Impact of social media on the academic performance of undergraduate medical students.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Social media has become an integral part in the life of every individual in the 21st century. Social media addiction in the younger age group is a major problem. The objective of this study was to find a correlation between academic performance and social media use.

Methods

This was a cross-sectional questionnaire-based study conducted in a medical school over a period of 3 months (Nov 2018-Jan 2019), where 400 medical undergraduates who use social media participated in the study. Data collected from the questionnaire included the academic performance in terms of university examination marks, the duration of social media use per day and the social media addiction score. Data correlation was done using the Pearson's correlation factor.

Results

41.5% of stude

SUBMITTER: Bhandarkar AM 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7873710 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Feb

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature