Ching S M, Hamidin A, Vasudevan R, Sazlyna M S L, Wan Aliaa W S, Foo Y L, Yee A, Hoo F K
Universiti Putra Malaysia, Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences, Department of Family Medicine, Selangor, Malaysia.
Universiti Putra Malaysia, Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences, Department of Psychiatric, Selangor, Malaysia.
Med J Malaysia. 2017 Feb;72(1):7-11.
Internet is important to university students, especially for medical students who use it to search for literature and relevant information. However, some of the users are experiencing a gradual loss of the ability to reduce the duration and frequency of their internet activities, despite the negative consequences. The literature on internet usage among Malaysian medical students is limited. This study aims to determine the prevalence and factors associated with internet usage among medical students in a public university in Malaysia.
This cross-sectional study was performed among all the medical students (Year 1-5). Students were assessed on their internet activities using the internet addiction questionnaires (IAT). A Multiple Logistic Regression was used for data analysis.
The study was conducted among 426 students. The study population consisted of 156 males (36.6%) and 270 females (63.4%). The mean age was 21.6 ±1.5 years. Ethnicity distribution among the students was: Malays (55.6%), Chinese (34.7%), Indians (7.3%) and others (2.3%). According to the IAT, 36.9% of the study sample was addicted to the internet. Using the multivariate logistic regression analysis, we have found that the use of internet access for entertainment purposes (odds ratio [OR] 3.5, 95% confidence interval [CI] 1.05-12.00), male students (OR 1.8, 95% CI 1.01-3.21) and increasing frequency of internet usage were associated with internet addiction (OR 1.4, 95% CI 1.09- 1.67).
Internet addiction is a relatively frequent phenomenon among medical students. The predictors of internet addiction were male students using it for surfing and entertainment purposes.
互联网对大学生很重要，对于使用它来搜索文献和相关信息的医学生而言尤其如此。然而，尽管存在负面后果，但一些用户逐渐失去了减少上网活动时长和频率的能力。关于马来西亚医学生互联网使用情况的文献有限。本研究旨在确定马来西亚一所公立大学医学生互联网使用的患病率及相关因素。
本横断面研究在所有医学生（大一至大五）中进行。使用互联网成瘾问卷（IAT）对学生的互联网活动进行评估。采用多元逻辑回归进行数据分析。
该研究共纳入426名学生。研究人群包括156名男性（36.6%）和270名女性（63.4%）。平均年龄为21.6±1.5岁。学生的种族分布为：马来人（55.6%）、华人（34.7%）、印度人（7.3%）和其他（2.3%）。根据IAT，36.9%的研究样本沉迷于互联网。通过多元逻辑回归分析，我们发现将互联网用于娱乐目的（比值比[OR]3.5，95%置信区间[CI]1.05 - 12.00）、男学生（OR 1.8，95% CI 1.01 - 3.21）以及上网频率增加与互联网成瘾有关（OR 1.4，95% CI 1.09 - 1.67）。
互联网成瘾在医学生中是一种相对常见的现象。互联网成瘾的预测因素是将其用于浏览和娱乐目的的男学生。
