Lim, Poh Khuen and Nordin, Amer Siddiq Amer and Yee, Anne and Tan, Seng Beng (2021) Prevalence of smartphone addiction in patients with depression and its association with depression severity: A cross-sectional study. International Journal of Mental Health and Addiction, 19 (4). pp. 919-933. ISSN 1557-1874, DOI https://doi.org/10.1007/s11469-019-00203-0.
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Advancement in smartphone technology has brought about a steady rise in the global mobile phone usage. Smartphone addiction has been widely studied among adolescent and adult population, and little is known regarding its impact on patients who are diagnosed with major depressive disorder. This study examined the prevalence of smartphone addiction among depressed patients and the association between smartphone addiction and the severity of depression. A cross-sectional study was conducted on 140 patients who were diagnosed with major depressive disorder in the psychiatry department of University Malaya Medical Centre, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. Smartphone addiction was assessed with the smartphone addiction scale (SAS). The severity of depression was assessed using the clinician-rated Montgomery-Asberg Depression Rating Scale (MADRS). The prevalence of smartphone addiction was 58.6% (n = 82). This study found that (a) participants who spent more time on their smartphones were found to be at higher risk for smartphone addiction ``overuse'' subscale (p < 0.01) and (b) smartphone addiction was not associated with the severity of depression. This study highlights the need for more studies in this field of research.
| Item Type: | Article |
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| Funders: | University of Malaya under the Wellness Research Centre (WRC) (GC004B-HTM) |
| Uncontrolled Keywords: | Smartphone addiction; Smartphone addiction scale; Major depressive disorder; Addiction |
| Subjects: | R Medicine > RC Internal medicine > RC0321 Neuroscience. Biological psychiatry. Neuropsychiatry |
| Divisions: | Faculty of Medicine |
| Depositing User: | Ms. Juhaida Abd Rahim |
| Date Deposited: | 05 Apr 2022 08:15 |
| Last Modified: | 05 Apr 2022 08:15 |
| URI: | http://eprints.um.edu.my/id/eprint/26656 |
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