The Worldwide Prevalence of Internet Addiction among Medical Students: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis.

ABSTRACT:

Background

The internet helps us obtain necessary information, facilitates social communication, and provides access to entertainment content. The internet can also lead to the behavioral addictive condition termed internet addiction (IA) if used excessively. As active internet users, medical students are susceptible to IA, which is known to lead to depression and improper medical care delivery, poor academic performance, worse sleep quality, and undesirable financial issues. This systematic review and meta-analysis aimed to assess medical students' pooled IA prevalence.

Methods

The analysis included thirteen cross-sectional studies involving 4787 medical students. Cumulative, subgroup, and meta-regression meta-analyses were applied, using the random-effects model and the re

SUBMITTER: Salpynov Z 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11430859 | biostudies-literature | 2024 Aug

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature