Pattern of Smart Phone and Internet Usage among Medical Students in Surat, Gujarat – A Cross Sectional Study
Journal Title: National Journal of Community Medicine - Year 2018, Vol 9, Issue 7
Abstract
Background: Advent of mobile and internet has been most important technological advancement of the century. About 60 percent of internet users in India access internet via their smart phones. Objective: To study the pattern of smart phone, internet usage, its per-ception and addiction among medi-cal students. Methods: Cross-sectional study, conducted among medical students of Government Medical College, Su-rat. A semi-structured proforma along with Young's Internet Addic-tion scale was used. Results: Of 313 participants, 51.4% were male & 48.6% were female. Majority of them were using smart phone. Majority were using internet on smart phone. Social networking (65.2 %) was the most common purpose, 53.7 % using internet for 1 to 3 hours daily. About (48.6 %) felt addicted to internet. Porn was watched by 34.8 % on mobile; while 11.2 % feels addicted to watching porn material. According to Young’s Internet Addiction scale, 59.1 % average online users, 23.3 % less than average online users, 17.3 % possible addict and 0.3 % addicted to internet. Conclusion: Although some partic-ipants were using smartphone for academic literature search, majority were using it for social networking. About half of the participants felt addicted to internet.
Authors and Affiliations
Rahul Damor, Sukesha Gamit, Anjali Modi, Jayant Patel, J. K. Kosambiya
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