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INTRODUCTION: Mobile phone dependence has become an emerging public health problem. Thiscross‑sectional study was conducted to find out the mobile phone involvement and dependenceamong undergraduate medical students in a Medical College of West Bengal, India.MATERIALS AND METHODS: A study was conducted at IQ City Medical College, Durgapur, DistrictBurdwan, West Bengal, India, during July–August 2015 among 252 undergraduate medical students.Involvement and dependence were elicited by mobile phone involvement questionnaire (MPIQ) andmobile phone dependence questionnaire (MPDQ), respectively. Statistical Package for the SocialSciences (SPSS) software (version 19.0) was used for analysis.RESULTS: About 14.9% of students were being highly involved with their mobile phone. Themean score of MPIQ was greatest in domain 5, i.e. euphoria followed by domain 2, i.e. behavioralsalience and then domain 4, i.e. conflict with other activities. About 19.4% of males and 11.1% offemales had high dependence. Mean MPDQ score was higher among males, though it was notsignificant statistically. Sex, total recharge, and total hours spent on mobile phone could explainbetween 2.2% and 3.8% variance of the presence of dependence in binary logistic regression. Totalrecharge (adjusted odds ratio 1.144) and total hours spent on mobile (adjusted odds ratio 1.135)were positively associated with the presence of dependence.CONCLUSION: Many students were highly involved and dependent on mobile phone and they hadalready been experiencing some health‑related problems. There is a need to identify students havinghigh involvement and dependence so as to generate adequate awareness and plan educational ortreatment interventions accordingly.