1. 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

2. 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

3. 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.

4. 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

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

6. 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

8. Socio-demographic Profile

9. GENDER WISE DISTRIBUTION AMONG STUDY PARTICIPANTS (N=313)

10. AGE WISE DISTRIBUTION AMONG STUDY PARTICIPANTS (N=313)

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

12. Smart phone usage among medical students

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

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

15. Pattern of internet usage

16. MOST COMMON PURPOSE OF USING INTERNET (N=313)

17. DAILY TIME SPENT ON INTERNET USAGE (N=313)

18. MONEY SPENT ON INTERNET USAGE (N=313)

19. Perception of participants about internet addiction

20. PERCEPTION OF STUDENTS ABOUT INTERNET USAGE

21. Behavior of students about porn material

22. BEHAVIOR OF STUDENTS ABOUT PORN MATERIAL

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

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

25. DISTRIBUTION ACCORDING TO YOUNG’S INTERNET ADDICTION SCALE

26. 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

27. REFERENCES
1. Internet and Mobile Association of India. I. Cube 2008 study. Available from:http//
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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