Prakash Soumya
Department of Psychiatry, ESI Hospital, Ernakulam, Kerala, India.
Indian J Psychol Med. 2017 Jul-Aug;39(4):422-425. doi: 10.4103/0253-7176.211746.
The number of Internet users in India crossed 205 million in October 2013. Excessive internet use has been attributed to socio-occupational dysfunction, and this study is targeting the junior doctors on whom not many studies have been done till date.
The objective of this study was to analyze the proportion of junior doctors with internet addiction and whether there is any relation between increased internet use and psychological distress, assessed using General Health Questionnaire (GHQ).
One hundred postgraduate students and house surgeons were requested to fill out the specially prepared pro forma, Internet Addiction Test Questionnaire and GHQ, and the data were analyzed. < 0.05 was considered statistically significant.
Among the 100 study participants, 13% were found to have moderate addiction and none were in severe addiction range. Internet addiction was more common among those from urban areas ( = 0.011). A significant association was found between GHQ score and internet addiction test score ( = 0.031).
The Internet is a double-edged social revolution. Further studies are required to delineate the specific effects on human behavior.
2013年10月，印度互联网用户数量超过2.05亿。过度使用互联网被认为与社会职业功能障碍有关，而本研究的对象是初级医生，迄今为止针对他们的研究并不多。
本研究旨在分析有网络成瘾问题的初级医生的比例，以及使用一般健康问卷（GHQ）评估的互联网使用增加与心理困扰之间是否存在关联。
要求100名研究生和住院医生填写专门编制的表格、网络成瘾测试问卷和GHQ，并对数据进行分析。P<0.05被认为具有统计学意义。
在100名研究参与者中，发现13%有中度成瘾，无人处于重度成瘾范围。网络成瘾在城市地区的人群中更为常见（P=0.011）。发现GHQ得分与网络成瘾测试得分之间存在显著关联（P=0.031）。
互联网是一场双刃剑的社会革命。需要进一步研究来阐明其对人类行为的具体影响。
