Table 1 Demographic data of the study participants
Variables | Bangladeshi | Indian | Total | P value | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Gender | Male | 126 (68.1%) | 41 (29.1%) | 167 (51.2%) | < .001 |
Female | 59 (31.9%) | 100 (70.9%) | 159 (48.8%) | ||
Year of study | 1st year | 17 (9.2%) | 17 (12.1%) | 34 (10.4%) | 0.360 |
2nd year | 39 (21.1%) | 20 (14.2%) | 59 (18.1%) | ||
3rd year | 33 (17.8%) | 28 (19.9%) | 61 (17.8%) | ||
4th year | 12 (6.5%) | 44 (31.2%) | 56 (17.2%) | ||
Intern | 52 (28.1%) | 5 (3.5%) | 57 (17.5%) | ||
PG | 32 (17.3%) | 27 (19.1%) | 59 (18.1%) | ||
Owning smartphone time | 1 year | 15 (8.1%) | 7 (5.0%) | 22 (6.7%) | 0.622 |
2–3 years | 23 (12.4%) | 26 (18.4%) | 49 (15.0%) | ||
4–5 years | 58 (31.4%) | 41 (29.1%) | 99 (30.4%) | ||
6–7 years | 36 (19.5%) | 33 (23.4%) | 69 (21.2%) | ||
> 7 years | 53 (28.6%) | 34 (24.1%) | 87 (26.7%) | ||
Duration of smartphone use per day | 1 h | 12 (6.5%) | 2 (1.4%) | 14 (4.3%) | 0.014 |
2–3 h | 44 (23.8%) | 31 (22.0%) | 75 (23.0%) | ||
4–5 h | 79 (42.7%) | 49 (34.8%) | 128 (39.3%) | ||
6–7 h | 29 (15.7%) | 41 (29.1%) | 70 (21.5%) | ||
> 7 h | 21 (11.4%) | 18 (12.8%) | 39 (12.0%) | ||
Time spent for social media per day | < 1 h | 40 (21.6%) | 21 (14.9%) | 61 (18.7%) | 0.185 |
1–2 h | 79 (39.5%) | 58 (41.1%) | 131 (40.2%) | ||
3–4 h | 48 (25.9%) | 38 (27.0%) | 86 (26.4%) | ||
5–6 h | 12 (6.5%) | 21 (14.9%) | 33 (10.1%) | ||
> 6 h | 12 (6.5%) | 3 (2.1%) | 15 (4.6%) | ||
Time spent for chatting with friends per day | < 1 h | 101 (54.6%) | 78 (55.3%) | 179 (54.9%) | 0.359 |
1–2 h | 51 (27.6%) | 52 (36.9%) | 103 (31.6%) | ||
3–4 h | 24 (13.0%) | 9 (6.4%) | 33 ()10.1% | ||
5–6 h | 5 (2.7%) | 2 (1.4%) | 7 (2.1%) | ||
> 6 h | 4 (2.2%) | 0 (0%) | 4 (1.2%) | ||
Time spent for watching YouTube videos per day | < 1 h | 88 (47.6%) | 70 (49.6%) | 158 (48.5%) | 0.489 |
1–2 h | 57 (30.8%) | 48 (34.0%) | 105 (32.2%) | ||
3–4 h | 33 (17.8%) | 17 (12.1%) | 50 (15.3%) | ||
5–6 h | 4 (2.2%) | 4 (2.8%) | 8 (2.5%) | ||
> 6 h | 3 (1.6%) | 2 (1.4%) | 5 (1.5%) | ||
Time spent for playing games per day | < 1 h | 139 (75.1%) | 111 (78.7%) | 250 (76.7%) | 0.465 |
1–2 h | 30 (16.2%) | 19 (13.5%) | 49 (15.0%) | ||
3–4 h | 13 ()7.0% | 9 (6.4%) | 22 (6.7%) | ||
5–6 h | 2 (1.1%) | 1 (.7%) | 3 (.9%) | ||
> 6 h | 1 (.5%) | 1 (.7%) | 2 (.6%) | ||
Smartphone addiction category | No addiction | 8 (4.3%) | 7 (5.0%) | 15 (4.6%) | < 0.001 |
Mild addiction | 49 (26.5%) | 61 (43.3%) | 110 (33.7%) | ||
Moderate addiction | 93 (50.3%) | 58 (41.1%) | 151 (46.3%) | ||
Severe addiction | 35 (18.9%) | 15 (10.6%) | 50 (15.3%) | ||