Diseño y validación de una escala para medir la nomofobia en niños de 9 a 13 años / Design and validation of a scale to measure nomophobia among children 9–13 years old

Objetivo: Diseñar y validar una escala de nomofobia en escolares de 9 a 13 años. Diseño: Estudio observacional descriptivo transversal. Emplazamiento: El estudio piloto se realizó en diciembre de 2019 con alumnos de un colegio de Ávila y otro de Madrid. El estudio de campo se realizó los meses de enero-marzo de 2020, recogiendo datos de 592 alumnos de un colegio de Badajoz y 3 de Ávila. Participantes: Alumnos de ambos sexos de 4.o, 5.o y 6.o de Educación Primaria y de 1.o y 2.o de Educación Secundaria Obligatoria, de colegios públicos y concertados. Método: El estudio se hizo en 2 fases. Fase I: elaboración de un cuestionario de 40 ítems con el asesoramiento de un panel de expertos. Este cuestionario se pasó, dentro del estudio piloto, a 312 niños matriculados en Educación Primaria o Educación Secundaria Obligatoria. Tras analizar los resultados, se modificó la escala de 40 ítems para mejorar la comprensión de los escolares y se realizó un estudio de campo con 592 participantes. Fase II: consistió en un análisis factorial exploratorio realizado por el método de componentes principales que proporcionó la distribución de los ítems en 7 componentes. Tras el análisis factorial confirmatorio se definió la escala definitiva de 32 ítems. Resultados: Se demostró que esta escala produce puntuaciones válidas y confiables. Conclusiones: La validación de esta escala será útil para identificar a niños con riesgo de nomofobia, permitiendo a educadores, padres y profesionales de la salud detectarla precozmente para prevenir un uso patológico del teléfono móvil.(AU)

Objective.To design and validate a nomophobia scale in childre: aged 9–13 years. Design: Cross-sectional descriptive observational study. Site: The pilot study was carried out in December 2019 with students from a school in Ávila and another in Madrid. The field study was carried out during the months of January to March 2020, collecting data from 592 students from a school in Badajoz and 3 from Ávila. Participants: Students of both sexes from 4th, 5th and 6th of Primary Education and from 1st and 2nd of Compulsory Secondary Education, from public and private schools. Method: The study has been divided in 2 phases. Phase I: consisted of the preparation of a 40-item questionnaire with the advice of a panel of experts. This questionnaire was passed, within the pilot study, to 312 children enrolled in Primary Education or Compulsory Secondary Education. After analyzing the results, the 40-item scale was modified to improve the understanding of the schoolchildren and a field study was carried out with 592 participants. Phase II: consisted of an exploratory factorial analysis carried out using the principal components method, which provided the distribution of the items in 7 components. After the confirmatory factorial analysis, the final 32-item scale was defined. Results: This scale was shown to produce valid and reliable scores. Conclusions: The validation of this scale will be useful to identify children at risk of nomophobia, allowing educators, parents and health professionals to detect this phenomenon early in order to prevent pathological smartphone use.(AU)

[Design and validation of a scale to measure nomophobia among children 9-13 years old]. / Diseño y validación de una escala para medir la nomofobia en niños de 9 a 13 años.

OBJECTIVE: To design and validate a nomophobia scale in children aged 9-13 years. DESIGN: Cross-sectional descriptive observational study. SITE: The pilot study was carried out in December 2019 with students from a school in Ávila and another in Madrid. The field study was carried out during the months of January to March 2020, collecting data from 592 students from a school in Badajoz and 3 from Ávila. PARTICIPANTS: Students of both sexes from 4th, 5th and 6th of Primary Education and from 1st and 2nd of Compulsory Secondary Education, from public and private schools. METHOD: The study has been divided in 2 phases. PHASE I: consisted of the preparation of a 40-item questionnaire with the advice of a panel of experts. This questionnaire was passed, within the pilot study, to 312 children enrolled in Primary Education or Compulsory Secondary Education. After analyzing the results, the 40-item scale was modified to improve the understanding of the schoolchildren and a field study was carried out with 592 participants. PHASE II: consisted of an exploratory factorial analysis carried out using the principal components method, which provided the distribution of the items in 7 components. After the confirmatory factorial analysis, the final 32-item scale was defined. RESULTS: This scale was shown to produce valid and reliable scores. CONCLUSIONS: The validation of this scale will be useful to identify children at risk of nomophobia, allowing educators, parents and health professionals to detect this phenomenon early in order to prevent pathological smartphone use.

