Internet addiction prevalence and associated factors among secondary-level private school students in urban Nepal: a cross-sectional study.

ABSTRACT:

Objective

To estimate the prevalence of internet addiction and its associated factors among secondary-level private school students in an urban municipality in Nepal.

Design

Cross sectional.

Setting

Private schools in Budhanilkantha Municipality, Kathmandu District in Nepal.

Participants

376 secondary-level (grades 9-12) school students.

Outcome measures

Internet addiction prevalence was the primary outcome measure. We conducted a cross-sectional survey using a self-administered structured questionnaire containing information on participants' sociodemographic profile, technological factors associated with internet use along with Young's internet addiction test, insomnia severity index and depression anxiety stress scales to assess internet addiction and

SUBMITTER: Gautam P 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11551995 | biostudies-literature | 2024 Nov

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature