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    MOBILE PHONE USE BY INPATIENTS ON AN ADOLESCENT UNIT

    1J. Bell, 1F. Finlay, 2A. Baverstock. 1Community Child Health, Bath, UK, 2Community Child Health, Taunton, Somerset, UK

    Aims: To ascertain the use of mobile phones by young people on the adolescent unit, and obtain the views of both adolescents and nursing staff on the use of mobile phones while in hospital.

    Methods: A pre-piloted questionnaire was given to 50 adolescents admitted consecutively to the adolescent unit of a district general hospital, over a 4-week period. A separate questionnaire was given to nine members of the nursing team over the same time period.

    Results: In the young people survey the age range was 12–17 years. 80% of them had access to a mobile phone while on the ward. Of those who did not have a phone in hospital, 90% owned one but had left it at home. 30% were told they could use a mobile phone on the ward. 75% had made calls or sent texts from their phone on the ward. The reasons given for not using …

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