Introduction Nursing students with long-term usage of mobile phones may end up with more attachment or addiction to the gadget. Addiction to mobile phones is called nomophobia. It affects the entire life of students both physically and mentally. It may also disturb the sleep pattern. Irregular sleep patterns impact nursing students' practical and academic proficiency. Many psychological issues, including low self-esteem and an extroverted personality, are involved with excessive phone use. This problem (nomophobia) is currently expanding globally. Anxiety, social phobia, panic disorder, and other mental conditions may possibly make nomophobia symptoms worse.

Materials and Methods A descriptive correlational research design was used to assess the correlation between nomophobia and quality of sleep, and a purposive sampling method was used to collect data from 163 nursing students from the selected institution. Baseline proforma, Nomophobia Questionnaire (NMP-Q) Likert scale, and Pittsburgh Sleep Quality Index were used to collect data.

Results and Conclusion Both descriptive and inferential statistics were used to analyze the data. A statistically negligible correlation between nomophobia and quality of sleep (r = 0.103, p = 0.190) was found. There was a significant association between nomophobia and baseline variables such as hours of using a smartphone per day and the purpose of using smartphone per day, and there was a significant association between quality of sleep and selected baseline variables such as gender (0.009) (p < 0.05) and level of significance.

The Institutional Review Committee (IRC no. IRC/FMCON/2022MS-01) and the Institutional Ethics Committee (FMIEC/CCM/278/2022) granted the clearances. The principal of the nursing college granted permission. Participants used a Google Form to provide their informed consent, and confidentiality was ensured.

*Both the authors contributed equally and are first authors.

Article published online:
18 December 2024

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