Internet Addiction in Greek Medical Students: an Online Survey

Tsimtsiou, Zoi; Haidich, Anna‐Bettina; Spachos, Dimitris; Kokkali, Stamatia; Bamidis, Panagiotis D.; Dardavesis, Theodoros; Arvanitidou, Malamatenia

doi:10.1007/s40596-014-0273-x

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“…Interestingly, the prevalence of possible IA in our study was found to be higher than those of IA observed by similar studies in Chile (11.5%) [14], Iran (10.8%) [15], and Greece (5.6%) [16]. In contrast, a study in Nepal reported almost twice the prevalence of possible IA in Thailand (44.6%) [13].…”

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confidence: 83%

“…Nevertheless, losing control of its use can result in negative consequences, such as difficulty completing assignments, sleep deprivation, and poor academic performance [4,13]. Indeed, recent surveys from various countries have reported the prevalence of IA in medical students to be ranging from 5.5–44.6% [13–16]. The affected group reported more emotional symptoms [14] and also appeared to have poorer academic performance as well as lower quality of life in the domain of physical, psychological, and social relation compared to non-affected group.…”

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Association between Internet addiction and depression in Thai medical students at Faculty of Medicine, Ramathibodi Hospital

Boonvisudhi

Kuladee

2017

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ObjectiveTo study the extent of Internet addiction (IA) and its association with depression in Thai medical students.MethodsA cross-sectional study was conducted at Faculty of Medicine, Ramathibodi Hospital. Participants were first- to fifth-year medical students who agreed to participate in this study. Demographic characteristics and stress-related factors were derived from self-rated questionnaires. Depression was assessed using the Thai version of Patient Health Questionnaire (PHQ-9). A total score of five or greater derived from the Thai version of Young Diagnostic Questionnaire for Internet Addiction was classified as “possible IA”. Then chi-square test and logistic regression were used to evaluate the associations between possible IA, depression and associated factors.ResultsFrom 705 participants, 24.4% had possible IA and 28.8% had depression. There was statistically significant association between possible IA and depression (odds ratio (OR) 1.92, 95% confidence interval (CI): 1.34–2.77, P-value <0.001). Logistic regression analysis illustrated that the odds of depression in possible IA group was 1.58 times of the group of normal Internet use (95% CI: 1.04–2.38, P-value = 0.031). Academic problems were found to be a significant predictor of both possible IA and depression.ConclusionIA was likely to be a common psychiatric problem among Thai medical students. The research has also shown that possible IA was associated with depression and academic problems. We suggest that surveillance of IA should be considered in medical schools.

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Association between Internet addiction and depression in Thai medical students at Faculty of Medicine, Ramathibodi Hospital

Boonvisudhi

Kuladee

2017

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“…This finding corresponds with studies among students in Greece, India, Iran and Mexico (cf. Khadzaei et al, 2017;Capetillo-Ventura & Juárez-Treviño, 2015;Kawa & Shafi, 2015;Tsimtsiou et al, 2015;Kalaitzaki & Birtchnell, 2014;Salehi et al, 2014). The present study flagged a relatively high prevalence of two constructs of PIU, namely 'escape from problems' and 'loss of control'.…”

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Internet use among university students: A reason for concern?

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“…For the first time, IA disorder was defined as a behavioral addiction by Goldberg which was taken from drug dependency (2). Today, everyone is at risk of IA and youth and university students are at high risk of over-use of the Internet (9).…”

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“…Medical students have more specific features because they have to study for long hours (9). Given that medical students are at greater risk of IA, which has large effects on mental health of students, this study was performed to evaluate Internet addiction and mental health among medical sciences collegians in southeast of Iran.…”

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Evaluation of Internet Addiction and Mental Health Among Medical Sciences Students in the Southeast of Iran

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Background: Today, the prevalence of Internet Addiction (IA) is increasing among college students and the mental health of students is reduced with the increasing severity of IA. Objectives: The aim of this study was to evaluate IA and mental health among medical sciences students in the southeast of Iran. Materials and Methods: This cross-sectional study was carried out on 417 students of Zahedan University of Medical Sciences, Zahedan, Southeast of Iran, during year 2016. The participants were recruited through a two-stage stratified sampling method. The data collection was done using Young Internet Addiction Test (YIAT) and Goldberg General Health (GHQ) standard questionnaires. Data analysis were performed by ANOVA, Pearson correlation, chi-square, and logistic regression tests using SPSS software for Windows version 16. Results: The overall prevalence of IA in students was 27.56% (95% CI: 21.3 to 30.8). The prevalence of IA was 15.82% (95% CI: 11.3 to

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Internet Addiction in Greek Medical Students: an Online Survey

Abstract: This is the first IA prevalence study in a European medical school. Early-detection systems and other ways to help students with pathological behaviors should be developed.

Cited by 41 publications

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Association between Internet addiction and depression in Thai medical students at Faculty of Medicine, Ramathibodi Hospital

Association between Internet addiction and depression in Thai medical students at Faculty of Medicine, Ramathibodi Hospital

Internet use among university students: A reason for concern?

Evaluation of Internet Addiction and Mental Health Among Medical Sciences Students in the Southeast of Iran

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