Research Article

Can Physical Complaints in High School Students be Symptoms of Internet Addiction?

Volume: 15 Number: 1 March 9, 2021
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Can Physical Complaints in High School Students be Symptoms of Internet Addiction?

Abstract

Background: The aim of this study is to measure the level of internet addiction among high school adolescents and to determine the relationship between their time spent on the internet and the back and neck pain and eye health problems they experience.Methods: The study is a simple cross-sectional descriptive study. 8926 high school students participated in the study. Students were selected by cluster sampling method pursuant to their gender, school type, and grade distributions. Young's short internet addiction test (IAT) that was adapted to Turkish was utilized. Results: The average internet addiction score of the students was 26.88 ± 8.80. While the ratio of students with a high risk of addiction was 44.3% (n=3950), the ratio of those, who were addicted, was 15.7% (n=1400). A significant positive correlation was found between the addiction level and the lower back, neck pain and eye disorders. (p<0.001; p<0.001; p<0.001) The smartphone possession rate of students was 96.4% (n=8606). There was a significant positive correlation between having a smartphone and the level of addiction, neck pain, and eye complaints. (p=0.005; p=0.002; p=0.003, respectively)The ratio of students, who have a computer at home, was 79.8% (n=7122). Eye complaints were found to be significantly higher in those, who had a computer at home (p<0.001).Conclusion: Internet addiction is an important and common problem among adolescents. Internet addiction increases, as the age of adolescents increases. Smartphones are the most important risk factor for the spread of internet addiction. Internet addiction leads to muscle-joint pain, and eye-related symptoms.

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Supporting Institution

Çorlu İlçe Milli Eğitim Müdürlüğü

Thanks

Thanks to Çorlu District National Education Directorate.( Due to the permitting and facilitating effects of working in schools on data collection) Thanks to Şeyma Gülüzar ÖZCEYLAN, Mimar Sinan Anatolian High School-biology teacher, (Because of organizing data collection in high schools and its contribution to the sampling of data) Thanks to Zehra BARIŞ, Mimar Sinan Anatolian High School-ICT teacher. (Due to contribution to the data collection process in schools)

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Details

Primary Language

English

Subjects

​Internal Diseases, Public Health, Environmental Health

Journal Section

Research Article

Publication Date

March 9, 2021

Submission Date

October 11, 2020

Acceptance Date

December 18, 2020

Published in Issue

Year 2021 Volume: 15 Number: 1

APA
Özceylan, G., Toprak, D., & Dogan, N. (2021). Can Physical Complaints in High School Students be Symptoms of Internet Addiction? Turkish Journal of Family Medicine and Primary Care, 15(1), 154-163. https://doi.org/10.21763/tjfmpc.808995
AMA
1.Özceylan G, Toprak D, Dogan N. Can Physical Complaints in High School Students be Symptoms of Internet Addiction? TJFMPC. 2021;15(1):154-163. doi:10.21763/tjfmpc.808995
Chicago
Özceylan, Gökmen, Dilek Toprak, and Nurhan Dogan. 2021. “Can Physical Complaints in High School Students Be Symptoms of Internet Addiction?”. Turkish Journal of Family Medicine and Primary Care 15 (1): 154-63. https://doi.org/10.21763/tjfmpc.808995.
EndNote
Özceylan G, Toprak D, Dogan N (March 1, 2021) Can Physical Complaints in High School Students be Symptoms of Internet Addiction? Turkish Journal of Family Medicine and Primary Care 15 1 154–163.
IEEE
[1]G. Özceylan, D. Toprak, and N. Dogan, “Can Physical Complaints in High School Students be Symptoms of Internet Addiction?”, TJFMPC, vol. 15, no. 1, pp. 154–163, Mar. 2021, doi: 10.21763/tjfmpc.808995.
ISNAD
Özceylan, Gökmen - Toprak, Dilek - Dogan, Nurhan. “Can Physical Complaints in High School Students Be Symptoms of Internet Addiction?”. Turkish Journal of Family Medicine and Primary Care 15/1 (March 1, 2021): 154-163. https://doi.org/10.21763/tjfmpc.808995.
JAMA
1.Özceylan G, Toprak D, Dogan N. Can Physical Complaints in High School Students be Symptoms of Internet Addiction? TJFMPC. 2021;15:154–163.
MLA
Özceylan, Gökmen, et al. “Can Physical Complaints in High School Students Be Symptoms of Internet Addiction?”. Turkish Journal of Family Medicine and Primary Care, vol. 15, no. 1, Mar. 2021, pp. 154-63, doi:10.21763/tjfmpc.808995.
Vancouver
1.Gökmen Özceylan, Dilek Toprak, Nurhan Dogan. Can Physical Complaints in High School Students be Symptoms of Internet Addiction? TJFMPC. 2021 Mar. 1;15(1):154-63. doi:10.21763/tjfmpc.808995

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