Faculty of Medicine, Ain shams University, Cairo, Egypt.
Int J Soc Psychiatry. 2022 Mar;68(2):294-300. doi: 10.1177/0020764020983841. Epub 2020 Dec 27.
Problematic internet use has been identified in the last decade as a rising problem due to growing availability and impact of Internet use through social media, mobiles, and laptops are now a must in life, adolescents are most vulnerable for the misuse and its impacts.
To assess the prevalence of problematic internet use, Facebook, and gaming addiction among Egyptian adolescents and its impact.
The study assessed 700 adolescents aged from 14 to 18 years, both sexes, using Young internet addiction test, Internet gaming disorder scale, the Bergen Facebook addiction scale, the MINI international neuropsychiatry interview for children and adolescents and the socioeconomic status scale.
A total of 584 students continued the study to the end with response rate more than 75%, the mean age was 16.1 = 1.2, 65.6% were having internet addiction, 61.3% were gaming addicts, and 92.8% Facebook addicts. Depression, dysthymia, suicide, social anxiety panic, and phobias were common comorbidities in addicted adolescents.
This study shows that a significant percentage of adolescents are having different patterns of problematic internet use which is negatively impacting their mental health.
由于社交媒体、手机和笔记本电脑的普及，互联网的使用越来越广泛，其影响也越来越大，因此，在过去十年中，人们已经认识到互联网使用问题是一个日益严重的问题。青少年最容易滥用互联网，且深受其影响。
评估埃及青少年中互联网使用问题、Facebook 使用成瘾和游戏成瘾的流行率及其影响。
该研究使用青少年网络成瘾测试、互联网游戏障碍量表、卑尔根 Facebook 成瘾量表、MINI 国际神经精神访谈儿童和青少年版以及社会经济地位量表评估了 700 名 14 至 18 岁的青少年（男女不限）。
共有 584 名学生完成了研究，应答率超过 75%。平均年龄为 16.1±1.2 岁，65.6%的学生有网络成瘾，61.3%的学生是游戏成瘾者，92.8%的学生是 Facebook 成瘾者。在成瘾青少年中，抑郁、心境恶劣、自杀、社交焦虑、惊恐和恐惧症是常见的合并症。
本研究表明，相当一部分青少年存在不同类型的互联网使用问题，这对他们的心理健康产生了负面影响。
