Internet Addiction: A comparative Study between Faculty of Nursing Students at Damanhour and Alexandria University | ||||
| Zagazig Nursing Journal | ||||
| Article 4, Volume 12, Issue 1 - Serial Number 2016, 2016, Page 49-67 PDF (600.17 K) | ||||
| Document Type: Original Article | ||||
| DOI: 10.12816/0029279 | ||||
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| Authors | ||||
| Enas Ibrahim Mohammed1; Neama Yousef Mohammed Mohammed2; Hend Abo-Elsoud Ahmed3 | ||||
| 1Assistant prof. of Community Health Nursing - Faculty of Nursing- Damanhour University | ||||
| 2Lecturer of Community Health Nursing - Faculty of Nursing - Alexandria University | ||||
| 3Lecturer of Nursing Education - Faculty of Nursing - Damanhour University | ||||
| Abstract | ||||
| Background: Worldwide, the number of internet users is dramatically increasing. The internet does pose some serious problems including; information divide, information pollution, and information insecurities as well as internet addiction. Aim of the study: Assess the prevalence of internet addiction among nursing students in Damanhour and Alexandria University, and compare between Internet addiction level among nursing students in Damanhour and Alexandria University. Subjects& Methods: Research design: A descriptive comparative research design was used. Setting: The study was carried out in Faculty of Nursing, Alexandria and Damanhour University. Subjects: A 600 students were included in the study, 300 students from each University. Tools of data collection: Three tools were used for data collection. The first tool was Socio-demographic and Health Status Structured Interview Questionnaire for the Students. The second tool was Computer and Internet Use Assessment Questionnaire for the Students. The third tool was Young’s Internet Addiction Test. Results: The present study revealed that 57.8% of the students have mild internet addiction followed by 17.7% who have moderate internet addiction, and 2.2% of the students have severe internet addiction. There is a significant relation between level of internet addiction and student's age, sex, the availability of laptop or PC and internet access at home, using of phone for internet access, hours of using the internet, and scholastic achievement. The student complains of headache, blurred vision, low back pain, neck pain, shoulder pain, and finger numbness. Conclusion: Around sixty percent of the students have mild internet addiction and the minority of them has severe internet addiction. Male students were prone to internet addiction than female. Recommendations: Establish a special unit for counseling about internet addiction and developing hotline services to guide youth in the diagnostic criteria and management. | ||||
| Keywords | ||||
| Internet Addiction; Youth; Internet users; Nursing students; Damanhour and Alexandria University | ||||
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