The Presence of Nomophobia in Assistant Health Staff Working in a Hospital and its Effect on Work Stress

Year 2022, Volume: 6 Issue: 3, 762 - 774, 29.09.2022

Tuba Korkmaz Aslan Kevser Sevgi Ünal Aslan

https://doi.org/10.30621/jbachs.924292

Abstract

The Presence of Nomophobia in Assistant Health Staff Working in a Hospital and its Effect on Work Stress

ABSTRACT

Objective: This study aims to examine the presence of nomophobia in assistant healthcare personnel working in a hospital and its effect on work stress.

Methods: This complementary study was conducted with 207 healthcare professionals who met the study criteria and agreed to participate in the study. Personal Information Form, Nomophobia Questionnaire (NMP-Q), and Work Stress Scale were used to collect the data. Percentage, Mann-Whitney U, Kruskal-Wallis H, and χ2 methods were used to evaluate the data.

Results: The reliability coefficient of the Nomophobia Questionnaire Total-NMPQ was found to be 0.95. It was found that singles, nurses, EMT, and other healthcare personnel, emergency and intensive care workers, and employees between 10-19 years were significantly higher than others when the total and sub-scale scores of nomophobia were evaluated in the whole group (p<0.05). The reliability coefficient of the work stress scale was found to be 0.82. It was found that women, employees between 10-19 years, nurses, and midwives were significantly higher than others when the work stress scores were evaluated in the whole group (p<0.05). A positive, very weak, and statistically significant correlation was found between the Nomophobia Questionnaire waiving comfort, not being able to communicate, losing online connection, and total nomophobia scores and the work stress scale (p<0.05). As the total score of the Nomophobia Questionnaire increases, the scores of the work stress scale will also increase. Likewise, as the total score of the Nomophobia Questionnaire decreases, the work stress scale scores will also decrease.
Conclusion: The results of this study show that there is nomophobia and work stress in healthcare personnel and there is a directly proportional relationship between nomophobia and work stress. In-service training and support can be provided to healthcare personnel on addiction and stress.

Keywords: Healthcare personnel; Nomophobia; Work stress

Keywords

Healthcare personnel, Nomophobia, Work stress

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