Investigation Internet addiction and related factor in students of Dezful University of Medical Sciences

Background: The many uses and attractiveness of this global network have caused the phenomenon of Internet addiction to emerge in recent years. Internet addiction disorder is a disorder in the normal functioning of life by causing neurological complications, mental disorders, and social problems. This study aimed to investigate Internet addiction and related factor in students of Dezful University of Medical Sciences in 2014. Methods: This research is a cross-sectional descriptive study which was performed on 276 qualified Dezful Medical Sciences University students in 2014 with the method of the available census. The tools utilized for data collection consisted of demographic questionnaire and Young Internet Addiction Standard criterion. The data were analyzed via SPSS software. Results: 18.1% of them were medicine, 32.2 nursing, 17% anesthetic, 7.6% operating room, 14.9% laboratory and 10.1% medical emergency students, 26 (9 .4%) were married and 250 (90.6%) were single. The results of this study showed that 34.1% of subjects under study less than one hour, 33.7% 1-3 hours, 19.9% 3-5 hours, 8.7% 5-10 hours and 6.3% People use the Internet for more than 10 hours a day. The highest rate of Internet addiction among different disciplines was observed in students with medical emergencies (3.6%) and nursing (3.4%). 1.8% of the female students in the study were addicted to the Internet, which significantly increased the rate of Internet addiction in male students by 9.0%, It was while male students (21.3 percent) than female students (10.1 percent) were more at risk of Internet addiction (P=0.33). There was a significant statistical difference between the field of study and Internet addiction (P=0.03). Conclusion: Based on the current research and other studies in this area, it can be concluded that internet addiction is increasing among young people and students. Therefore, this emerging phenomenon should be considered as a health problem, and university officials who are responsible for the health of students are in the field of proper culture and proper training in the use of the Internet in the students.

Internet Addiction, Internet, Students, Addiction