Am J Otolaryngol Head Neck Surg | Volume 3, Issue 2 | Research Article | Open Access

The Relationship between Depression and Excessive Internet Use: Cross Sectional Study among Medical Students

Mohammed Abu Taimah1, Salaheldeen Mustafa1, Ahmad Nasrat2,3* and Zaid Al-Juboori1

1Department of Medicine, Ibn Sina University, Sudan 2Department of Otorhinolaryngology, Head and Neck Surgery, Al Wakra Hospital, Hamad Medical Corporation, Qatar 3Department of Otorhinolaryngology, Head and Neck Surgery, Weill Cornell Medical College, Qatar

*Correspondance to: Ahmad Nasrat Al-Juboori 

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Abstract

Background: The correlation between internet addiction and depression has already been reported in several studies as a debatable issue. Objective: To evaluate the relationship between depression and internet addiction among medical students. Materials and Methods: A total of 260 medical students across all curricular years were conveniently sampled from the population of 1309 were administered a closed-questioned questionnaire with demographic information and young’s internet addiction test and the use of Patient Health Questionnaire-9. Results: The prevalence of depression was found to be 47.3% and showed preponderance in females and fresh year students while internet addiction did not show correlation with sex but correlated to curricular year. Conclusion: This study has shown that there is a significant correlation between depression and internet addiction both of which medical students are liable to, with both correlating to fresh year students and depression being more in females, it’s also important to screen people with internet addiction for depression.

Keywords:

Internet addiction; Depression; Medical students

Citation:

Abu Taimah M, Mustafa S, Nasrat A, Al-Juboori Z. The Relationship between Depression and Excessive Internet Use: Cross Sectional Study among Medical Students. Am J Otolaryngol Head Neck Surg. 2020;3(2):1085.

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