Effect of internet use for health information and internet addiction on adolescents female high school’ health lifestyle

Abdrbo, Amany A.; Hassanein, Salwa

doi:10.5430/jnep.v7n12p10

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“…Also, the study indicated that Internet addiction had a significant relationship with poor sleep and depression. [16,17] A study conducted in KSA found that 38.4% and 2.1% of the participants were categorized as moderate to severe internet addiction respectively, while 64.6% of them suffering from depression compared by 35.4% without depressive symptoms. [18] In Egypt many studies found that 17% of teenagers used Facebook and 46% of them agreed that Facebook is an important part of their social life.…”

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Effect of excessive internet use in Saudi and Egyptian teenagers’ health: Comparative study

Nafee¹,

Mohammed²,

Al-Hamdan³

2018

JNEP

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Using of the internet today is a growing part of any society. Teenagers are the most users of the internet at their home and/or school. Therefore, it changes their daily lives in terms of physical, social, and psychological status that may exaggerated to be an internet addiction disorder or a physical problem. The aim of the study was to recognize the effects of excessive internet use in Saudi and Egyptian teenagers' health. The design used to conduct the present study was a descriptive correlation design, a convenient sample of 668 teenagers who were recruited from intermediate and secondary school from both countries, 331 teenagers from King Saudi Arabia (KSA) and 337 from Arab Republic of Egypt (ARE). Three tools were used for data collection: the first one was a questionnaire including demographic background of the participants and their families. The second was Internet Addiction Test (IAT) Young (1998) and the third pain rating scale to assess the intensity of musculoskeletal pain that encountered by the students. Results show that 86.6% of KSA teenagers used the internet daily compared to 69.6% in ARE. Regarding internet addiction, in teenagers, 0.9% were severe, 45.3% moderate and 47.7% mild compared to 0.3%, 46.3% and 44.2% in ARE one, 67.3% of KSA teenagers have musculoskeletal pain with internet usage compared to 74.3% in ARE teenagers. No significant relation was found between both groups in relation to internet addiction. A significant relations were found in Saudi students' socio-demographic data and their level of internet addiction in the area of academic level (p ≤ .001), and level of academic achievement (p = .037). No significant relation was found in the same area for Egyptian students. The researchers suggest further studies to be conducted in this field on larger sample size for both genders to identify the other factors related to excessive internet use.

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Effect of excessive internet use in Saudi and Egyptian teenagers’ health: Comparative study

Nafee¹,

Mohammed²,

Al-Hamdan³

2018

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“…Such studies referred both to gender differences in health-related use of the Internet [15] or social media [16] and to health-related Internet use by women in particular. [17,18] However, these studies focused primarily on health-related Internet behavior at a specific time point without addressing its sustained use.…”

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Determinants of intention to use social media for health purposes among Jewish women in Israel: A cross-sectional study

Rosenberg

Mano

Mesch

2019

JHA

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Women use the Internet more for health purposes than men, probably due to their gender socialization as caregivers. Indeed, women’s use of social media for health is not a one-time occurrence but is expected to continue for a long time to come. Hence, it is important to understand women’s future intention to use social media for health purposes. This study integrated health empowerment, health beliefs and digital inequality perspectives to explain this intention among Jewish female social media users (N = 94). The data were collected through a telephone survey. The results indicated that searching for health information on social media and cues to action are consistent predictors of women’s intention to use social media for health purposes. With the exception of marital status, no effect of socio-demographic variables was found. Health empowerment approach and health belief model are, therefore, the best predictors of future intention to use social media for health. Women should be encouraged by their communities to expand their experience with social media, since it may serve as a source of health empowerment. In addition, they must be encouraged to be more attentive to internal or external stimuli in maintaining or changing their health behavior.

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Online health information seeking and health literacy among non-medical college students: gender differences

Hassan

Masoud

2020

J Public Health (Berl.)

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Effect of internet use for health information and internet addiction on adolescents female high school’ health lifestyle

Cited by 4 publications

References 37 publications

Effect of excessive internet use in Saudi and Egyptian teenagers’ health: Comparative study

Effect of excessive internet use in Saudi and Egyptian teenagers’ health: Comparative study

Determinants of intention to use social media for health purposes among Jewish women in Israel: A cross-sectional study

Online health information seeking and health literacy among non-medical college students: gender differences

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