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Sandip Dilip Barfe
Vishal R. Naikare
Priyanka Kale
Introduction: The mobile phone is among the technological tools with the greatest presence in the market. In last few years, it has gone from being almost non -existent to being the device most used by people. This study involves the assessment of dependenc e on the mobile phone in the first year M. Sc. Nursing students. Objective: To assess the mobile phone dependence among the first year M.Sc. Nursing students of selected colleges. Research question: What is thelevel ofmobile phone dependence among first ye ar M. Sc nursing students? Methodology: A quantitative non experimental descriptive method was adopted for the present study. Study was conducted on first year M.Sc. Nursing students of selected colleges . The study samples size was 25 first year M.Sc. Nurs ing students of selected colleges .Non probability purposive sampling technique was used. Result and Conclusion: In this study Mobile dependence score divided into three cate gories that is mild 20 -47, moderate 48 -74 and severe 75 -100 and findings shows that 64% students have mild dependence, 28% of students have moderate dependence and 8% of students have severe dependence.
Keywords: Assessment, Mobile Phone, Dependence, Students