Nomophobia and smartphone addiction: do the variables age and sex explain this relationship? / Nomofobia e dependência de smartphone: as variáveis idade e sexo explicam essa relação? / Nomofobia y dependencia de los smartphones: ¿las variables edad y sexo explican esta relación?

This study aimed to identify the extent nomophobia explains smartphone addiction, controlling for age and gender effects. Participants were 316 people from the 22 Brazilian states (Mage = 28.1 years), most from Paraíba (38.9%) and Piauí (16.5%), equally distributed between genders. They answered the Nomophobia Questionnaire, the Smartphone Addition Scale and demographic questions. The results demonstrate that the factors of the nomophobia measure explained smartphone addiction, indicating that more nomophobic behavior equates to increased smartphone addiction, especially in the younger participants, there was no difference regarding gender. These findings are discussed according to the literature on adherence to new technologies, revealing the current problem of smartphone addiction in young people. (AU)

O objetivo deste estudo foi conhecer em que medida a nomofobia explica a dependência de smartphone, controlando os efeitos de idade e sexo. Participaram 316 pessoas de 22 estados brasileiros (Midade = 28,1), a maioria da Paraíba (38,9%) e do Piauí (16,5%), distribuídas equitativamente entre os sexos. Estas responderam o Questionário de Nomofobia, a Escala de Adição ao Smartphone e perguntas demográficas. Os resultados foram de que os fatores da medida de nomofobia explicaram a dependência de smartphone, indicando que quanto mais as pessoas são nomofóbicas, mais elas dependem de smartphone, principalmente aquelas mais jovens, não havendo diferença quanto ao sexo. Esses achados foram discutidos de acordo com a literatura acerca da adesão a novas tecnologias, revelando o problema da dependência de smartphones para os jovens nos dias de hoje. (AU)

El objetivo de este estudio ha sido conocer en qué medida la nomofobia explica la dependencia de smartphones, controlando los efectos de la edad y el sexo. Participaron 316 personas de 22 estados brasileños (Medad = 28.1), en su mayoría de Paraíba (38.9%) y Piauí (16.5%), distribuidos equitativamente entre los sexos. Estos respondieron al Nomophobia Questionnaire, a la Smartphone Addition Scale y a preguntas demográficas. Los resultados demuestran que los factores de la medida de nomofobia explican la adición a los smartphones, indicando que un comportamiento más nomofóbico equivale a una mayor adicción a los smartphones, especialmente en los más jóvenes, no existiendo diferencias en cuanto al género. Estos hallazgos han sido discutidos de acuerdo con la literatura sobre la adhesión a las nuevas tecnologías, revelando el problema actual de la adicción a los smartphones en los jóvenes. (AU)

A dependência de smartphone em estudantes de medicina: uma revisão narrativa / Smartphone dependence in medical students: a narrative review

