INCIDENCE OF NOMOPHOBIA AND SMARTPHONE ADDICTION AMONG YOUNG PHYSICAL THERAPIST IN KARACHI

BACKGROUND AND AIMSNomophobia is a term used to describe a fear of being without a mobile phone which is a growing problem of today’s world. This digital media effecting young generation with a variety of psychological symptoms like anxiety, nervousness and panic attack. To identify the prevalence and correlation of nomophobia and smart phone addiction in young adult physical therapist of Karachi with age range of 18 – 35 years.METHODOLOGYNMP and SAS-VS questionnaire were used to measure mobile addiction and nomophobia of 309 participants. The descriptive and inferential statistics were used to analyze the data at p-value<0.05 using SPSS version 20.RESULTSThe statistical analysis revealed significant correlation found between nomophobia and smartphone addiction among young physical therapist of Karachi. Among all participants 182 (58.9%) physical therapist effected with severe nomophobia and 170(55.0%) physical therapist reported moderate smart phone addiction.CONCLUSIONConsistent use of smart phone among physical therapist makes them addicted and severely Nomophobic. Further studies should be conducted to address the preventive measure of nomophobia and smart phone addiction with different population and responses should be conducted all across Pakistan indulging different sub specialtiesKEYWORDSCommunication Technology, Hazardous, Social Isolation, Musculoskeletal Pain, Behavior, Anxiety.