A Cross Sectional Survey on Estimating the Prevalence of Insomnia Attributable to Smartphone Addiction among Homoeopathic Students of MNR Homoeopathic Medical College

Nowadays smart phone addiction is one of the over ridding cause of insomnia among youngsters. It is described that smart phone use in bed at night negatively impacts sleep outcome and even cause psychological problem like anxiety and depression. In this scenario this study was conducted to find the prevalence of insomnia as a consequence of smart phone addiction among Homeopathic students of MNR Homeopathic medical college of Sangareddy district. Telangana. Using a purposive sampling method an online survey using self administered questionnaire was sent to students of MNR Homeopathic medical college, Sangareddy. They were asked to fill the questionnaire via Google forms. The statistical score for the responses were calculated and analysis was performed. In this study overall 64.2% of the study participants are having Mobile addiction and 44.3% of students with mobile addiction are having insomnia. Over use of smart phones will overshadow students academics and will also result in poor health. Certain measures need to be taken to prevail over this addictio