INTERNET ADDICTION AND EXCESSIVE DAYTIME SLEEPINESS AND OUALITY OF LiFE AMONG MEDICAL FACULTY STUDENTS

Year 2017, Volume: 1 Issue: 2, 0 - 0, 07.09.2017

Onur Gökçen Nermin Gündüz Özge Timur Erkal Erzincan Aslıhan Polat Fatma Eren Hatice Turan

https://doi.org/10.5455/car.105-1511880006

Abstract

Objective: Considering the increasing use of the İnternet among university students, medical faculty students are thought to be particularly sensitive because of the time they spend on the İnternet and because of intensive practical and theoretical course schedules. In this study, we aimed to examine the prevalence of İnternet addiction and also relationship between İnternet addiction and excessive daytime sleepiness and quality of life. among the medicine faculty students. We aimed to examine the prevalence of İnternet addiction and also relationship between İnternet addiction and excessive daytime sleepiness and quality of life among medical faculty students.
Method: This study was carried out among the students of Erzurum Atatürk University Medical Faculty. In this cross-sectional study, sociodemographic data form created by researchers, Young Internet Addiction Scale, SF-36 and Epworth Sleepiness Scale were applied after the signing of the voluntary affirmation document to the medical faculty students.
Results: A total of 274 medical faculty students from various classes were included in the study. 61,32% of the students were found to have İnternet addiction. 53.28% of them were at mild level, 8,04% of them were at moderate level. There was a positive correlation between İnternet addiction scale total score and epworth sleepiness scale total score. There was negative correlation between İnternet addiction and each subscale of SF 36.
Conclusion: This study is the fırst study to evaluate İnternet addiction, excessive daytime sleepiness and quality of life among medical faculty students. In our study group İnternet addiction was determined as one of the reasons for excessive daytime sleepiness. That's why we must focus on the treatment of İnternet addiction which is a serious problem in social context in recent years.

Keywords

Internet addiction, medical faculty, quality of life, excessive daytime sleepiness

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