Knowledge, attitude, behavior, and practice of study on assessment of social networking among students and its impact on them

Asaithambi, Anupriya; Subramanian, Manivelan; Venkatesan, Sarayu; Elakkuvan, Parthiban; Thirumalaikolundusubramanian, Ponniah; Ramanathan, Meenakshi; Alagappan, Uma

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“…One hundred thirty (65%) students have installed medical apps, while 70 (35%) students have not installed any medical apps which include Medscape, PGMED, USMLE and others. 2 The most common purpose of Internet use was educational for two-thirds of 312 participants (62.5%) at Chandigarh. The five most commonly endorsed items were as follows: the need to use the Internet everyday (53.8%), Internet use helping to overcome bad moods (50%), staying online longer than one originally intends to (43.3%), eating while surfing (24%), and physical activity going down since one has started using the Internet (22.1%).…”

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“…Online social networking and Internet communication is current trend among both adolescents and young adults. 2 Internet has helped the student community to share ideas, search for knowledge, lecture notes, experiences, perform many routine activities like purchasing tickets, ordering books, banking, video calling and other entertainment activities. Moreover, it's a platform where they can gain ABSTRACT Background: Among students worldwide, internet addiction is becoming a major problem.…”

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Internet usage among medical students: prevalence, addiction and health issues

Raveendran

Jose

Jacob³

et al. 2021

Int J Community Med Public Health

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Background: Among students worldwide, internet addiction is becoming a major problem. As the number of internet users continue to grow explosively, social networking too grows exponentially. Therefore, it is important to study internet behaviour patterns. The aim of the study was to estimate the prevalence and characteristics of internet usage, addiction among medical students.Methods: A cross-sectional study was done among 227 medical students. Students aged between 17-24 years was selected by simple random sampling technique from the college. A self-administered questionnaire was used. It includes questions pertaining to sociodemographic status, attitude, practice based and Young’s internet addiction test.Results: The prevalence of internet addiction was 59%.113 (49.8%) students were average online users (mild addiction), 19 (8.4%) students were experiencing occasional and frequent problems (moderate addiction) and 2 (0.8%) severely addicted students Most of the study population initiated internet use between the ages of 16 -18 years, 89 (39%). Our study revealed that 196 (86.3%) students were using internet for educational purposes, 135 (59.5%) for entertainment and 189 (83.2%) for socialising. Headache was the commonest health problem 102 (44%) followed by sleep disturbances in 40 (17.6%), back pain in 14 (6.1%) and anxiety, stress, visual difficulties in 29 (15%) students.Conclusions: This research provides an insight into the current trend towards usage of the internet for academic as well as non-academic purposes among medical students. Health issues are a long term concern which need to be addressed on a war footing. Ergonomically placed interventional strategies are pertinent as a primary level of prevention.

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Internet usage among medical students: prevalence, addiction and health issues

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Jacob³

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Int J Community Med Public Health

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Knowledge, Attitude, and Practices of Undergraduate Medical Students Regarding the Use of Social Media for Educational Purposes: A Crosssectional, Observational Study in a Tertiary Care Medical Institution in the Eastern Zone of India

AGNIDIPA SANYAMATH,

SUHENA SARKAR,

MANAB NANDY

et al. 2024

Asian J Pharm Clin Res

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Objectives: The objective of the study was to seek knowledge, attitude, and practice of medical students toward the use of social media for their educational purposes. Materials and Methods: A questionnaire-based study has been conducted among undergraduate medical students in Medical College, Kolkata. A pre-structured questionnaire was circulated among the students and they were asked to fill it. Results: A total of 275 medical students were included in the study. Almost all the students (98.9%) were aware of social media. The frequency of using social media is seen multiple times in 66.5% of respondents and about 27.6% used social media once or twice daily. Around 42.5% of the students acknowledged that social media has helped them in improving regarding their academic performance, whereas the rest disagreed with it. Most of the students (66.9%) have agreed that social media have made their learning more interesting and simplified, thereby contributing to their educational purposes. Conclusion: We conclude from our study that the medical students informed that social media is an essential tool for acquiring information. Medical students informed that they use social media not only to amass knowledge but to improve their interprofessional communication as well.

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Knowledge, attitude, behavior, and practice of study on assessment of social networking among students and its impact on them

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Internet usage among medical students: prevalence, addiction and health issues

Internet usage among medical students: prevalence, addiction and health issues

Knowledge, Attitude, and Practices of Undergraduate Medical Students Regarding the Use of Social Media for Educational Purposes: A Crosssectional, Observational Study in a Tertiary Care Medical Institution in the Eastern Zone of India

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