Background: Internet has become an integral part of our life and internet addiction is a growing problem affecting many spheres of our lives. Considering the potential negative effects of internet addiction on health this study aims to study the prevalence and pattern of Internet addiction among medical students by using Internet Addiction Test in Nagpur.Methods: The cross‑sectional study was conducted in 488 medical students in year 2016. Data was collected by using semi structured proforma including socio-demographic variables and Young’s 20-item Internet Addiction Test (IAT) questionnaire. Statistical analysis done by Epi info 7.1 and SPSS (20).Results: Prevalence of internet addiction by using Young’s original criteria was 3.68%. Internet addiction was significantly more common in males than females (p<0.05). This study reveals that according to IAT score, (61.47%) were average users, (34.83%) were possible addicts and (3.68%) were addicts. Chi square test is applied between average users and addicts, was found to be statistically significant (p<0.01). There was no statistically significant difference in the mean of total IAT scores between male and female students (p=0.27) and F statistics is applied between mean value of three groups (i.e. Average users, Possible addict and addict) was found to be statistically significant (<0.0001).Conclusions: Prevalence of internet addiction was 3.68% with male predominance indicate that internet addiction is growing problem. Prevalence of possible addict was also alarming which was 34.83%. Early recognition of internet addiction and appropriate preventive measures should be taken.

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Introduction: The COVID-19 pandemic has a profound impact on all aspects of the lives of societies in the world. Quality of life is a measure that can express a person’s well-being in a pandemic situation. There is very less information about the impact of COVID-19 pandemic on the quality of life. Thus, the objective is to assess the impact of COVID-19 pandemic on quality of life among the employed population and to study the change in lifestyle related factors contributing to quality of life. Methodology: Cross sectional web-based study was conducted from December 2020 - May 2021 among ≥18 years of study participants. Convenient sampling method was used. Data analysis was done using Epi info software 7.2.2 version. Results: A total 252 study participants completed the study. The impact of COVID-19 pandemic was severe on physical domain 114(43.51%) and on psychological domain 20(7.63%). Overall impact of COVID-19 pandemic on quality of life was moderate 136(51.91%). 234(89.31%) participants responded that there was excellent change in lifestyle related practices. Conclusion: COVID-19 pandemic had overall moderate impact on quality of life in our study subjects, along with excellent change in lifestyle related practices. These findings would need to be verified in larger population.

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