The impact of a brief digital abstinence intervention on digital distractions and time management among nursing students: a quasi-experimental study
Mohammed Nasser Albarqi, Mohammed Yousef Almulhim, Mai Adel Albana · 2026
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Mohammed Nasser Albarqi, Mohammed Yousef Almulhim, and Mai Adel Albana published a 2026 quasi-experimental study of a two-day digital break for nursing students at King Faisal University in Saudi Arabia. Ninety students were matched into intervention and control groups of forty-five each by year, grades, and gender. The intervention group restricted non-academic digital activity for forty-eight hours, while controls kept usual routines, with time management measured before and after.
The break group's time management scores improved far more than controls' in the reported comparison, with gains across goal setting, task mechanics, time control, and organization. Written reflections described sharper awareness of digital habits and better study focus. The authors caution that correlations with grades and baseline device use were exploratory, and the follow-up was immediate only.
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| CREATOR | Mohammed Nasser Albarqi, Mohammed Yousef Almulhim, Mai Adel Albana |
|---|---|
| YEAR | 2026 |
| COLLECTION | PAPERS |
| FORMAT | TXT |
| FILE SIZE | 45938 |
| LICENSE | https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0 |
| RIGHTS | CC BY |
| SOURCE | Europe PMC |