Effect of Smart Phone Addiction on Sleep Quality Among 1st Year Medical Students of Private Institution in Kerala – A Cross Sectional Study

Introduction: Smartphone is an indispensable and unavoidable gadget in the hands of global netizens. Studies have shown that college students are most vulnerable to smartphone addiction (SA) compared to older adults and its overuse can cause poor sleep quality which may affect the memory, decision-creating, learning, and concentration level of students. Methodology (Materials and Methods): A crossectional questionnaire based study was done on 254 rst year medical students of Malabar medical college, Modakkallur, Calicut after obtaining a written consent Majority of the students regardless of gender RESULTS : started using cell phones after the age of 16 and right before sleep. Even though there was mobile addiction and impaired sleep in both male and female students, there was a male predominance in the current study This study shows the effect of mobile phone addiction on the slee Conclusion: p quality of the students.