College of Education, Najran University, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia.
Ann Med. 2024 Dec;56(1):2307502. doi: 10.1080/07853890.2024.2307502. Epub 2024 Jan 31.
Sleep is one of the fundamental human needs, essential for maintaining a high quality of life and mental and physical well-being across all age groups. Poor sleep quality often stems from negative lifestyle habits, including excessive internet usage. Therefore, it is important to determine the prevalence of internet gaming disorder among youth in Saudi Arabia and to examine the relationship between internet addiction levels and sleep quality.
Data were collected from 338 medical students in the southern region of Saudi Arabia (mean age = 21.2 years, standard deviation = 3.29 years). Participants completed an online questionnaire comprising the Internet Addiction Test (IAT) and the Pittsburgh Sleep Quality Index (PSQI). Data analysis employed iterations, chi-square tests, Pearson correlation coefficients, and ANOVA.
The results revealed that 21% of the participants exhibited severe internet addiction, while 31% displayed moderate internet addiction. Furthermore, the findings indicated a positive correlation between sleep quality and the severity of internet addiction. Sleep quality symptoms explained 75% of the variance in Internet addiction scores, even after controlling for demographic variables. Additional bivariate analyses revealed that individuals who spent six or more hours online daily were more likely to experience symptoms of poor sleep quality and exhibit a higher severity of internet addiction. Additionally, Men were more susceptible to developing internet addiction compared to women. Moreover, students with internet addiction tended to have lower academic achievements.
These findings, while exploratory, offer valuable insights into potential interventions, strategies, and programs for mitigating internet addiction and enhancing sleep quality among medical college students.
睡眠是人类的基本需求之一，对于维持所有年龄段的高质量生活和身心健康都至关重要。睡眠质量差通常源于不良的生活习惯，包括过度使用互联网。因此，确定沙特阿拉伯青年中互联网游戏障碍的流行程度，并研究网瘾程度与睡眠质量之间的关系非常重要。
从沙特阿拉伯南部地区的 338 名医学生中收集数据（平均年龄=21.2 岁，标准差=3.29 岁）。参与者完成了一份在线问卷，其中包括互联网成瘾测试（IAT）和匹兹堡睡眠质量指数（PSQI）。数据分析采用迭代、卡方检验、皮尔逊相关系数和方差分析。
研究结果表明，21%的参与者表现出严重的网瘾，31%的参与者表现出中度网瘾。此外，研究结果表明睡眠质量与网瘾严重程度呈正相关。睡眠质量症状解释了网瘾得分变异的 75%，即使在控制了人口统计学变量后也是如此。进一步的双变量分析表明，每天上网 6 小时或以上的人更容易出现睡眠质量差的症状，并且网瘾程度更高。此外，男性比女性更容易产生网瘾。此外，有网瘾的学生学业成绩往往较低。
这些发现虽然是探索性的，但为医学生中潜在的干预、策略和项目提供了有价值的见解，以减轻网瘾并改善睡眠质量。
