Problematic Internet Use and Its Correlates Among Students from Three Medical Schools Across Three Countries

Balhara, Yatan Pal Singh; Gupta, Rishab; Atilola, Olayinka; Knez, Rajna; Mohorović, Tonka; Gajdhar, Wamique; Javed, Ahmed O.; Lal, Rakesh

doi:10.1007/s40596-015-0379-9

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“…Previous literature [1,16,28,36,38,39] support our results that using internet for social media browsing, checking e-mail, entertainment, and shopping, were significantly associated with IA. Besides, supported by the findings of previous studies we found that medical students who used the internet for social media browsing were at a higher risk of IA than those who did not [24,33] .…”

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“…These findings can be explained by the nature of social media which provides a means for social interaction and establishment of social relations. On the other hand, IA was found to be inversely associated with using internet for scientific research, which is supported by the findings of Kormas et al [36] , while Balhara et al [38] and Prievara et al [39] found no significant association between IA and the use of internet for academic research purpose.…”

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confidence: 52%

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Internet addiction among medical students of Sohag University, Egypt

Ali

Mohammed

Aly

2017

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Internet addiction among medical students of Sohag University, Egypt

Ali

Mohammed

Aly

2017

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“…Only a small fraction (0.5%) of students scored in the severe level of adiciton. 4 A meta-analysis of 31 nations across seven world regions using data set derived from 80 reports including 89,281 participants showed a global prevalence estimate of 6.0%. The highest prevalence was in the Middle East with 10.9%, and the lowest was in Northern and Western Europe with 2.6% of users having internet addiction.…”

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Problematic Internet Use Among Indian Adolescents: Finding From a Sample of Undergraduate Students

Bhat¹,

Cherian²,

Thomas³

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BACKGROUND There is paucity of data related excessive or problematic internet use among young adults in India. METHOD The sample consisted of 1763 undergraduate students of various faculties across the city of Mangalore, Karnataka. The study was approved by Nitte University Institutional Ethics Committee and permission was sought from the concerned colleges. Students were cross-sectionally assessed with a specially constructed semi-structured proforma, SRQ-20 (WHO) and The Internet Addiction Test (IAT; Young, 1998), which was self-administered by the students after giving them brief instructions. Subjects were classified into mild users, moderate users, and addicts for comparison. RESULTS Of the 1763 participants who took part in the study, 64.4% (n=1136) were female and 35.6% (n=627) were males. The mean age of participants was 19.73±1.4 years. About 54.56% of total participants were using internet for more than 4 years. As per the Young's original criteria, about 10.4% were moderate problematic user and 0.8% was found to severe problematic user. However, 35.5% of participant felt that they are addicted to internet. 54.8% used it for multiple times in a day. 63.8% were using mobile phone internet. Significant correlation between IAT scores and SRQ scores indicates that higher the internet use higher is the physical and psychological problems. CONCLUSION Our result shows that problematic internet user among young adults is prevalent and this population might be at risk of addiction. It indicates that there higher need to design an intervention and treatments for this susceptible group.

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“…Based on scoring subjects would be classi ed into normal users (0-30), mild (31-49), moderate (50-79) and severe (80-100) internet addiction groups. Mild addiction, moderate addiction, and severe addiction were considered as having an internet addiction (29)(30)(31). YIAT20 showed that it is more reliable in University students.…”

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Prevalence and related factors of internet addiction among undergraduate university students in Ethiopia. A community university-based cross-sectional study

Zenebe

Kunno

Mekonnen

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Background Globally, more than three billion people use the internet daily with young people being the most common users. Internet addiction among university students in Ethiopia has not been studied. Objectives The main objective of this study was to assess the prevalence and related factors of internet addiction among Wollo university students in Ethiopia. Methods A community university-based cross-sectional study was conducted among Wollo University students from April 10 to May 10, 2019. A total of six hundred three students were participated in the study using a pilot tested and self-administered structured questionnaire. A multistage cluster sampling was adopted for this study. In the first stage, by the use of lottery method, two colleges (College of medicine and health sciences, and College of natural sciences, and one school (school of law)) were selected. In the second stage, 18 departments were selected from the colleges and school. The Young’s Internet Addiction Test instrument was used to assess the level of internet addiction. Results Generally, the prevalence of internet addiction (IA) among the current internet users was 85% (n=466) with 55.7%(n=305) mild internet addiction, 27.9% (n=153) moderate internet addiction and 1.5% (n= 8) severe internet addiction. In multivariable logistic regression analysis, spending more time on the internet (adjusted odds ratio (AOR) = 10.13, 95%CI: 1.33-77.00)), having mental distress (AOR = 2.69, 95%CI: 1.02-7.06), playing online games (AOR = 2.40, 95%CI: 1.38-4.18), current khat chewing (AOR = 3.34, 95%CI: 1.14-9.83) and current alcohol use (AOR = 2.32, 95%CI: 1.09-4.92) were positively related to internet addiction. Using the internet for more than twelve months (AOR = 0.42, 95%CI: 0.18-0.96) and using the internet by mobile internet (AOR = 0.40, 95%CI: 0.20-0.83) were negatively related to internet addiction. Conclusions The current study documents a high prevalence of internet addiction among Wollo University students. Factors independently associated with internet addiction were using the internet greater than five hours daily, having mental distress, playing online games, current khat chewing and current alcohol use. So, we advise that higher institutions should establish prevention programs focus on educating students about emotional regulation skills and the harmful effects of substance use to minimize internet addiction.

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Problematic Internet Use and Its Correlates Among Students from Three Medical Schools Across Three Countries

Abstract: It is important to address problematic internet use among medical students. The correlates can help identify those at increased risk.

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Internet addiction among medical students of Sohag University, Egypt

Internet addiction among medical students of Sohag University, Egypt

Problematic Internet Use Among Indian Adolescents: Finding From a Sample of Undergraduate Students

Prevalence and related factors of internet addiction among undergraduate university students in Ethiopia. A community university-based cross-sectional study

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