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Internet and facebook addiction among Egyptian and Malaysian medical students: a comparative study, Tanta University, Egypt

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Saied, Shimaa, Elsabagh, Hala, El-Afandy, Aliaa·2016·International Journal of Community Medicine and Public Health
DOI 10.18203/2394-6040.ijcmph20161400
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Background: Internet addiction and problematic internet use (PIU) constitutes a problem among university students worldwide. Little is known about the adverse effects and unhealthy behaviors among medical students using internet and facebook. The objective of this study was to determine prevalence, associated factors and effects of Internet and Facebook addiction on medical students of Tanta faculty of medicine.Methods:Cross sectional study was conducted in Tanta faculty of medicine, Tanta University, Egypt on 861 Egyptian and Malaysian students at 4th and 5th medical year from March to May, 2015 in the academic year 2014-2015. A self-administered questionnaire was used. It included questions on socio-demographic and academic data, patterns of internet use, patterns facebook use, and young internet addiction test (YIAT).Results: The majority of the students of both Egyptian and Malaysian students reported that they have home internet access (85.8% and 89.2%) mostly via mobile phones (92.4%). Facebook the most frequently used social media by Egyptian students (93%), while other social media such as twitter, whatsapp, skype were more frequently used by Malaysian ones (96.4%). Habitual use of facebook late night was reported by 26.9% of Egyptian students compared to only 15.5% of Malaysian ones with statistically significant difference. The most commonly reported adverse effects were: eye irritation, followed by headache, then back pain. Only minor percentage of the students (2.7%) had significant problems in life due to internet use, while the largest percent of them (64.1%) were average internet users. Significantly higher percent of Egyptian students had (PIU) than Malaysian ones (3.8%, 0.9% respectively). Significant negative correlation was found between IAT scores and academic grades of the students.Conclusions:Facebook and internet use affects the social life of medical students. Excessive facebook and internet use is associated with adverse health effects and unhealthy behaviours. Medical students are at increased risk for problematic internet use, and to a lesser extent internet addiction which negatively affects their academic grades.

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  • Facebook is the main priority social media app in Egypt, with 56 million active users and its greatest user demographic ranging from 18 to 44 years of age.

    “Facebook is considered the main priority social media app in Egypt, with 56 million active users and its greatest user demographic ranging from 18 to 44 years of age3.”

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    The study’s results report that Facebook was the most-used social medium among the Egyptian medical students surveyed, but do not establish that it was the leading app across Egypt. The introductory passage estimates 27 million Facebook users in Egypt in November 2015, not 56 million, and describes an 18–34 age group among Facebook members rather than identifying Egyptians aged 18–44 as the largest user demographic. (LLM, conf=0.90)

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Authors
Saied, S., Elsabagh, H., & El-Afandy, A.
Affiliations
  • Tanta University (EG)
  • Helwan University (EG)
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Venue
International Journal of Community Medicine and Public Health
Publisher
Medip Academy
Published
2016
Pages
1288-1297
ISSN
2394-6032 (ISSN-L)
DOI
10.18203/2394-6040.ijcmph20161400
OpenAlex
W2496690704
Cited by
46
References
27
Citations by year
2025: 4 · 2024: 4 · 2023: 4 · 2022: 6 · 2021: 9 · 2020: 3 · 2019: 6 · 2018: 4 · 2017: 4 · 2016: 2
FWCI
15.25
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journal article
Language
en
Open access
Locations
International Journal of Community Medicine and Public Health (publishedVersion)
Topics
  • Social Sciences › Sociology and Political Science › Impact of Technology on Adolescents
  • Social Sciences › Psychology › Clinical Psychology › Sexuality, Behavior, and Technology
  • Social Sciences › Demography › Cyberloafing and Workplace Behavior
Keywords
internet addiction, Facebook addiction, problematic internet use, medical students, social media use, academic performance, eye irritation, headache, Egyptian students, Malaysian students, cross-cultural comparison

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