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EPA-0668 - The Prevalence and Socio-Demographic Correlates of Internet Addiction Among Medical Students

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  15 April 2020

A. Ibrahim  and
I. Fouad
A. Ibrahim
Affiliation:
Public Health, Assiut University, Asyut, Egypt
I. Fouad
Affiliation:
Public Health, Assiut University, Asyut, Egypt

Abstract

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Background:

Excessive problematic use of the internet has been a topic of discussion in the academic literature for many years. Problematic internet use (PIU) has been grown world-wide about 2 billion users.

Aim:

The aim of this study is to explore the characters of internet use among the medical students, and discover the prevalence of internet mal use and its risk factors.

Methods:

A cross-sectional study of 321 medical students at Assiut University Medical School using the Internet Addiction Scale was carried out.

Results:

The current study found that the most important correlates for Internet Addiction among Assiut Medical Students were mother's education, sex, residence, suicidal ideation.

Conclusion:

Internet Addiction is an important behavioral disorder affecting medical students and may interfere with their normal life and studies.

Keywords

Internet AddictionMedical StudentsSuicide
Type
EPW33 - Addictive Behaviours 3
Information
European Psychiatry , Volume 29 , Issue S1: Abstracts of the 22nd European Congress of Psychiatry , 2014 , pp. 1
Copyright
Copyright © European Psychiatric Association 2014
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