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ArticleMedicina (Kaunas, Lithuania)2023

Is There an Association between Increased Stress and Smartphone Addiction? Insights from a Study on Medical Students from Saudi Arabia during the COVID-19 Pandemic.

Haytham I AlSaif, Zeyad A Alhozaimi, Alhanouf S Alrashed, Kholoud S Alanazi, Mohammed G Alshibani, Turky H Almigbal, Saad M Alsaad, Abdullah A Alrasheed, Fahad D Alosaimi

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Article in Medicina (Kaunas, Lithuania), 2023. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 6 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

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0cells of the map it votes in
6citing papers in PubMed, 1 pooled it
3.5field-weighted citation impact, top 7% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

Each row is one number read from the abstract, on the scale the paper reported it, with its interval. Left of the dashed line favours the treatment, right favours the comparator. Under each row is the sentence it came from. New to these charts? A ten-minute tutorial.

The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

The trial behind it

Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.

Neither the registry nor the abstract names a trial number. If this is a trial report, that itself is worth knowing.

3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

6 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it, 6 citations in OpenAlex.

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  3. Measuring problematic smartphone use among students using the Smartphone Addiction Scale.South African family practice : official journal of the South African Academy of Family Practice/Primary Care · 2025
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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

PubMed lists nothing against this paper. Absence here is not a guarantee, only a check that was made.

5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

9 authors at 3 institutions in 2 countries.

Haytham I AlSaifDepartment of Family and Community Medicine, College of Medicine, King Saud University, P.O. Box 2925, Riyadh 11461, Saudi Arabia.ORCID 0000-0002-8490-3578
Zeyad A AlhozaimiDepartment of Family and Community Medicine, College of Medicine, King Saud University, P.O. Box 2925, Riyadh 11461, Saudi Arabia.
Alhanouf S AlrashedDepartment of Pediatrics, College of Medicine, King Saud University, P.O. Box 2925, Riyadh 11461, Saudi Arabia.
Kholoud S AlanaziClinical Sciences Department, College of Medicine, Vision Colleges, Riyadh 13226, Saudi Arabia.
Mohammed G AlshibaniDepartment of Family and Community Medicine, College of Medicine, King Saud University, P.O. Box 2925, Riyadh 11461, Saudi Arabia.
Turky H AlmigbalDepartment of Family and Community Medicine, College of Medicine, King Saud University, P.O. Box 2925, Riyadh 11461, Saudi Arabia.
Saad M AlsaadDepartment of Family and Community Medicine, College of Medicine, King Saud University, P.O. Box 2925, Riyadh 11461, Saudi Arabia.ORCID 0000-0001-5553-3275
Abdullah A AlrasheedDepartment of Family and Community Medicine, College of Medicine, King Saud University, P.O. Box 2925, Riyadh 11461, Saudi Arabia.
Fahad D AlosaimiDepartment of Psychiatry, College of Medicine, King Saud University, P.O. Box 2925, Riyadh 11461, Saudi Arabia.ORCID 0000-0003-1027-5836
King Saud Medical City · SAKing Saud University · SASion College · GB

Funding

The Deputyship for Research and Innovation, Ministry of Education in Saudi Arabia IFKSUOR3-089-1
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

PubMed holds no abstract for this paper.

Indexed as

COVID-19Students, MedicalCross-Sectional StudiesHumansInternet Addiction DisorderPandemicsSaudi Arabiaacademic performancedepressionmedical studentspsychological stressSaudi Arabiasmartphone addiction

Identifiers

PMID37629791
PMCPMC10456896
OpenAlexW4386049437

What OpenQuestion holds

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Registered trials

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