Prevalence and Risk Factors of Mobile Screen Dependence in Arab Women Screened with Psychological Stress: A Cross-Talk with Demographics and Insomnia
Abstract
:1. Introduction
2. Materials and Methods
2.1. Study Design and Settings
2.2. Inclusion Criteria
2.3. Exclusion Criteria
2.4. Study Instrument
2.5. Anxiety
2.6. Insomnia
2.7. Data Analysis
3. Results
3.1. Study Sample Characteristics
3.2. Risk Factors Associated with Mobile Screen Dependence
4. Discussion
5. Conclusions
Author Contributions
Funding
Institutional Review Board Statement
Informed Consent Statement
Data Availability Statement
Acknowledgments
Conflicts of Interest
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Factor | Category | N (%) |
---|---|---|
Age (Years) | ≤25 | 265 (61.5) |
>25 | 166 (38.5) | |
Marital status | Single | 267 (61.9) |
Married | 147 (34.1) | |
Divorced | 13 (3.0) | |
Widow | 4 (0.9) | |
Education level | Primary school | 2 (0.5) |
Secondary school | 33 (7.7) | |
University | 352 (81.7) | |
Postgraduate study | 44 (10.2) | |
Employment status | Does not work | 111 (25.8) |
Student | 201 (46.6) | |
Work | 105 (24.4) | |
Retired | 14 (3.2) | |
Smoking status | Non-smoker | 352 (81.7) |
Smoker | 79 (18.3) | |
Use E-cigarette | 22 (5.1) | |
Use Shisha | 56 (13.0) | |
Negative smoker | 51 (11.8) | |
Having chronic diseases | Yes | 54 (12.5) |
No | 377 (87.5) | |
Screen dependent | Yes | 207 (48.0) |
No | 224 (52.0) | |
Severe Insomnia | 180 (41.7) | |
Severe Anxiety | 107 (24.8) |
Use Screen (N = 207) N (%) | Do Not Use Screens (N = 224) N (%) | p-Value | |
---|---|---|---|
Age | 0.004 * | ||
≤25 | 142 (68.6) | 123 (54.9) | |
>25 | 65 (31.4) | 101 (45.1) | |
Marital status | 0.040 * | ||
Single | 140 (67.6) | 127 (56.7) | |
Married | 61 (29.5) | 86 (38.4) | |
Widow | 0 (0.0) | 4 (1.8) | |
Divorced | 6 (2.9) | 7 (3.1) | |
Employment status | 0.004 * | ||
Work | 42 (20.3) | 69 (30.8) | |
Does not work | 50 (24.2) | 55 (24.6) | |
Student | 112 (54.1) | 89 (39.7) | |
Retired | 3 (1.4) | 11 (4.9) | |
Educational level | 0.356 | ||
Primary | 1 (0.4) | 2 (0.4) | |
Secondary | 12 (5.5) | 21 (9.4) | |
University level | 176 (85.0) | 176 (78.6) | |
Postgraduate study | 18 (8.7) | 26 (11.6) | |
Living Place | 0.797 | ||
Inside Amman | 26 (12.6) | 30 (13.4) | |
Outside Amman | 181 (87.4) | 194 (86.6) | |
Smoking | 0.446 | ||
Not smoker | 166 (80.2) | 186 (83.0) | |
Smoker | 41 (19.8) | 38 (17.0) | |
Having chronic diseases | 0.236 | ||
Yes | 30 (14.5) | 24 (10.7) | |
No | 177 (85.5) | 200 (89.3) | |
Having severe insomnia | 0.014 * | ||
Yes | 99 (47.8) | 81 (36.2) | |
No | 108 (52.2) | 143 (63.8) | |
Having anxiety | 0.211 | ||
Yes | 57 (27.5) | 50 (22.3) | |
No | 150 (72.5) | 174 (77.7) |
Independent Variable | B | SE | Odds Ratio | 95% CI | p-Value |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Being a student | 0.558 | 0.197 | 1.748 | 1.19–2.57 | 0.004 * |
Having severe insomnia | 0.453 | 0.199 | 1.572 | 1.07–2.32 | 0.023 * |
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Gammoh, O.; Alqudah, A.; Al-Ameri, M.; Sayaheen, B.; Alsous, M.; Al-Tawalbeh, D.; Alnasraween, M.; Muhaissen, B.A.; Aljabali, A.A.A.; Shilbayeh, S.A.R.; et al. Prevalence and Risk Factors of Mobile Screen Dependence in Arab Women Screened with Psychological Stress: A Cross-Talk with Demographics and Insomnia. J. Clin. Med. 2025, 14, 1463. https://doi.org/10.3390/jcm14051463
Gammoh O, Alqudah A, Al-Ameri M, Sayaheen B, Alsous M, Al-Tawalbeh D, Alnasraween M, Muhaissen BA, Aljabali AAA, Shilbayeh SAR, et al. Prevalence and Risk Factors of Mobile Screen Dependence in Arab Women Screened with Psychological Stress: A Cross-Talk with Demographics and Insomnia. Journal of Clinical Medicine. 2025; 14(5):1463. https://doi.org/10.3390/jcm14051463
Chicago/Turabian StyleGammoh, Omar, Abdelrahim Alqudah, Mariam Al-Ameri, Bilal Sayaheen, Mervat Alsous, Deniz Al-Tawalbeh, Mo’en Alnasraween, Batoul Al. Muhaissen, Alaa A. A. Aljabali, Sireen Abdul Rahim Shilbayeh, and et al. 2025. "Prevalence and Risk Factors of Mobile Screen Dependence in Arab Women Screened with Psychological Stress: A Cross-Talk with Demographics and Insomnia" Journal of Clinical Medicine 14, no. 5: 1463. https://doi.org/10.3390/jcm14051463
APA StyleGammoh, O., Alqudah, A., Al-Ameri, M., Sayaheen, B., Alsous, M., Al-Tawalbeh, D., Alnasraween, M., Muhaissen, B. A., Aljabali, A. A. A., Shilbayeh, S. A. R., & Qnais, E. (2025). Prevalence and Risk Factors of Mobile Screen Dependence in Arab Women Screened with Psychological Stress: A Cross-Talk with Demographics and Insomnia. Journal of Clinical Medicine, 14(5), 1463. https://doi.org/10.3390/jcm14051463