Nomophobia Among Health Care Providers: A Prevalence and Association Study

Authors

  • Inas El Sayed Assistant professor of Family Medicine, Cairo university
  • Marwa Mostafa Ahmed Professor of Family Medicine, Cairo university
  • Hoda Abdou Hussein Professor of Psychiatry, Cairo university
  • Sarah Ahmed Abdelmoaty Ahmed Assistant lecturer of Family Medicine -Cairo university
  • Asmaa Ahmed Sayed Lecturer of Family Medicine, Cairo university

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.3329/bjms.v25i1.86415

Keywords:

Nomophobia, Self-esteem, Smart phones, Mental health.

Abstract

Background smart phones devices have become utilized in our daily life and it is now a common practice especially in the medical field. Nomophobia or -No Mobile PHOBIA- which is the fear of feeling uncomfortable without a cell phone is one of the negative aspects of mobile phones that has illustrated a massive increase over the past years. Aim Assess the prevalence of nomophobia among health acre providers and assess its relation to mental health as well as self-esteem. Methods 137 participants were assessed for nomophobia level using nomophobia questionnaire as well as self-esteem and mental health, as well as their sociodemographic characters, the correlation between nomophobia level and different factors was assessed. Results All the participants involved in the study (n=137) had nomophobia 100%, most of the participants had moderate nomophobia 59.85% (n=82) and 16.79% (n=23) had severe nomophobia and 23.36% (n=32) had mild nomophobia, there was a significant weak negative correlation between nomophobia level and self-esteem as well as mental health. Conclusion Nomophobia is a prevalent contemporary health concern that requires immediate care and management approaches.

BJMS, Vol. 25 No. 01 January’26 Page : 163-168

 

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Inas El Sayed, Assistant professor of Family Medicine, Cairo university

 

 

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Published

2026-01-26

How to Cite

Sayed, I. E., Ahmed, M. M., Hussein, H. A., Abdelmoaty Ahmed, S. A., & Sayed, A. A. (2026). Nomophobia Among Health Care Providers: A Prevalence and Association Study. Bangladesh Journal of Medical Science, 25(1), 163–168. https://doi.org/10.3329/bjms.v25i1.86415

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Vol. 25 No. 1 (2026)

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