance. METHODS: A cross-sectional descriptive study with a convenience sample of dental students, based on a self-administered closed-ended questionnaires:" Dental Environment Stress and Smartphone Addiction Scale". The responses were statistically analysed. RESULTS: Ethical clearance was obtained for the study. The Mann-Whitney test output indicates no difference in attachment between smartphone and non-smartphone owners (p=0.615). Students agreed that mobile devices could be used for academic purposes but not that this usage be made compulsory. CONCLUSION: More stress is experienced in certain domains and students displayed some degree of attachment, not addiction, to their smartphones. Serious impacts may be experienced by non-smartphone owners. | en_US |
| dc.identifier.citation | Khan, S.. (2018). Does smartphone connectivity impact on undergraduate dental students' environmental stress?. South African Dental Journal , 73(4), 228-233. Recuperado em 12 de agosto de 2019, de http://www.scielo.org.za/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0011-85162018000400012&lng=pt&tlng=en. | en_US |
| dc.identifier.issn | 0375-1562 | |
| dc.identifier.uri | http://www.scielo.org.za/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0011-85162018000400012&lng=pt&tlng=en. | |
| dc.identifier.uri | http://hdl.handle.net/10566/4775 | |
| dc.language.iso | en | en_US |
| dc.subject | Stress | en_US |
| dc.subject | Smartphone | en_US |
| dc.subject | Addiction | en_US |
| dc.subject | Dentistry | en_US |
| dc.subject | Students | en_US |
| dc.title | Does smartphone connectivity impact on undergraduate dental students' environmental stress? | en_US |
| dc.type | Article | en_US |