Introdução: As tecnologias trouxeram mudanças inéditas na forma de comunicação entre as pessoas, bem como novas potencialidades na educação. A ampliação do uso do smartphone trouxe novas perspectivas e pode se apresentar como uma potente ferramenta educacional. Entretanto, impactos negativos do uso excessivo do dispositivo são observados, principalmente na população de jovens universitários, como transtornos físicos e psicológicos. Diante disso, faz-se necessário a compreensão do fenômeno, a identificação e o manejo desta dependência comportamental. Objetivo: Esse estudo teve como objetivo identificar e discutir a dependência de smartphone em estudantes de medicina e suas repercussões na saúde física e emocional, bem como apresentar as formas de identificação da dependência de smartphone e as abordagens destinadas a minimizarem o uso patológico desta tecnologia. Metodologia: Trata-se de um estudo qualitativo de revisão narrativa, necessário para se discutir a dependência do smartphone pelos estudantes de medicina nos dias de hoje. Conclusão: O uso excessivo do smartphone é uma realidade, principalmente na população universitária. O reconhecimento do uso disfuncional do aparelho se faz cada vez mais importante, uma vez que os impactos negativos na saúde física e mental são evidentes em diversas publicações em todo mundo. Entretanto, medidas para manejo da dependência se tornam tão importantes quanto a identificação do problema

Introduction: Technologies have brought unprecedented changes in the way people communicate, as well as new potential in education. The expansion of smartphone use has brought new perspectives and presents itself as a powerful educational tool. However, negative impacts of the excessive use of the device are observed mainly in the population of young university students. Therefore, it is necessary to understand, identify and manage this behavioral dependence. Objective: This study aimed to identify and discuss smartphone dependence in medical students and its repercussions on physical and emotional health, as well as to present ways of identifying smartphone dependence and the approaches aimed at minimizing the pathological use of this technology. Methodology: This is a qualitative study of narrative view, necessary to discuss smartphone dependence among medical students today. Conclusion: The excessive use of the smartphone is a reality, especially in the university population. The recognition of dysfunctional use of the device is becoming increasingly important, since the negative impacts on physical and mental health are evident in several publications worldwide. However, measures to manage addiction become as important as identifying the problem

La Nomofobia y el comportamiento sexual de los estudiantes de la carrera de Enfermería de la Facultad de Salud y Servicios Sociales de la UNEMI / Nomophobia and sexual behavior of the students of the Nursing career of the Faculty of Health and Social Services of UNEMI

INTRODUCCIÓN: la nomofobia es el miedo irracional de no estar en contacto constante con el teléfono celular. La tecnología ha ocasionado un cambio colosal en la forma de relacionarse socialmente, esta a su vez afecta en el comportamiento sexual de los jóvenes debido a la exposición regular que tienen al internet. El sexting es una de las actividades más frecuentes practicadas por los jóvenes adultos, consiste en enviar fotos o contenido sexual a otro teléfono celular, el problema que se genera al enviar material con este contenido es que se puede viralizar fácilmente en la internet. El Objetivo de la presente investigación fue analizar el nivel de nomofobia y el comportamiento sexual que persiste en los estudiantes de la carrera de Enfermería de la Facultad de Salud y Servicios Sociales de la UNEMI. MATERIAL y METODOS: la investigación fue descriptiva, cuantitativa, de corte transversal. Se obtuvo una muestra de 283 estudiantes de 1ero a 8vo semestre, realizando una encuesta virtual que cuenta con 29 preguntas, estas se dividen en 5 categorías para comprobar el porcentaje de: Síntomas -Adicción, Uso-Social, Rasgos-Frikis, Nomofobia y la Escala total de Adicción. RESULTADOS: el porcentaje general varía dependiendo de las respuestas el 36.15% tiene un grado de adicción bajo y el 26.27% de los estudiantes cuentan con un nivel de adicción media-alta. CONCLUSION: la nomofobia afecta en gran parte a los jóvenes por el uso excesivo que le dan a las Redes Sociales, así como también la utilización de diversas aplicaciones y por llevar una vida sexual activa, estos son los factores que con la tecnología atribuyen a la dependencia al teléfono celular. La prevalencia de estudiantes con nomofobia está presente en 1ero y 2do semestre, ellos cuentan con mayor disponibilidad de tiempo libre.

