Addiction to Online Video Games among First Year Medical Students of a College located in Western India

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dc.contributor.authorZala, Darshanaen_US
dc.contributor.authorMisra, Shobhaen_US
dc.date.accessioned2023-07-21T11:36:06Z
dc.date.available2023-07-21T11:36:06Z
dc.date.issued2022-03
dc.description.abstractIntroduction: Video gaming has become a popular leisure activity especially among students. This behavior in excess can result in significant impairment in personal, social, educational or other domains of life and can affect routine functioning. Objectives : To estimate the prevalence of addiction to online video games and to identify the association of addiction to online video games with gender among the first year medical students of a college located in western India. Method : A cross sectional study was conducted among 189 first year M.B.B.S students of batch 2019. Young's online gaming addiction scale was utilized. The questionnaire was administered by using Google Form and was analyzed using Microsoft Excel 2010. st Results : The prevalence of addiction to online video games was 62.43% among1 year medical students. There was no statistically significant association seen between male and female students to addiction of video games. Conclusion: Students to be encouraged of rational use of internet for online video games to protect their physical and mental healthen_US
dc.identifier.affiliationsPost graduate student, Professor & Head, Department of Community Medicine, PDU Medical College Rajkot, Gujarat,en_US
dc.identifier.citationZala Darshana, Misra Shobha. Addiction to Online Video Games among First Year Medical Students of a College located in Western India. Healthline Journal of Indian Association of Preventive and Social Medicine. 2022 Mar; 13(1): 79-82en_US
dc.identifier.issn2320-1525
dc.identifier.issn2229-337X
dc.identifier.placeIndiaen_US
dc.identifier.urihttps://imsear.searo.who.int/handle/123456789/220808
dc.languageenen_US
dc.publisherIndian Association of Preventive and Social Medicine (IAPSM)en_US
dc.relation.issuenumber1en_US
dc.relation.volume13en_US
dc.source.urihttps://doi.org/10.51957/Healthline_258_2021en_US
dc.subjectAddictionen_US
dc.subjectMedical studentsen_US
dc.subjectVideo gamingen_US
dc.titleAddiction to Online Video Games among First Year Medical Students of a College located in Western Indiaen_US
dc.typeJournal Articleen_US
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