Internet Addiction Among Students of the Medical University of Białystok

Krajewska-Kułak, Elżbieta; Kułak, Wojciech.; Marcinkowski, Jerzy T.; Damme-Ostapowicz, Katarzyna Van; Lewko, Jolanta; Lankau, Agnieszka; Łukaszuk, Cecylia; Rozwadowska, Emilia

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“…Similarly, Ramazani and colleagues found the total prevalence of 3% for Iranian medical students (1). Similar study was conducted among students of Turkish University of Medical Sciences showing the prevalence of internet addiction is 24 (10.3%) among nursing students, 7 (9.9%) among midwifery students, 5 (9.1%) among medical rescue students and 42 (19.6%) among physiotherapy students (10, 11). It must be noted that comparing these studies is a difficult task because of differences in study populations, applied tools and differences in social and cultural contexts.…”

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Prevalence of Internet Addiction and Associated Factors Among Medical Students From Mashhad, Iran in 2013

Salehi¹,

Khalili²,

Hojjat³

et al. 2014

Iran Red Crescent Med J

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Background:Problematic internet use is on the increase and has caused serious problems in many areas. This issue seems to be more important for medical students.Objectives:This study was designed to explore the prevalence of internet addiction and its related factors among the students of Mashhad University of Medical Sciences.Materials and Methods:A cross sectional study was conducted on 383 medical students of Mashhad in 2013. Four hundred participants were selected through two-stage stratified sampling method proportional to the number of students in each stage of education. Data Collection was done through using the Chen Internet Addiction Scale (CIAS) and a checklist of demographic details and characteristics of internet usage behavior.Results:It was found that 2.1% of the studied population were at risk and 5.2% were addicted users. Chatting with new people, communicating with friends and families, and playing games were the most popular activities in these groups. The factors related to internet addiction included: male sex, stage of education, daily time spent on using internet, most frequent time of internet use, monthly cost of use, and tea consumption.Conclusions:Although our study showed the prevalence of internet addiction was not more than other populations and universities, since the prevalence of internet addiction is rapidly increasing worldwide, this population might also be at risk of addiction. Thus, focusing on related factors can help us in designing more effective interventions and treatments for this susceptible group.

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Prevalence of Internet Addiction and Associated Factors Among Medical Students From Mashhad, Iran in 2013

Salehi¹,

Khalili²,

Hojjat³

et al. 2014

Iran Red Crescent Med J

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“…In fact, IAD is likely to be influenced by cultural, social and technological factors such as the rate of global Internet access in a specific country, the use of the Internet in school activities, parents' attitudes etc.. In particular, our data are in line with those reported by other Italian studies [10,11] and also with two Polish studies that distinguished similar prevalence of IAD among adolescents and young adults [17,18]. Consistently with the results of another recent Italian study, that used an online assessment questionnaire, adolescents might be a more at-risk group than adults: "they perceive a compromised social and individual quality of their life that led them to make a compensatory usage of the Internet" [19].…”

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confidence: 82%

Internet Addiction Disorder in a Sample of 402 High School Students

Taranto¹,

Goracci²,

Bolognesi³

et al. 2015

Psychiatr Pol

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SummaryInternet Addiction Disorder can be defined as "the inability of individuals to control their Internet use, resulting in marked distress and/or functional impairment in daily life." It carries the same social aftermath of impulse control and substance misuse disorders such as loss of control, craving and withdrawal symptoms.Aim: In this paper, we aimed to assess the prevalence of IAD in an Italian sample of highschool students. We also explored the relationship between Social Phobia and IAD diagnosis; lastly, we investigated the association between IAD and substance misuse.Methods: The research was conducted in accordance with the Helsinki Declaration. Assessments administered in this study consisted of three parts: 1) collecting information about general and personal data of the subjects; 2) the Internet Addiction questionnaire proposed by Ko, composed by 9 different areas; 3) the Social Anxiety Spectrum Self-Report (SHY-SR) Lifetime Questionnaire.Results: 19 of 402 subjects (i.e. 4.7% of the sample) fulfilled the diagnostic criteria for IAD, showing a slight predominance of males. 10.9% of subjects met diagnostic criteria for a Social Phobia Spectrum disorder. Six IAD subjects (31.8%) were also diagnosed with a social phobia spectrum condition. Within the group of students diagnosed with IAD, 4 (21.05%) subjects reported current or past use of drugs.Conclusion: Our results suggest that there is a sizable population of youth already showing or at risk of developing some kind of problematic relationship with the web. Social Anxiety Disorder seems to be both a risk factor and a frequent co-morbid disorder of Internet misuse. Further studies along with shared diagnostic criteria and tools will facilitate research on treatments for these rapidly expanding and disabling conditions.

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“…It could be argued that Facebook addiction is simply one aspect of Internet addiction [10,17,23,24]. The concepts are related, but they are different.…”

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Risk of addiction to Facebook among Medical University students in Białystok, Poland

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Introduction: Facebook is the most popular socialnetworking website in the world. It is estimated that it currently has more than 350 million users worldwide. Purpose; To assess the risk of addiction to Facebook the risk of addiction to Facebook among students of the Faculty of Health Sciences at the Medical University of Białystok in Poland. Materials and methods: This study included 440 student Facebook users. The original survey, the Satisfaction with Life Scale (SWLS) as well as a Self-Assessment Test were used (FAT). Results: Twenty-seven percent of the sample have had Facebook accounts for one to two years. Fortyfive percent of the respondents had 91 to 300 Facebook friends. Ninety-four percent of the respondents reported that they do not think about Facebook when they are disconnected from it. A similar number of students reported that it is possible for people to become addicted to Facebook. Forty-seven percent of the respondents were convinced that they would be able to recognize a Facebook addict. The average number of points scored on the FAT test was 16.2 ± 21.1 points; the average on the self-assessment was 44.7 ± 20.1 points; the average on SWLS scale was 15.3 ±5.24 points. Five percent of students demonstrated features of Facebook addiction as well as low selfesteem and life satisfaction. Conclusions: Problematic use of Facebook affected a small percentage of respondents who had low self-esteem and self were dissatisfied with their lives.

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Internet Addiction Among Students of the Medical University of Białystok

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Prevalence of Internet Addiction and Associated Factors Among Medical Students From Mashhad, Iran in 2013

Prevalence of Internet Addiction and Associated Factors Among Medical Students From Mashhad, Iran in 2013

Internet Addiction Disorder in a Sample of 402 High School Students

Risk of addiction to Facebook among Medical University students in Białystok, Poland

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