PATTERN OF SMART PHONE AND INTERNET USAGE AMONG MEDICAL STUDENTS Damor Rahul1, Gamit Sukesha2, Modi Anjali3, Patel Jayant.4, Kosambiya JK5 1,2,3Assistant Professor; 4Tutor; 5Professor & Head Community Medicine Dept. Government Medical College, Surat

BACKGROUND There has been explosive growth in the use of internet not only in India, but also worldwide in the last decade. Globally, there are about 3 billion internet users by 2015

CONTD.. In India, number of internet users has reached to 354 million till June 2015 India has more internet users than US Become the second largest country by the number of internet users after China.

MOBILE INTERNET USERS The number of mobile internet users in India grew from 173 million in December 2014 to 213 million users by the end of June 2015. Now, about 60% of internet users in India access the internet via their mobile phones

AIM To study the pattern of smart phone and internet usage among medical students in Government Medical College, Surat

MATERIALS AND METHODS A cross-sectional study was conducted among medical students of Government Medical College, Surat, to assess the pattern of smart phone and internet usage. A semi-structured proforma along with Young's Internet Addiction scale was used

Socio-demographic Profile

GENDER WISE DISTRIBUTION AMONG STUDY PARTICIPANTS (N=313)

AGE WISE DISTRIBUTION AMONG STUDY PARTICIPANTS (N=313)

DISTRIBUTION ACCORDING TO STUDY OF YEAR OF STUDY PARTICIPANTS (N=313)

Smart phone usage among medical students

DISTRIBUTION ACCORDING TO BRAND OF SMART PHONE (N=313)

DISTRIBUTION ACCORDING TO COST OF SMART PHONE (N=313)

Pattern of internet usage

MOST COMMON PURPOSE OF USING INTERNET (N=313)

DAILY TIME SPENT ON INTERNET USAGE (N=313)

MONEY SPENT ON INTERNET USAGE (N=313)

Perception of participants about internet addiction

PERCEPTION OF STUDENTS ABOUT INTERNET USAGE

Behavior of students about porn material

BEHAVIOR OF STUDENTS ABOUT PORN MATERIAL

YOUNG’S INTERNET ADDICTION SCALE The users were divided into groups: Less than average users Average users Possible addicts Addicts

CONTD.. < 20 points: Less than average online user 20-49 points: Average online user. 50-79 points: Possible addict 80-100: Addicted to internet

DISTRIBUTION ACCORDING TO YOUNG’S INTERNET ADDICTION SCALE

CONCLUSION Although some participants were using smartphone for academic literature search, majority were using it for social networking About half of the boys & girls feel that they were addicted to internet Majority of participants including few girls were watching porn on their smartphones

REFERENCES 1. Internet and Mobile Association of India. I. Cube 2008 study. Available from:http//www.iamai.in/upload/research/I-cube_2008_summary,report_30pdf 2. Goel D, Subramanian A, Kamath R. A study on the prevalence of internet addiction and its association with psychopathology in Indian adolescents. Indian J Psychiatry 2013;55:140.3 3. Venkata Venu Gopala Raju Srijampana, Ananda Reddy. Prevalence and Pattern of Internet Addiction among MedicalStudentsMedical Journal of Dr. D.Y. Patil University | November-December 2014 | Vol 7 | Issue 6

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