Open AccessPrevalence and Associated Factors of Problematic Smartphone Use During the COVID-19 Pandemic: A Bangladeshi Study
Author(s) -
Ismail Hosen,
Firoj AlMamun,
Md. Tajuddin Sikder,
Amir Zaib Abbasi,
Liye Zou,
Tianyou Guo,
Mohammed A. Mamun
Publication year - 2021
Publication title -
risk management and healthcare policy
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.828
H-Index - 22
ISSN - 1179-1594
DOI - 10.2147/rmhp.s325126
Subject(s) - pandemic , anxiety , depression (economics) , cross sectional study , addiction , the internet , covid-19 , clinical psychology , psychology , behavioral addiction , medicine , scale (ratio) , demography , psychiatry , geography , disease , computer science , cartography , pathology , sociology , world wide web , infectious disease (medical specialty) , economics , macroeconomics
Problematic smartphone use (PSU) has been increasing hastily in recent decades, and it has become inseparable during the COVID-19 pandemic, especially among the students who are at risk of problematic smartphone use. Therefore, the present study aimed to investigate the prevalence and associated factors of PSU during the COVID-19 pandemic among the Bangladeshi students.