Abstract:

Objective: The aim of this study is to investigate the frequency of smartphone addiction and related factors of it among the students of school of physical education and sports and Faculty of Medicine of Sakarya University. Material and Method: In this cross-sectional study, 91.7% (551) of the students of the PES and the faculty of medicine constituting the universe were reached. A socio-demographic data form and smartphone addiction scale (SAS) were used in the study. It was conducted between March and April 2016. Descriptive statistics, Mann-Whitney U test, Kruskal-Wallis variance analysis and Spearman rank correlation were used in the analysis. Results: 254 (46.1%) of participants were female and the average age was 21,58 ± 2,15 SD. The most used applications of students with a scale score of 81 were whatsApp, instagram, facebook, twitter, snapchat. The scale scores of the PES students were higher than the medical faculty students (p<0.001). Statistically there was no significant difference between gender and scale scores (p>0.05). Those who thought they were smartphone addicts had higher scale scores than those who did not think (p<0.001). Discussion: We must remember that there is a dose of everything and we must adjust the time spent on the smartphone use by considering damages such as addiction.

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