Ozlem Sinan, Sultan Ayaz-Alkaya, Ayşegül Akca
Predictors of eHealth literacy levels among nursing students: A descriptive and correlational study
Nurse education in practice
aim study develop selfdiagnostic scale could distinguish smartphone addicts based korean selfdiagnostic program internet addiction kscale smartphones features addition reliability validity smartphone addiction scale sas demonstrateda total 197 participants selected nov 2011 jan 2012 accomplish set questionnaires including sas kscale modified kimberly young internet addiction test yscale visual analogue scale vas substance dependence abuse diagnosis dsmiv 64 males 133 females ages ranging 18 53 years 2606 sd 596 factor analysis internalconsistency test ttest anova correlation analysis conducted verify reliability validity sasbased factor analysis results subscale disturbance reality testing removed six factors left internal consistency concurrent validity sas verified cronbachs alpha 0967 sas subscales significantly correlated kscale yscale vas factor also showed significant correlation subscale addition differences found job p005 education p005 selfreported smartphone addiction scores p0001 sasthis study developed first scale smartphone addiction aspect diagnostic manual scale proven relatively reliable valid