Association between Asthma and Internet Addiction Status in Korean Adolescents.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Problematic Internet addiction (IA) has been shown to be associated with a variety of psychological comorbidities, but its relationship with adolescent asthma has not yet been investigated in detail.

Methods

We analyzed 18,473 adolescent patients with physician-diagnosed asthma and 205,069 non-asthmatic adolescent patients from the Korean Youth Risk Behavior Web-based Survey. Socioeconomic factors, health behavior factors, psychological factors, and IA status were assessed using the Korean Internet Addiction Proneness Scale. Multiple logistic regression analysis was performed, with adjustment for multiple cofounders, to explore the association between IA and adolescent asthma.

Results

Comparison between the adolescent asthma group and non-adolescent asthma

SUBMITTER: Han CH 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7947535 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Feb

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature