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Effect Of Internet Addiction On Academic Performance And Mental HealthOf Medical Students
ISSN: 2617 - 9482Publisher: author   
Effect Of Internet Addiction On Academic Performance And Mental HealthOf Medical Students
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Publisher: Bahria University Medical And Dental College
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Abstract
Objective: Objective of this study was to determine internet addiction and its impact on mental health and academicperformance in medical students.Methodology: One hundred medical students (male: 50, female: 50) aged 18–21 years were selected by conveniencesampling in this cross-sectional study in Mahi-ud-din Islamic Medical college Mirpur AJK. A questionnaire of Young’sinternet addiction test was used to identify the prevalence of Internet addiction, the purposes of Internet use, and theirpriority levels. Frequencies and level of mental health was measured using Mental health Battery by Singh and Gupta. Chisquare test was applied and p value