Shakya Makhan, Singh Rajesh, Chauhan Amrita, Rure Daisy, Shrivastava Akshat
Department of Psychiatry, Shyam Shah Medical College, Rewa, India.
Department of Psychiatry, Government Medical College, Datia, India.
Ind Psychiatry J. 2023 Nov;32(Suppl 1):S161-S165. doi: 10.4103/ipj.ipj_236_23. Epub 2023 Nov 30.
In Asia, there are approximately 2.3 billion internet users. Addiction to internet gaming takes a multifaceted toll on an individual's physical and mental well-being, casting a long shadow over their daily endeavors and also their sleep cycle.
To study the prevalence of internet gaming addiction and how it affects sleep quality in medical students.
A cross-sectional study was performed with a sample size ( = 112) in the Government Medical College, Datia (M.P.), and data were collected using a semi-structured proforma including the Internet Gaming Disorder Scale and Mini Sleep Questionnaire in the study population.
In the study population with age group 18-28 years (mean age: 21 ± 1.7 years), the majority of them belong to the Hindu religion (91.1%), nuclear family (66.1%), and urban community (75.9%). Most students ( = 74) had mild to moderate sleep difficulty related to internet gaming addiction, that is, 65.1%. The most common response was "sometimes" on the Internet Gaming Disorder Scale. A significant association was observed between gaming disorder and parameters of sleep mainly in waking up too early, daytime sleepiness, snoring, feeling tired, and headache upon waking up with gaming disorder.
Among medical students, gaming addiction is significantly associated with poor sleep quality. Steps need to be taken to promote healthy internet use to improve sleep quality and mitigate negative effects to avoid long-term health impacts.
在亚洲，约有23亿互联网用户。网络游戏成瘾对个人的身心健康造成多方面的损害，给他们的日常活动以及睡眠周期都蒙上了一层长长的阴影。
研究医学生中网络游戏成瘾的患病率及其对睡眠质量的影响。
在中央邦达蒂亚政府医学院进行了一项横断面研究，样本量为112，通过半结构化表格收集研究人群的数据，表格包括网络游戏障碍量表和迷你睡眠问卷。
在年龄为18 - 28岁（平均年龄：21 ± 1.7岁）的研究人群中，大多数人属于印度教（91.1%）、核心家庭（66.1%）以及城市社区（75.9%）。大多数学生（74人）存在与网络游戏成瘾相关的轻度至中度睡眠困难，即65.1%。在网络游戏障碍量表上最常见的回答是“有时”。在游戏障碍与睡眠参数之间观察到显著关联，主要表现为过早醒来、日间嗜睡、打鼾、醒来时感到疲倦以及头痛。
在医学生中，游戏成瘾与睡眠质量差显著相关。需要采取措施促进健康的互联网使用，以改善睡眠质量并减轻负面影响，避免对长期健康产生影响。
