Internet use and addiction among medical students of Universiti Sultan Zainal Abidin,Malaysia

The use of Internet has now become indispensable, and the technology has revolutionized the medical education and practice worldwide. Currently, medical students and professionals have an enormous opportunity to keep them always updated with the exponential growth of knowledge because of potential...

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Main Authors:	Haque, Mainul, A.Rahman, Nor Azlina, Majumder, M Anwarul Azim, Haque, Seraj Zohurul, M Kamal, Zubair, Islam, Zakirul, Haque, ATM Amdadul, A.Rahman, Nor Iza, Alattraqchi, Ahmed Ghazi
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Subjects:	RA Public aspects of medicine
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spelling	iium-529822017-02-28T08:26:35Z http://irep.iium.edu.my/52982/ Internet use and addiction among medical students of Universiti Sultan Zainal Abidin,Malaysia Haque, Mainul A.Rahman, Nor Azlina Majumder, M Anwarul Azim Haque, Seraj Zohurul M Kamal, Zubair Islam, Zakirul Haque, ATM Amdadul A.Rahman, Nor Iza Alattraqchi, Ahmed Ghazi RA Public aspects of medicine The use of Internet has now become indispensable, and the technology has revolutionized the medical education and practice worldwide. Currently, medical students and professionals have an enormous opportunity to keep them always updated with the exponential growth of knowledge because of potential progression of Internet throughout the world that enables them to become a lifelong learner. Internet addiction is a widespread phenomenon among students and academicians at universities in Malaysia. Students use the Internet for recreational purpose and personal and professional development. The Internet has become an integral part of day-to-day life of the university students, including medical students. The aim of the present study was to examine the Internet use and addiction among students of Universiti Sultan Zainal Abidin, Malaysia. Methods: This was a cross-sectional study in which a questionnaire, Internet Addiction Diagnostic Questionnaire, developed by the Center for Internet Addiction, USA, was used. One hundred forty-nine medical students of Universiti Sultan Zainal Abidin participated in this study. Data were analyzed using Statistical Package for the Social Sciences software. Results: The mean scores were 44.9±14.05 and 41.4±13.05 for male and female participants, espectively, which indicated that both the genders were suffering from mild Internet addiction. Conclusion: This study shows almost similar level of Internet usage among medical students irrespective of their socioeconomic background, with no statistically significant (p>0.05) differences, except among the years of study (p=0.007). Overall, from the research data and having worked with this cohort very closely, Universiti Sultan Zainal Abidin medical students can be labeled as wonted and recurring users of the Internet. Nevertheless, it is very difficult to define as Internet addicts or pathological users of the Internet because of small sample size and cross-sectional study. Dovepress 2016-11-14 Article PeerReviewed application/pdf en http://irep.iium.edu.my/52982/1/2016%20%2711%20-%20Internet%20addiction.pdf application/pdf en http://irep.iium.edu.my/52982/7/52982_Internet%20use%20and%20addiction%20among%20medical%20students_Scopus.pdf Haque, Mainul and A.Rahman, Nor Azlina and Majumder, M Anwarul Azim and Haque, Seraj Zohurul and M Kamal, Zubair and Islam, Zakirul and Haque, ATM Amdadul and A.Rahman, Nor Iza and Alattraqchi, Ahmed Ghazi (2016) Internet use and addiction among medical students of Universiti Sultan Zainal Abidin,Malaysia. Psychology Research and Behavior Management, 9. pp. 297-307. ISSN 1179-1578 https://www.dovepress.com https://doi.org/10.2147/PRBM.S119275
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spellingShingle	RA Public aspects of medicine Haque, Mainul A.Rahman, Nor Azlina Majumder, M Anwarul Azim Haque, Seraj Zohurul M Kamal, Zubair Islam, Zakirul Haque, ATM Amdadul A.Rahman, Nor Iza Alattraqchi, Ahmed Ghazi Internet use and addiction among medical students of Universiti Sultan Zainal Abidin,Malaysia
description	The use of Internet has now become indispensable, and the technology has revolutionized the medical education and practice worldwide. Currently, medical students and professionals have an enormous opportunity to keep them always updated with the exponential growth of knowledge because of potential progression of Internet throughout the world that enables them to become a lifelong learner. Internet addiction is a widespread phenomenon among students and academicians at universities in Malaysia. Students use the Internet for recreational purpose and personal and professional development. The Internet has become an integral part of day-to-day life of the university students, including medical students. The aim of the present study was to examine the Internet use and addiction among students of Universiti Sultan Zainal Abidin, Malaysia. Methods: This was a cross-sectional study in which a questionnaire, Internet Addiction Diagnostic Questionnaire, developed by the Center for Internet Addiction, USA, was used. One hundred forty-nine medical students of Universiti Sultan Zainal Abidin participated in this study. Data were analyzed using Statistical Package for the Social Sciences software. Results: The mean scores were 44.9±14.05 and 41.4±13.05 for male and female participants, espectively, which indicated that both the genders were suffering from mild Internet addiction. Conclusion: This study shows almost similar level of Internet usage among medical students irrespective of their socioeconomic background, with no statistically significant (p>0.05) differences, except among the years of study (p=0.007). Overall, from the research data and having worked with this cohort very closely, Universiti Sultan Zainal Abidin medical students can be labeled as wonted and recurring users of the Internet. Nevertheless, it is very difficult to define as Internet addicts or pathological users of the Internet because of small sample size and cross-sectional study.
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author	Haque, Mainul A.Rahman, Nor Azlina Majumder, M Anwarul Azim Haque, Seraj Zohurul M Kamal, Zubair Islam, Zakirul Haque, ATM Amdadul A.Rahman, Nor Iza Alattraqchi, Ahmed Ghazi
author_facet	Haque, Mainul A.Rahman, Nor Azlina Majumder, M Anwarul Azim Haque, Seraj Zohurul M Kamal, Zubair Islam, Zakirul Haque, ATM Amdadul A.Rahman, Nor Iza Alattraqchi, Ahmed Ghazi
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title	Internet use and addiction among medical students of Universiti Sultan Zainal Abidin,Malaysia
title_short	Internet use and addiction among medical students of Universiti Sultan Zainal Abidin,Malaysia
title_full	Internet use and addiction among medical students of Universiti Sultan Zainal Abidin,Malaysia
title_fullStr	Internet use and addiction among medical students of Universiti Sultan Zainal Abidin,Malaysia
title_full_unstemmed	Internet use and addiction among medical students of Universiti Sultan Zainal Abidin,Malaysia
title_sort	internet use and addiction among medical students of universiti sultan zainal abidin,malaysia
publisher	Dovepress
publishDate	2016
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Internet use and addiction among medical students of Universiti Sultan Zainal Abidin,Malaysia

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