Consequences of Excessive Mobile Phone Use Among Healthcare Students in Ilorin, Kwara State
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Consequences, excessive, mobile phone use, healthcare students, IlorinAbstract
Every society worldwide has made using a mobile phone as a primary form of communication. There is less data on this topic among healthcare students, but excessive use of this device seems to have had terrible effects on them. The study focused on consequences of excessive mobile phone use among healthcare students in Ilorin, Kwara State, Nigeria. The research was conducted using a descriptive survey design. A sample of 269 students participated in this study. The “Consequences of Phone Addiction Questionnaire” was the instrument used to collect data. Descriptive and inferential statistics were employed in data analysis. The average rating revealed that procrastination (x = 3.10), poor concentration (x = 3.08) and poor academic performance (x = 3.05) are some of the consequences of excessive mobile phone use among healthcare students in Ilorin. The perceptions of respondents were not significantly influenced by gender (p = 0.768 > 0.05) and age (p = 0.273 > 0.05). Hence, recommendations were made in relations to the findings.
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