Smartphone addiction and its impact on quality of sleep and academic performance among nursing students. Institutional based cross-sectional study in Western Rajasthan (India)

Objective. To explore the smartphone addiction and its impact on quality of sleep academic performance among nursing students.
 Methods. A descriptive cross-sectional study was conducted students (n=160) in tertiary care teaching hospital western Rajasthan (India) by using standardized Smartphone Addiction Scale Short Version (SAS-SV), assessed Pittsburg’s Sleep Quality Index scale (PSQI) self –made Academic Performance Scale.
 Results. In this 38.1 % were having moderate addiction. The is directly associated with hours daily spend (p < 0.001), time check after wake up morning frequency pickups a day (p=0.003) students. inversely duration use (p=0.004), (p=0.002), (p=0.010), significantly (p=0.003), (p=0.001), smartphonepickups (p=0.015) Conclusion: high proportion have This an increased risk poor performance. Educational activities healthy smartphones are needed studied group.