A Cross-Sectional Study on the Prevalence, Risk Factors, and Ill Effects of Internet Addiction Among Medical Students in Northeastern India

Nath, Kamal; Naskar, Subrata; Victor, Robin

doi:10.4088/pcc.15m01909

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“…6,7 Finding in our study indicate growing trends for internet addiction, one of reasons may be free internet access, large blocks of free time, courses that require its use and the sudden freedom from parental control and monitoring.…”

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Internet addiction, behavioural aspects, and health related problems associated with it: a cross sectional study among engineering students of Jabalpur district

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Background: With the rise of new generation gadgets, the risk of “internet addiction” is emerging as a significant behavioral addiction pandemic to be tackled worldwide. Internet addiction can be defined as an impulse disorder. Objective of the study was to determines the level of Internet addiction in Students. To identify the behavioural and any health-related problems associated with internet addiction among students.Methods: This study was a cross sectional study carried out in 7 different engineering colleges of Jabalpur city during the period of 1st July 2016 to 30th September 2016.Results: In present study the prevalence of internet addiction was found to be 74 %. 26 % of the participants were found with no internet addictions whereas 55 % and 17.67 % of the participants were found to be mild and moderate addicted whereas only 1.33 % of the participants were severely addicted to internet addiction. Participant who has internet addiction has 84.8 % of yelling and annoying behavior while 86.5 % participants with internet addiction have secretive and defensive behavior. Association was found to be highly significant (p = <0.001). Ill effects like problem related to eye have significant effect on the participants with internet addiction i.e. 66.17 %. Association of problem related to eye problems with internet addiction was significant with the p = 0.02.Conclusions: The problem is alarming and progressing to an addictive state in the near future Interventions like setting boundaries and detecting early warning signs of underlying psychopathology at the earliest are required

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“…Sample size of 394 was calculated by using formula-Z 2 PQ/L 2 , P= 53% was considered from previous study and afterward 10% non-respondent rate was also added. [6][7][8][9][10] The final sample comes to a total of 434 engineering students. After getting the sample size, listing of all 17 engineering colleges in Jabalpur city was done.…”

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“…The questionnaire had 3 parts, Part I: socio-demographic characteristics and pattern of internet use; Part II: Validated Internet Addiction Test (IAT) questionnaire, 8 and PartIII: Validated Depression, Anxiety and Stress Scales (DASS 21). 8,9 Data were collected by a self-administered questionnaire in every school. In every school, a health teacher or counselor was trained regarding the process of data collection and administration of the questionnaire.…”

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“…a combination of moderately and severely addicted. 8,9 As part of qualitative component, total of 13 students were conveniently selected among those who were found to be addicted to internet (i.e. score of>49 on IAT) and those who consented for the interview.…”

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Internet Addiction among Secondary School Adolescents: A Mixed Methods Study

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Introduction: Excessive use of internet can lead to "Internet Addiction". A sharp rise in the number of internet users among adolescents in Bhutan have been observed lately which could have potential side-effects on their health. The aim of this study was to find the prevalence of internet addiction and psychological co-morbidities among the secondary school-going adolescents. Methods: This is a descriptive cross-sectional quan-qual sequential mixed method design with a quantitative component and qualitative component. The study was conducted between 1st May and 30st November 2017 conducted in twelve schools across Bhutan after taking ethical clearance was from Research Ethics Board of Health of Bhutan. Data were doubleentered in EpiData Entry, validated and imported into STATA version 12.0 for analysis. Point estimate at 95% CI was calculated along with frequency and proportion for binary data. Results: Among 721 adolescents from twelve selected schools, prevalence of internet addiction was 248 (34.440%) at , 95% Confidence Interval (31-38%). Out of A total of 586 (81%) preferred smartphone for internet use with 388 (54%) actually using it. Depression and anxietywere the associated psychological co-morbidities seen along with internet addiction. Internet addiction was high among those using internet at home, using smartphone for internet access, social networking and night time internet use were associated with internet addiction. Boredom, stress/anxiety and peer pressure were triggers of internet use. Internet addiction also affected academic performance, social interactions and sleep. Conclusions: Prevalence of internet addiction among adolescents in Bhutan is high comparing to previous standard data which requires immediate attention.

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“…This prevalence reported in comparative in the region actually reported varying rates ranging from 8.1% to 25.5%. 6,7,13,14 This possible reasons for such variation could be attributed to different setting, cultural context and environment and of course when the study was conducted. Further, this study found that inverse correlation between internet addiction score and mental wellbeing which is similar to the other studies.…”

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Prevalence of Internet Addiction and Associated Psychological Co-morbidities among College Students in Bhutan

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J Nepal Med Assoc

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Introduction: Globally 3.5 billion people have access to internet and most of them are young adults and adolescents. In South Asia, Bhutan has the highest proportion of population with internet access at 37% in 2016. Many studies in Asia have reported significantly high level of internet addiction among college going students. In this light, this study was designed to estimate the prevalence of internet addiction and other co-morbidities. Methods: This cross sectional study included 823 first year and final year students aged 18-24 from six colleges in Bhutan. A self-administered questionnaire consisting of three parts was utilized for data collection. The data was entered and validated in Epidata and analyzed using STATA/IC 14. Results: The prevalence of moderate and severe internet addiction was 282 (34.3%) and 10 (1%) respectively. Positive correlations between internet addiction and psychological well-being (r= 0.331 95% CI: 0.269, 0.390), between Internet Addiction score and years of internet usage (r=0.104 95% CI: 0.036, 0.171), age and years of using internet (r= 0.8 95% CI: 0.012, 0.148) were observed. The commonest mode of internet use was martphone 714 (86.8%). The use of computer laboratory (aPR 0.80, 95%CI: 0.66, 0.96) and internet use for news and educational purposes (aPR 0.76, 95%CI: 0.64, 0.9) showed protective effects. Conclusions: The prevalence of internet addiction is high among the college going students in Bhutan. This warrants timely interventions to address the problems of internet addiction.

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A Cross-Sectional Study on the Prevalence, Risk Factors, and Ill Effects of Internet Addiction Among Medical Students in Northeastern India

Cited by 35 publications

References 14 publications

Internet addiction, behavioural aspects, and health related problems associated with it: a cross sectional study among engineering students of Jabalpur district

Internet addiction, behavioural aspects, and health related problems associated with it: a cross sectional study among engineering students of Jabalpur district

Internet Addiction among Secondary School Adolescents: A Mixed Methods Study

Prevalence of Internet Addiction and Associated Psychological Co-morbidities among College Students in Bhutan

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