Mobile phone addiction and its association with burnout in Chinese novice nurses: A cross‐sectional survey

Aim To explore the levels of mobile phone addiction and burnout and their relationships among novice nurses. Design A cross‐sectional investigation design. Methods Questionnaires were distributed to 400 novice nurses in five public hospitals in China. A total of 366 participants completed the survey...

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Published in:Nursing open 2021-03, Vol.8 (2), p.688-694
Main Authors: Ma, Huan, He, Ji‐Qun, Zou, Jin‐Mei, Zhong, Ying
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Addictions
Behavior, Addictive
Burnout
Burnout, Professional - epidemiology
Cell Phone
Cellular telephones
Child
China - epidemiology
Cross-Sectional Studies
Emergency medical care
Female
Hospitals
Humans
Internet access
Job Satisfaction
Male
Mental health
mobile phone addiction
Nosocomial infections
novice nurse
Nurses
nursing
Nursing care
Patient safety
Questionnaires
Smartphones
Students
Validity
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Summary:Aim To explore the levels of mobile phone addiction and burnout and their relationships among novice nurses. Design A cross‐sectional investigation design. Methods Questionnaires were distributed to 400 novice nurses in five public hospitals in China. A total of 366 participants completed the survey. Data collected in 2020 were analysed by using descriptive statistics, an independent t test and Pearson's correlation analysis. Results The results showed that the frequency of nursing adverse events was associated with higher level of mobile phone addiction in novice nurses, and 52.46% of the participants (N = 366) presented a high level of occupational burnout. Moreover, the results indicated that there was a positive correlation between the novice nurses’ mobile phone addiction level and burnout (r = .33, p 
ISSN:2054-1058
2054-1058
DOI:10.1002/nop2.673