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- Title
The Relationship Between Smartphone Addiction, Anxiety, Depression and Sleep Quality in Pregnant Women: A Cross-Sectional Study.
- Authors
ŞEN GÖKÇEİMAM, Pınar
- Abstract
Objective: Smartphones have today entered into widespread use as a result of the numerous advantageous functions they offer, but they also have negative repercussions. These negative consequences merit investigation in specific populations, including comprehensive examinations of the physical and mental dimensions influenced by smartphones. The study investigates the relationship smartphone addiction and its effects on anxiety, depression and sleep quality in pregnant women. Material and Methods: This cross-sectional studyincluded 85 pregnant women who met the inclusion criteria, and who were administered the Hospital Anxiety and Depression Scale, Pittsburgh Sleep Quality Index (PSQI) and Smartphone Addiction Scale-Short Version. Results: The study identified no statistically significant relationship between the smartphone addiction scores of pregnant women and their anxiety, depression and PSQI scores (p>0.05). In contrast, a significant positive weak correlation was observed between smartphone addiction and depression scores among pregnant university graduates (r=0.416, p=0.025, p<0.05). Conclusion: Although the present study did not establish any relationship between smartphone addiction and anxiety, depression and sleep quality in pregnant women, the study findings emphasize the need for further investigations employing alternative study designs and larger sample sizes to validate and expand uponthe results. The study findings deviate from those observed in the general population, indicating a need for prospective studies exploring the causal relationship, specifically in pregnant women. A deeper exploration of smartphone addiction and other behavioral addictions highlighted in literature is required to understand their impact on both the physical and mental health of expectant mothers and the developing fetus.
- Subjects
TURKEY; MENTAL depression risk factors; RISK assessment; CROSS-sectional method; COMPULSIVE behavior; DATA analysis; CRONBACH'S alpha; QUESTIONNAIRES; KRUSKAL-Wallis Test; ANXIETY; PREGNANT women; DESCRIPTIVE statistics; MANN Whitney U Test; MULTIVARIATE analysis; AGE distribution; STATISTICS; SLEEP quality; PSYCHOLOGICAL tests; DATA analysis software; REGRESSION analysis; PREGNANCY
- Publication
Turkiye Klinikleri Journal of Nursing Sciences, 2024, Vol 16, Issue 2, p553
- ISSN
1308-092X
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.5336/nurses.2023-99548