Social networking and fear of missing out (FOMO) among medical students at University of Khartoum, Sudan 2021.

ABSTRACT:

Background

With students becoming more involved in the internet and social networking sites, they become more prone to their consequences. This study focuses on measuring the social networking intensity and the fear of missing out among the medical students of University of Khartoum, then examining the association between them.

Methods

Facility-based, descriptive, cross-sectional study was conducted at Faculty of Medicine, Khartoum University between January and March 2021. A total of 333 students were selected by simple random sampling. Data was collected from the participants using a structured self-administered questionnaire that involved the social networking intensity (SNI) scale and fear of missing out (FOMO) scale. The data was analyzed by the Statistical Package for

SUBMITTER: Mohammed AAA 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10693061 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature