Objective　To understand the current situation of smartphone addiction and mental health of medical freshmen

and conduct research on the relationship between smartphone addiction and mental health

so as to provide evidence for the prevention and intervention of smartphone addiction among medical freshmen. Methods　A stratified random sampling method was used to select 279 freshmen in the medical profession of Binzhou Medical University as the research objects

and the revised smartphone addiction scale (SAS-C) and mental health symptom self-rating checklist scale (SCL-90) were selected for testing. SPSS 19.0 was used for t test. Results　A percentage of 29.71 medical freshmen had smartphone addiction problems

which was generally above average. The SCL-90 total scores and the scores of somatization

interpersonal sensitivity

depression

anxiety

hostility

psychosis and other factors in the smartphone addiction group were significantly higher than those in non-smartphone addiction group. The total score of smartphone addiction in medical professional freshmen was significantly correlated with the total score of SCL-90. In addition to the interference factors of daily life

other factors had positive correlation with various factors of SCL-90. Interpersonal sensitivity and obsessive-compulsive symptoms had a significant predictive effect on smartphone addiction ( ?茁=0.24

0.26

P < 0.01)

which were important variables affecting mobile phone addiction of medical freshmen. Conclusion　Many medical freshmen have the problem of smartphone addiction

which may cause a series of psychological problems

especially obsessive-compulsive symptoms

interpersonal sensitivity

anxiety and psychosis.