en Occupational Health Original Article <div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size:10pt"><span style="line-height:150%"><span courier="" new="" style="font-family:"><span style="color:black"><b><span style="font-size:12.0pt"><span style="line-height:150%"><span new="" roman="" style="font-family:" times="">Background:</span></span></span></b><span style="font-size:12.0pt"><span style="line-height:150%"><span new="" roman="" style="font-family:" times=""> The role of cell phones becomes more prominent every day; however, excessive use leads to high dependency. Nomophobia is a type of phobia in which the patient experiences severe anxiety and worry while away from a mobile phone. The present study aimed to investigate the prevalence of Nomophobia in nurses of Educational-Medical Hospitals in Gorgan City in 2022.</span></span></span></span></span></span></span><br> <span style="font-size:10pt"><span style="line-height:150%"><span courier="" new="" style="font-family:"><span style="color:black"><b><span style="font-size:12.0pt"><span style="line-height:150%"><span new="" roman="" style="font-family:" times="">Materials and Methods:</span></span></span></b><span style="font-size:12.0pt"><span style="line-height:150%"><span new="" roman="" style="font-family:" times=""> In a cross-sectional, 412 nurses of educational and medical hospitals in Gorgan city, Iran, 2022 were enrolled. A demographic information checklist and a Nomophobia questionnaire were used to collect data. Statistical analysis was performed using SPSS software version 18, U-Mann-Whitney and Kruskal-Wallis tests. P-value values ​​less than 0.05 were considered significant</span></span></span></span></span></span></span><br> <span style="font-size:10pt"><span style="line-height:150%"><span courier="" new="" style="font-family:"><span style="color:black"><b><span style="font-size:12.0pt"><span style="line-height:150%"><span new="" roman="" style="font-family:" times="">Results: </span></span></span></b><span style="font-size:12.0pt"><span style="line-height:150%"><span new="" roman="" style="font-family:" times="">Most nurses were moderate Nomophobia (55.1%). There was a significant relationship between Nomophobia and age, marital status, number of active social messaging software, duration of mobile phone use, and the number of phone checks per day. Such findings were also observed for subscales, including lack of access to information, loss of comfort and convenience, inability to communicate, and loss of connection with some considered features.</span></span></span></span></span></span></span><br> <span style="font-size:10pt"><span style="line-height:150%"><span courier="" new="" style="font-family:"><span style="color:black"><b><span style="font-size:12.0pt"><span style="line-height:150%"><span new="" roman="" style="font-family:" times="">Conclusion:</span></span></span></b><span style="font-size:12.0pt"><span style="line-height:150%"><span new="" roman="" style="font-family:" times=""> The present study showed moderate levels of Nomophobia and cell phone dependence in nurses of Gorgan Educational-Medical Hospitals in Gorgan City. Young and single people who spend more time on mobile phones, have more social messaging software, and check their cell phones more often are more likely to have Nomophobia.</span></span></span></span></span></span></span></div> Phobia,Cell Phone,Nursing,Mobile Phone Addiction, 126 132 http://johe.rums.ac.ir/browse.php?a_code=A-10-913-1&slc_lang=en&sid=1 Mohammad Mehdi Azizi mma9674@gmail.com 22400319475328460013198 22400319475328460013198 No General Practitionare, Golestan Research Center of Psychiatry (GRCP), Golestan University of Medical Sciences, Gorgan, Iran. Golestan University of Medical Sciences Amir Maghsoudloonejad amir.maghsoudloo.23@gmail.com 22400319475328460013199 22400319475328460013199 No Assistant Prof., Golestan Research Center of Psychiatry(GRCP), Golestan University of Medical Sciences, Gorgan, Iran. Golestan University of Medical Sciences Najmeh Shahini najmeh.shahini@gmail.com 22400319475328460013200 22400319475328460013200 No Specialy Doctor in Psychiatry, Erdington & Kingstanding CMHT, Birmingham and Solihull Mental Health NHS Foundation Trust, United Kingdom; Hon. Research Fellow, Leicestershire Partnership NHS Trust, United Kingdom. Leicestershire Partnership NHS Trust Abdolhalim Rajabi drrajabi.a@goums.ac.ir 22400319475328460013201 22400319475328460013201 No Assistant Prof., Dept. of Biostatistics and Epidemiology, Faculty of Health, Golestan University of Medical Sciences, Gorgan, Iran. Golestan University of Medical Sciences Leila Kashani leilakashani649@gmail.com 22400319475328460013202 22400319475328460013202 Yes Assistant Prof., Golestan Research Center of Psychiatry (GRCP), Golestan University of Medical Sciences, Gorgan, Iran. Golestan University of Medical Sciences