Mobile Phones: Vital Addiction or Lethal Addiction? Mobile Phone Usage Patterns and Assessment of Mobile Addiction among Undergraduate Medical Students in Telangana, India

Table 3

Comparison of mobile usage patterns and symptoms arising from prolonged mobile usage patterns among those with high risk and those not at high risk of mobile addiction.

Variables	High risk of mobile addiction		P value^#
	Present (n = 372), N (%)	Absent (n = 352), N (%)
Gender
Male	123 (19.6%)	69 (11%)	0.1335
Female	249 (39.8%)	185 (29.5%)
Screen time
<4 hours	33 (5.3%)	73 (11.7%)	<0.0001
≥4 hours	339 (54.1%)	181 (28.9%)
Age
≤20 years	251 (20.1%)	153 (24.4%)	0.07
>20 years	121 (19.3%)	101 (26.1%)
Age of first mobile
≤20 years	123 (19.6%)	65 (10.4%)	0.0508
>20 years	249 (39.8%)	189 (30.2%)
Blurry vision
Maybe	39 (6.2%)	19 (3%)	0.0115
Yes	129 (20.6%)	67 (10.7%)
No	204 (32.6%)	168 (26.9%)
Eye strain
Maybe	45 (7.2%)	35 (5.6%)	<0.0001
Yes	281 (44.9%)	143 (22.8%)
No	46 (7.3%)	76 (12.1%)
Numbness/tingling in palms
Maybe	45 (7.2%)	17 (2.8%)	<0.0001
Yes	135 (21.6%)	58 (9.3%)
No	192 (30.7%)	179 (28.6%)
Heat/tingling in the auditory area
Maybe	42 (6.7%)	23 (3.7%)	<0.0001
Yes	117 (18.7%)	38 (6%)
No	213 (34%)	193 (31%)

^#Fishers exact test.