Internet Addiction, Fatigue, and Sleep Problems Among Adolescent Students: a Large-Scale Study.
The aim of the present study was to examine the association between Internet addiction (IA), fatigue, and sleep problems among university students. A total of 3000 Turkish students aged 18 to 25 years were approached and 2350 students (78.3%) participated in this cross-sectional study from April 201...
| Published in: | International Journal of Mental Health & Addiction Vol. 17; no. 4; pp. 959 - 970 |
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| fields | @attributes: recordID: 1 pdfLink: plink: https://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&db=ssf&AN=137907678&site=ehost-live header: @attributes: shortDbName: ssf uiTerm: 137907678 longDbName: Social Sciences Full Text (H.W. Wilson) uiTag: AN controlInfo: bkinfo: jinfo: jid: 15571874 46AW jtl: International Journal of Mental Health & Addiction issn: 15571874 maglogo: N pubinfo: dt: Aug2019 vid: 17 iid: 4 pid: 237 pub: Springer Nature artinfo: ui: 137907678 10.1007/s11469-018-9937-1 ppf: 959 ppct: 11 formats: fmt: – @attributes: type: T – @attributes: type: P size: 561KB tig: atl: Internet Addiction, Fatigue, and Sleep Problems Among Adolescent Students: a Large-Scale Study. aug: au: Bener, Abdulbari Yildirim, Erol Torun, Perihan Çatan, Funda Bolat, Erkut Alıç, Sümmani Akyel, Salih Griffiths, Mark D. affil: Department of Biostatistics & Medical Informatics, Cerrahpaşa Faculty of Medicine, Istanbul University, Cerrahpasa, 34098, Istanbul, Turkey Department of Evidence for Population Health Unit, School Of Epidemiology and Health Sciences, University of Manchester, Manchester, UK International School of Medicine, Istanbul Medipol University, Kavacik, İstanbul, Turkey Department of Psychology, İstanbul Medipol University, Kavacık, 34810, İstanbul, Turkey Faculty of Medicine, Department of Public Health, Bezmiâlem Foundation University, İstanbul, Turkey Department of Computer Education and Instructional Technologies, Faculty of Education, University of Kastamonu, Kastamonu, Turkey Department of Psychology, School of Social Sciences, Nottingham Trent University, Nottingham, UK su: Istanbul (Türkiye) Internet addiction Fatigue (Physiology) sug: subj: Internet addiction Istanbul (Türkiye) Fatigue (Physiology) keyword: Excessive Internet use Fatigue Sleep disorders Excessive Internet use Fatigue Sleep disorders ab: The aim of the present study was to examine the association between Internet addiction (IA), fatigue, and sleep problems among university students. A total of 3000 Turkish students aged 18 to 25 years were approached and 2350 students (78.3%) participated in this cross-sectional study from April 2017 to September 2017 in public and private universities in Istanbul. Data were collected via a structured questionnaire including socio-demographic details, lifestyle and dietary habits, Internet Addiction Test (IAT), Fatigue Scale, and Epworth Sleepiness Scale (ESS). Descriptive statistics, multivariate, and factorial analyses were performed. The overall prevalence of IA among the studied population was 17.7%. There were significant differences between gender, family income, father's occupation, school performance, frequency and duration of watching television, physical activity, Internet use duration, and sleep duration (all p < 0.001). Significant differences were also found between participants with IA and those without IA in having headaches, blurred vision, double vision, hurting eyes, hearing problems, and eating fast food frequently (all p < 0.001). Using multivariate regression analysis, the duration of Internet use, physical and mental symptoms, headache, hurting eyes, tired eyes, hearing problems, and ESS scores were significantly associated with (and primary predictors of) IA. The present study demonstrated that IA was associated with poor dietary habits, sleep problems, and fatigue symptoms. pubtype: Academic Journal doctype: Article src: R language: English refInfo: copyright: @attributes: flag: N holdings: @attributes: islocal: N |
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