Barman Lisa, Mukhopadhyay Dipta Kanti, Bandyopadhyay Gautam Kumar
Department of Community Medicine, College of Medicine and Sagore Dutta Hospital, Kolkata, West Bengal, India.
Department of Psychiatry, College of Medicine and Sagore Dutta Hospital, Kolkata, West Bengal, India.
Indian J Psychiatry. 2018 Jul-Sep;60(3):340-345. doi: 10.4103/psychiatry.IndianJPsychiatry_210_18.
Use of social networking sites (SNS) and prevalence of anxiety and depression among the young population is on the rise.
The aim of this study is to assess the pattern of use of SNS and the prevalence of anxiety and depression among medical students as well as to examine the relation, if any, between the use of SNS and anxiety and depression.
A cross-sectional study was conducted among 200 undergraduate students of a medical college in Kolkata, West Bengal during 2017. Information on individual characteristics and use of SNS of medical students were collected using a structured questionnaire. Anxiety and depression were measured using State-Trait Anxiety Inventory (STAI) and becks depression inventory (BDI). Prevalence was expressed in percentage and association was examined with Mann-Whitney U-test.
More than 90% of students use more than one SNS or instant messaging system. One-third remained active in SNSs all through the day and around 80% for ≥4 h. Use of SNSs during odd hours was reported by 55% participants, and 23.5% expressed their inability to spend a day without SNSs. Nearly 24% reported depression and 68.5% had state anxiety. STAI and BDI scores were significantly ( < 0.05) higher among students who used SNSs for 4 h or more, used it during odd hours or stated inability to spend a day without SNSs than their counterparts.
The use of SNS by medical students was pervasive. More use of SNSs and dependence on it were associated with anxiety and depression.
社交网站（SNS）的使用以及年轻人群中焦虑和抑郁的患病率正在上升。
本研究的目的是评估医学生使用SNS的模式以及焦虑和抑郁的患病率，并检验SNS的使用与焦虑和抑郁之间是否存在关系。
2017年期间，在西孟加拉邦加尔各答的一所医学院对200名本科生进行了一项横断面研究。使用结构化问卷收集医学生的个人特征和SNS使用情况的信息。使用状态-特质焦虑量表（STAI）和贝克抑郁量表（BDI）测量焦虑和抑郁。患病率以百分比表示，并使用曼-惠特尼U检验检验相关性。
超过90%的学生使用不止一个SNS或即时通讯系统。三分之一的学生全天都活跃在SNS上，约80%的学生使用时间≥4小时。55%的参与者报告在非工作时间使用SNS，23.5%的人表示没有SNS就无法度过一天。近24%的人报告有抑郁，68.5%的人有状态焦虑。与未使用SNS的学生相比，使用SNS 4小时或更长时间、在非工作时间使用SNS或表示没有SNS就无法度过一天的学生，其STAI和BDI得分显著更高（<0.05）。
医学生对SNS的使用很普遍。更多地使用SNS及其依赖性与焦虑和抑郁有关。
