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Preksha Patel
Bhoomi Chaudhary
Palak Solanki
Mansi Patel
Kena Patel
Ravina Patel
Nipa Patel
Radhika Bhagora
Nisha Patel
The present study aims to assess the knowledge on ill effect of mobile phone addiction among 100 undergraduate students. The research design adopted for this study was Non experimental descriptive research design and non-probability convenient sampling technique was used for data collection. The study was conducted in selected colleges of Ahmedabad city. Data collection tool consisted of semi structured knowledge questionnaire with multiple choice questions. Data was analyzed through descriptive and inferential statistics. The study revealed that 44% of the samples had good knowledge and 56% had average knowledge. Mean score on ill effect of mobile phone addiction was 19.77%. Among demographic variables Age in years, Gender, Type of family, Family monthly income (in rupees), Year of graduation, Stream of undergraduate, Have you attended any awareness programme about ill effect of mobile phone addiction?, it was found that there was association between gender and knowledge of undergraduate students. Chi square value was 5.516, and calculated P value was 0.0188 which was less than 0.05 which indicates that it was significant. After analysis t he investigator developed and distributed a leaflet on mobile phone addiction.
Keywords: Knowledge, Ill Effect of Mobile Phone Addiction, Descriptive Study