Prevalence of Internet Addiction and the Effect of Internet Usage on Lifestyle of College Students of Haryana during COVID 19 lockdown period
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2022-12
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Indian Association of Preventive and Social Medicine (IAPSM)
Abstract
Introduction: Since 1990, internet usage is increasing day by day and availability of smart mobile phones and electronic gazettes like tablet, laptop etc. has given it an exponential rise. During COVID-19 lockdown period, internet usage pattern has changed a lot as per behaviour of students studying in schools, colleges, educational and coaching institutes etc. To study the prevalence of internet addictionObjective: and the effect of internet usage on lifestyle of college students of Haryana. Total 1035 students, ofMethod: various educational streams in various colleges of Haryana state were included in the study and data was collected by pretested self-designed questionnaire and young's internet addiction test questionnaire was used to assess its effect on life style. Out of 1035 students, 436(42%) participants were belowResults: average users of internet, followed by 369(36%) average users and 230(22%) excessive users of internet. Average of total score of young internet addiction questionnaire was 27.72. Various life style factors like feeling stressed while working, neglects other activities, miss a diet, checks internet many times, obsessed with phone and internet usage per day were found significantly associated with internet addiction(p<0.05). Conclusion : Excessive internet usage during COVID-19 pandemic may lead to various abnormal behavior changes which cause negative effect on various aspects of students like emotional, hyperactivity, depression, sleeping disorder etc.
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COVID 19, Internet Addiction, Lockdown, Smartphone
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Kumar Kapil, Kamboj Deepmala, Mittal Anshu, Ahuja Anil, Gurjar Soorveer S., Gupta Shilpi . Prevalence of Internet Addiction and the Effect of Internet Usage on Lifestyle of College Students of Haryana during COVID 19 lockdown period. Healthline Journal of Indian Association of Preventive and Social Medicine. 2022 Dec; 13(4): 349-354