INTRODUCTION: nomophobia is the irrational fear of not being in constant contact with the cell phone. Technology has caused a colossal change in the way of relating socially, this in turn affects the sexual behavior of young people due to regular exposure to the internet. Sexting is one of the most frequent activities practiced by young adults, it consists of sending photos or sexual content to another cell phone, the problem generated by sending material with this content is that it can be easily viralized on the internet. The objective of the present investigation was to analyze the level of nomophobia and the sexual behavior that persists in the students of the Nursing degree of the Faculty of Health and Social Services of UNEMI. MATERIAL AND METHODS: the research was descriptive, quantitative, cross-sectional.A sample of 283 students from 1st to 8th semester was obtained, conducting a virtual survey that has 29 questions, these are divided into 5 categories to check the percentage of: Symptoms -Addition, Use-Social, Traits-Geeks, Nomophobia and Total Addiction Scale. RESULTS: the general percentage varies depending on the answers, 36.15% have a low level of addiction and 26.27% of the students have a medium-high addiction scale. CONCLUSIONS: nomophobia affects young people in large part due to the excessive use they give to Social Networks, as well as the use of various applications and for leading an active sexual life, these are the factors that with technology they attribute to dependence on cell phone. The prevalence of students with nomophobia is present in 1st and 2nd semester, they have greater availability of free time.

Adaptação transcultural e validação do Nomophobia Questionnaire (NMP-Q) para a língua portuguesa (NMP-Q-BR) / Transcultural adaptation and validation of the Nomophobia Questionnaire (NMP-Q) for the portuguese language (NMP-Q-BR)

Objetivo: Adaptar transculturalmente o Nomophobia Questionnaire (NMP-Q) e validá-lo em português. Métodos: Foi realizado estudo transversal quantitativo de validação de instrumento. A pesquisa foi desenvolvida no Centro Universitário Christus - Unichristus, com acadêmicos do primeiro semestre do curso de Medicina. As etapas de tradução e de adaptação cultural do instrumento foram realizadas de acordo com o modelo de Beaton. A confiabilidade e a precisão do instrumento foram avaliadas com 40 estudantes. No que se refere à análise da estrutura fatorial do NMP-Q, foi testado um modelo de quatro fatores, de acordo com o indicado na versão original. Resultados: A validação foi constatada com base na equivalência semântica, idiomática, cultural e conceitual após o parecer final de duas especialistas na área. Na matriz de componente rotativa do tipo Varimax com Normalização de Kaiser, os quatro fatores esperados apresentaram cargas mínimas de 0,4. O Alfa de Cronbach para o questionário geral foi de 0,952 (IC 95% 0,923-0,972), e, para os fatores individuais, foi maior que 0,7 (exceto um). Conclusões: Verificamos que a versão brasileira do instrumento (NMP-Q-BR) apresenta excelente validação. A validação do NMP-Q-BR em português proporciona a possibilidade de ampliação dos estudos sobre Nomofobia no país, justificada pela necessidade de aprofundamento das pesquisas na área.

Objective: To cross-culturally adapt the Nomophobia Questionnaire (NMP-Q) and validate it in Portuguese. Methods: A cross-sectional quantitative study of instrument validation was performed. The research was developed at the Centro Universitário Christus - Unichristus, with academics from the first semester of the medical course. The stages of translation and cultural adaptation of the instrument were performed according to the Beaton model. The instrument's reliability and accuracy were assessed with forty students. Regarding the analysis of the factorial structure of the NMP-Q, a 4-factor model was tested, according to what was indicated in the original version. Results: The validation was found based on semantic, idiomatic, cultural and conceptual equivalence after the final opinion of two experts in the field. In the rotary component matrix of the Varimax type with Kaiser Normalization, the four expected factors presented minimum loads of 0.4. The Cronbach Alpha for the general questionnaire was 0.952 (95% CI 0.923-0.972), and for the individual factors it was greater than 0.7 (except one). Conclusions: We found that the Brazilian version of the instrument (NMP-Q-BR) has excellent validation. The validation of the NMP-Q-BR in Portuguese provides the possibility of expanding the studies on Nomophobia in the country, justified by the need for further research in the area.