Internet Addiction and Sleep Quality among Nursing Students at Matrouh University: Descriptive Correlational Study | ||||
| Helwan International Journal for Nursing Research and Practice | ||||
| Article 3, Volume 4, Issue 10, June 2025, Page 63-74 PDF (1.35 MB) | ||||
| Document Type: Scientific Research Periodical | ||||
| DOI: 10.21608/hijnrp.2025.371659.1307 | ||||
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| Author | ||||
Esraa Mohammed Abo Elfotuh 
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| Psychiatric nurse,faculty of nursing, matrouh university,egypt | ||||
| Abstract | ||||
| Background: Internet addiction is a psychological dependence on the internet that impairs one's ability to control one's usage and has an impact on nursing students' sleep quality. The Aim: of This study was to assess the relationship between internet addiction and sleep quality among nursing students at Matrouh University. Design: A descriptive correlational research design. Setting: The study was conducted at the Faculty of Nursing, Matrouh University, Egypt. Subject: A purposive sample of 502 nursing students was conducted on undergraduate nursing students at Matrouh University. Data Collection tools: Tool (I) Socio demographic sheet (II) The Internet Addiction Test (IAT) (Young, 1998). & (III) Pittsburgh Sleep Quality Index (PSQI) (Buysse ,1989). Results: the study results revealed that 35.1% of nursing students have moderate internet addiction. While 95.2% of nursing students are poor sleepers. Conclusion: there was a highly statistically significance correlation between IA and sleep quality among the studied nursing students, a highly statistically significance negative correlation between IA and good sleep among the studied nursing students and highly statistically significance positive correlation between IA and poor sleeper among the studied nursing students. Recommendation: Implementing educational programs for increasing awareness regarding Internet addiction and its effect on sleep quality. | ||||
| Keywords | ||||
| Internet Addiction; Sleep Quality; Nursing Students | ||||
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