Internet usage pattern among school students: a model from Egypt and Saudi Arabia.
Objective: To assess the pattern of internet usage among preparatory school students in Beni-Suef Governorate, Egypt, and the Al Qassim Region, Saudi Arabia, and identify its associated factors. Methods: A cross-sectional study using a multistage proportionate sampling technique was conducted from O...
| Publicado en: | Journal of Public Health: From Theory to Practice (2198-1833) Vol. 30; no. 7; pp. 1753 - 1763 |
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| fields | @attributes: recordID: 1 pdfLink: plink: https://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&db=ssf&AN=157737304&site=ehost-live header: @attributes: shortDbName: ssf uiTerm: 157737304 longDbName: Social Sciences Full Text (H.W. Wilson) uiTag: AN controlInfo: bkinfo: jinfo: jid: 21981833 NENI jtl: Journal of Public Health: From Theory to Practice (2198-1833) issn: 21981833 maglogo: N pubinfo: dt: Jul2022 vid: 30 iid: 7 pid: 237 pub: Springer Nature artinfo: ui: 157737304 10.1007/s10389-021-01659-y ppf: 1753 ppct: 10 formats: tig: atl: Internet usage pattern among school students: a model from Egypt and Saudi Arabia. aug: au: Anwar, Manal Mohamed Lotfy, Alshimaa Mohsen Mohamed Alharbi, Bedor Salah Elareed, Heba Reda affil: Department of Public Health and Community Medicine, Beni-Suef University, Beni-Suef, Egypt General Directorate of Health Affairs, Al Qassim Region, Riyadh, Al Qassim Region, Saudi Arabia su: Saudi Arabia Egypt Internet Middle school students Cross-sectional method School children Descriptive statistics Chi-squared test Data analysis software Logistic regression analysis sug: subj: Internet Middle school students Cross-sectional method School children Saudi Arabia Egypt Wired Telecommunications Carriers Internet Publishing and Broadcasting and Web Search Portals Descriptive statistics Chi-squared test Data analysis software Logistic regression analysis keyword: Internet addiction Internet addiction test School students Internet addiction Internet addiction test School students ab: Objective: To assess the pattern of internet usage among preparatory school students in Beni-Suef Governorate, Egypt, and the Al Qassim Region, Saudi Arabia, and identify its associated factors. Methods: A cross-sectional study using a multistage proportionate sampling technique was conducted from October to December 2019 for 1537 preparatory school students from both countries; 772 from Beni-Suef Governorate, Egypt, and 765 students from the Al Qassim Region, Saudi Arabia. The Young's Internet Addiction Test (YIAT) was used. Results: Mean age of Egyptian and Saudi participants were 12.82 ± 0.81 and 13.8 ± 1.16 years, respectively. Mild to moderate IA was reported in 42.5% & 42.9%, among Egyptian students compared to 51.6% & 24.3% for Saudis, while severe IA was reported in 4.0% & 3.7% among Egyptian and Saudis, respectively. Internet searches were conducted by 43.5% among Egyptian students compared to online communication among Saudis (52.9%). Facebook was used by 42.0% of Egyptian students, while 52.4% Saudi students used Snap chat. In both samples, there was a statistically significant difference between internet addiction and gender, academic year, level of academic achievement, and purpose of internet use (p ≤ 0.05). Conclusion: Excessive use of the internet is a common finding among Egyptian and Saudi preparatory student internet users. pubtype: Academic Journal doctype: Article src: R language: English refInfo: copyright: @attributes: flag: N holdings: @attributes: islocal: N |
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