Internet use and its addiction level in medical students.

ABSTRACT:

Objective

To compare the Internet addiction levels between male and female medical students.

Methods

One hundred medical students (male: 50, female: 50) aged 17-30 years were included in a cross-sectional study. A standardized questionnaire was used to assess their Internet addiction level. Additionally, a self-designed questionnaire was used to identify the various purposes of Internet use among the students. The Internet addiction score (based on the Internet Addiction Test) was compared between male and female students by using the Mann-Whitney U test (p≤0.05). After knowing their addiction level, we interviewed students to know if Internet use had any bad/good impact on their life.

Results

The Internet Addiction Test scores obtained by the students w

SUBMITTER: Upadhayay N 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC5624599 | biostudies-literature | 2017

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature