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Acta Biomedica Scientia

Volume 6, Issue 3, 2019
Mcmed International
Acta Biomedica Scientia
Issn
2348 - 215X (Print), 2348 - 2168 (Online)
Frequency
bi-annual
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Abstract
Title
TO STUDY PREVALENCE OF INTERNET ADDICTION IN MEDICAL COLLEGE STUDENTS IN INDIA
Author
Tirumala C1, Venkatesh T
Email
Venkatesh@gmail.com
keyword
Internet addiction, Medical Student, Personality Trait
Abstract
To estimate the prevalence of internet addiction and relationship with the personality traits in the medical students. A cross sectional study using Youngs Internet Addiction Test (IAT) and Neo-Five Factor Inventory (NEO-FFI) was applied on 100 medical students under the age group of 21 to 23 years and appropriate statically test were applied to check the correlation. 65%, 22%, 1% is the prevalence of mild, moderate, and severe addiction in medical undergraduates respectively .Overall 88% of medical students were addicted to internet, among which 52% were females and 36% were males. And the personality trait neuroticism is significantly correlated with internet addiction (P = 0.032). High prevalence of internet addiction in medical undergraduates and Internet addiction is associated with personality trait neuroticism
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