The prevalence of Internet addiction and its related factors among medical students of International Islamic University Malaysia (IIUM), Kuantan Campus

Although the Internet is undeniably helpful in medical students’ life, they need to be aware of their level of internet usage and proper time management. This study measured the prevalence of Internet addiction (IA) and its related factors among year 1 to 5 medical students at International Islamic...

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Main Authors:	Swe, Swe Latt, Mohd Rus, Razman, Ab Rahman, Jamalludin, Nasreen, Hashima E, Abd. Aziz, Karimah Hanim, Pasi, Hafizah
Format:	Article
Language:	English
Published:	Malaysian Public Health Physicians' Association 2016
Subjects:	RA0421 Public health. Hygiene. Preventive Medicine
Online Access:	http://irep.iium.edu.my/52371/ http://irep.iium.edu.my/52371/ http://irep.iium.edu.my/52371/7/52371.pdf

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spelling	iium-523712017-02-21T02:33:19Z http://irep.iium.edu.my/52371/ The prevalence of Internet addiction and its related factors among medical students of International Islamic University Malaysia (IIUM), Kuantan Campus Swe, Swe Latt Mohd Rus, Razman Ab Rahman, Jamalludin Nasreen, Hashima E Abd. Aziz, Karimah Hanim Pasi, Hafizah RA0421 Public health. Hygiene. Preventive Medicine Although the Internet is undeniably helpful in medical students’ life, they need to be aware of their level of internet usage and proper time management. This study measured the prevalence of Internet addiction (IA) and its related factors among year 1 to 5 medical students at International Islamic University Malaysia. A cross-sectional study was done at Faculty of Medicine, Kuantan Campus in August 2015 among 270 medical students using a self-administered online questionnaire (Internet Addiction Test-20) with quota sampling method. Chi-square test,‘t’ test and ‘U’ test were applied to infer an association between IA and factors related to using Internet. The prevalence of normal, mild and moderate internet user were 60.9% (n=164), 36.9% (n=100) and 2.2% (n=3) respectively. Internet addiction (mild and moderate) was higher among mean (SD) age of 22.7(1.9) years old, female (61%), Year 1(27%), living in dormitory (90%), using Smartphone (72%), using Internet for 7 years and more (48%), night user (63%) and spent 2 to 5 hours per day (40%) with fast speed Internet (52%). They used the Internet for communicating with friends and family (96%), searching scientific research (84%), checking emails (81%), reading news (76%), chatting with new people (73%), and downloading films and music (64%). However, these findings were not statistically significant. High prevalence of normal Internet user and no severe IA among medical students under study is a favorable condition to instill awareness on their level of Internet usage and students should manage their time wisely by participating in other activities. Malaysian Public Health Physicians' Association 2016 Article PeerReviewed application/pdf en http://irep.iium.edu.my/52371/7/52371.pdf Swe, Swe Latt and Mohd Rus, Razman and Ab Rahman, Jamalludin and Nasreen, Hashima E and Abd. Aziz, Karimah Hanim and Pasi, Hafizah (2016) The prevalence of Internet addiction and its related factors among medical students of International Islamic University Malaysia (IIUM), Kuantan Campus. Malaysian Journal of Public Health Medicine, 16 (Supplement 4). p. 122. ISSN 1675-0306 http://www.mjphm.org.my/mjphm/journals/2016%20-%20Volume%2016%20(Suppl.%204)/2016%20-%20Volume%2016%20(Suppl.%204).pdf
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spellingShingle	RA0421 Public health. Hygiene. Preventive Medicine Swe, Swe Latt Mohd Rus, Razman Ab Rahman, Jamalludin Nasreen, Hashima E Abd. Aziz, Karimah Hanim Pasi, Hafizah The prevalence of Internet addiction and its related factors among medical students of International Islamic University Malaysia (IIUM), Kuantan Campus
description	Although the Internet is undeniably helpful in medical students’ life, they need to be aware of their level of internet usage and proper time management. This study measured the prevalence of Internet addiction (IA) and its related factors among year 1 to 5 medical students at International Islamic University Malaysia. A cross-sectional study was done at Faculty of Medicine, Kuantan Campus in August 2015 among 270 medical students using a self-administered online questionnaire (Internet Addiction Test-20) with quota sampling method. Chi-square test,‘t’ test and ‘U’ test were applied to infer an association between IA and factors related to using Internet. The prevalence of normal, mild and moderate internet user were 60.9% (n=164), 36.9% (n=100) and 2.2% (n=3) respectively. Internet addiction (mild and moderate) was higher among mean (SD) age of 22.7(1.9) years old, female (61%), Year 1(27%), living in dormitory (90%), using Smartphone (72%), using Internet for 7 years and more (48%), night user (63%) and spent 2 to 5 hours per day (40%) with fast speed Internet (52%). They used the Internet for communicating with friends and family (96%), searching scientific research (84%), checking emails (81%), reading news (76%), chatting with new people (73%), and downloading films and music (64%). However, these findings were not statistically significant. High prevalence of normal Internet user and no severe IA among medical students under study is a favorable condition to instill awareness on their level of Internet usage and students should manage their time wisely by participating in other activities.
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author	Swe, Swe Latt Mohd Rus, Razman Ab Rahman, Jamalludin Nasreen, Hashima E Abd. Aziz, Karimah Hanim Pasi, Hafizah
author_facet	Swe, Swe Latt Mohd Rus, Razman Ab Rahman, Jamalludin Nasreen, Hashima E Abd. Aziz, Karimah Hanim Pasi, Hafizah
author_sort	Swe, Swe Latt
title	The prevalence of Internet addiction and its related factors among medical students of International Islamic University Malaysia (IIUM), Kuantan Campus
title_short	The prevalence of Internet addiction and its related factors among medical students of International Islamic University Malaysia (IIUM), Kuantan Campus
title_full	The prevalence of Internet addiction and its related factors among medical students of International Islamic University Malaysia (IIUM), Kuantan Campus
title_fullStr	The prevalence of Internet addiction and its related factors among medical students of International Islamic University Malaysia (IIUM), Kuantan Campus
title_full_unstemmed	The prevalence of Internet addiction and its related factors among medical students of International Islamic University Malaysia (IIUM), Kuantan Campus
title_sort	prevalence of internet addiction and its related factors among medical students of international islamic university malaysia (iium), kuantan campus
publisher	Malaysian Public Health Physicians' Association
publishDate	2016
url	http://irep.iium.edu.my/52371/ http://irep.iium.edu.my/52371/ http://irep.iium.edu.my/52371/7/52371.pdf
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The prevalence of Internet addiction and its related factors among medical students of International Islamic University Malaysia (IIUM), Kuantan Campus

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