Prevalence and Correlates of Nomophobia and Insomnia Among Health Sciences Students: Evidence From a Cross‐Sectional Study
Nuha Fatima, Mohammed Waqqas, Husna Irfan Thalib, Nadeem Ikram, Sariya Khan, Samratul Fuadah, Mohammed Talha Mohammed Zubair, Zain Ul Abideen Nadeem, Mable Pereira · 2026
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Nuha Fatima and co-authors survey health sciences students in Saudi Arabia on phone anxiety and poor sleep. Nomophobia is the fear of being without a mobile phone, and heavy phone use links to sleep trouble. Over 700 students at one medical college filled in standard questionnaires for both.
Nearly every student showed some phone anxiety, most at a moderate level, and over 70 percent had raised insomnia scores. The two measures rose together, weakly but reliably. Each ten-point rise in phone anxiety score lifted the odds of insomnia by about a fifth. The authors urge programs for healthier phone habits and sleep.
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| CREATOR | Nuha Fatima, Mohammed Waqqas, Husna Irfan Thalib, Nadeem Ikram, Sariya Khan, Samratul Fuadah, Mohammed Talha Mohammed Zubair, Zain Ul Abideen Nadeem, Mable Pereira |
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| YEAR | 2026 |
| COLLECTION | PAPERS |
| FORMAT | TXT |
| FILE SIZE | 43 KB |
| VERSION | 1.0 |
| LICENSE | CC BY 4.0 |
| RIGHTS | CC BY |
| SOURCE | Europe PMC |