Original Research Article
Year: 2021 | Month: October-December | Volume: 6 | Issue: 4 | Pages: 361-365
DOI: https://doi.org/10.52403/ijshr.20211050
Smartphone Usage: Reasons among Gender in University of Cyberjaya, Selangor, Malaysia
Muhammad Luqmanul Hakim Abd Latif1, Izzah Zarifah Ibrahim2, Nur Amalia Saiful Nizam3, Nik Balqis Athirah Abdul Aziz4, Sabariah Abd Hamid5
1-5Faculty of Medicine, University of Cyberjaya, Malaysia
Corresponding Author: Sabariah Abd Hamid
ABSTRACT
Smartphones have been an essential device in most of our daily activities. However, there is not much information regarding the difference of smartphone usage between gender among medical students. Therefore, this study aims to determine the prevalence of smartphone usage and the reasons of its usage among medical students by gender.
A cross-sectional study was done, using self-administered questionnaires given to 300 medical students in University of Cyberjaya. The students were selected using stratified and simple random sampling methods.
All respondents were using smartphone with majority from age of 18-21 years old (55.3%), female (67.7%), Malay (85%) and studying in 1st year (24.7%). The most popular reason of smartphone usage for male and female was entertainment mainly leisure activity (91.8% and 93.6%, respectively).
There was no significant difference between gender and reasons of smartphone usage among medical students. Regardless, time must be managed wisely to avoid overuse of smartphones that can disrupt relationships with others.
Keywords: smartphone, reason, medical student, gender, Selangor.