The Prevalence of Phantom Vibration/Ringing Syndromes and their Related Factors in Iranian’ Students of Medical Sciences

Highlights • The prevalence of Phantom Vibration Syndrome and Phantom Ringing Syndrome in medical students was near 50 percent. • Phantom Vibration Syndrome and Phantom Ringing Syndrome are psychological emerging diseases due to smartphones addiction. • The prevalence of Phantom Vibration Syndrome a...

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Published in:Asian journal of psychiatry 2017-06, Vol.27, p.76-80
Main Authors: Mohammadbeigi, Abolfazl, Mohammadsalehi, Narges, Moshiri, Esmail, Anbari, Zohreh, Ahmadi, Ali, Ansari, Hossein
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Adolescent
Adult
Auditory Perception - physiology
Cross-Sectional Studies
Female
Hallucinations - epidemiology
Humans
Internal Medicine
Iran
Iran - epidemiology
Male
Medical students
Mobile phone
Phantom ringing
Phantom vibration
Prevalence
Psychiatry
Smartphone
Smartphone - statistics & numerical data
Students, Medical - statistics & numerical data
Syndrome
Vibration
Young Adult
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Summary:Highlights • The prevalence of Phantom Vibration Syndrome and Phantom Ringing Syndrome in medical students was near 50 percent. • Phantom Vibration Syndrome and Phantom Ringing Syndrome are psychological emerging diseases due to smartphones addiction. • The prevalence of Phantom Vibration Syndrome and Phantom Ringing Syndrome in Iranian medical students was lower than other studies. • Due to increasing growth of smartphone, the prevalence Phantom Vibration Syndrome and Phantom Ringing Syndrome and its consequences would be upward.
ISSN:1876-2018
1876-2026
DOI:10.1016/j.ajp.2017.02.012