(1) Background: Nomophobia is considered a digital and virtual contemporary society disorder refers to discomfort, anxiety, nervousness, or distress caused by being out of contact with cell phone computer. The present study had twofold objective: evaluate the expert use Internet among Italian nurses correlating it socio-demographic characteristics, such as: sex, years work experience, professio...

Background: No mobile phone phobia (nomophobia, abbreviated here to NMP) is often utilized show the fear of losing one’s and connectivity has a frequency 40 - 100% in different societies. Objectives: This study aimed reflect on prevalence NMP role demographic psychological factors prediction among adolescent female high school students northern Iran. Methods: The cross-sectional was conducted l...

Introduction: The use of cell phones is widespread and there are public concerns regarding its possible deleterious effects on human health especially on the pregnancy outcomes. In this study, structural changes of the placenta after applying the cell phone radiation were examined in the mice model.   Materials and methods: For this work, 40 pregnant Balb/C mice were randomly allocated to ...

Background and aims The use of mobile phones has become an integral part of everyday life. Young people in particular can be observed using their smartphones constantly, and they not only make or receive calls but also use different applications or just tap touch screens for several minutes at a time. The opportunities provided by smartphones are attractive, and the cumulative time of using sma...

Objective This study aimed to study the mobile phone addiction behavior and awareness on electromagnetic radiation (EMR) among a sample of Malaysian population. Methods This online study was conducted between December 2015 and 2016. The study instrument comprised eight segments, namely, informed consent form, demographic details, habituation, mobile phone fact and EMR details, mobile phone aw...

BACKGROUND Existing instruments that assess individuals' relationships with mobile phones tend to focus on negative constructs such as addiction or dependence, and appear to assume that high mobile phone use reflects pathology. Mobile phones can be beneficial for health behavior change, disease management, work productivity, and social connections, so there is a need for an instrument that prov...