Counseling Intervention on Severe Nomophobia Among Health Care Providers

The Effect of a Counseling Intervention on Severe Nomophobia Among Health Care Providers: Randomized Controlled Clinical Trial

Assess the effect of a counseling intervention adopted from heath belief model merged with multiple smart phone-based action cues on the level of nomophobia among participants with severe nomophobia Assess the effect of a counseling intervention adopted from heath belief model merged with multiple smart phone-based action cues on the level of nomophobia among participants with severe nomophobia

In this study we seek to find if there is a relation between nomophobia level, self-esteem and mental health status, and discover whether a counseling intervention based on health belief model merged with smart phone-based action cues will decrease the level of nomophobia in participants with severe nomophobia.

through an intervention based on health belief model merged with multiple smart phone action cues employed on the intervention group during 3 counselling sessions

Inclusion Criteria:

• Owning and actively using a smartphone.
• Understanding verbal English instructions.
• Willing to participate in a possible counseling session
• physicians currently working in kasr alainy hospital

Exclusion Criteria:

• Having any diagnosed psychiatric disorder.
• Participants taking medications that could affect psychological status e.g: B blockers, mood stabilizers.