Department of Community Medicine and Public health, Gandaki Medical College and Teaching Hospital, Pokhara-27, Kaski, Nepal.
Centre for Research on Education, Health and Social Science.
J Nepal Health Res Counc. 2024 Oct 3;22(2):245-251. doi: 10.33314/jnhrc.v22i02.5378.
The study aimed to assess the prevalence of internet addiction among Secondary level students in Waling Municipality, Syangja, Nepal.
A cross-sectional study was conducted among 280 students aged 15-19 from three schools in Waling Municipality in January 2022; stratified simple random sampling proportional to the size of the population was used. A self-administered structured questionnaire was used and an Internet Addiction scale was applied which includes 20 questions with a score of 1â€"5 for each question. Based on scoring subjects would be classified into normal users (0â€"30), mild (31â€"49), moderate (50â€"79), and severe (80â€"100) Internet Addiction groups. Descriptive statistics, bivariate analysis, and multivariate logistic regression analysis were computed at a 5% level of significance.
of the total 30.7 had mild and 15.4 had moderate internet addiction. The likelihood of reporting internet addiction was significantly higher among those who used the internet for more than two hours (AOR, 2.91; 95% CI, 1.56-5.42), common mode to access the internet (AOR, 17.04; 95% CI, 2.09-138.61), friend's encouragements (AOR, 2.18; 95% CI, 1.17-4.05), living with family (AOR, 5.183; 95% CI, 1.55-17.30) and gender (AOR, 1.833; 95% CI, 1.04-3.22) Conclusion: The current study documents almost half of the school adolescents had internet addiction. Carrying out public awareness campaigns and establishing ways to enhance the positive effect of the internet while minimizing the negative outcomes of the associated factors may be a profitable strategy to decrease its prevalence and effect.
本研究旨在评估尼泊尔萨扬贾县瓦林市中学生互联网成瘾的流行率。
2022 年 1 月，在瓦林市的三所学校中，对年龄在 15-19 岁的 280 名学生进行了横断面研究；采用按人口规模比例分层简单随机抽样。使用了一份自我管理的结构化问卷，并应用了一个互联网成瘾量表，该量表包含 20 个问题，每个问题的分数为 1-5。根据得分，研究对象将被分为正常使用者（0-30）、轻度（31-49）、中度（50-79）和重度（80-100）互联网成瘾组。采用描述性统计、双变量分析和多变量逻辑回归分析，显著性水平为 5%。
在总人数中，有 30.7%的人轻度成瘾，15.4%的人中度成瘾。使用互联网超过两小时（AOR，2.91；95%CI，1.56-5.42）、常见上网方式（AOR，17.04；95%CI，2.09-138.61）、朋友鼓励（AOR，2.18；95%CI，1.17-4.05）、与家人同住（AOR，5.183；95%CI，1.55-17.30）和性别（AOR，1.833；95%CI，1.04-3.22）的学生报告互联网成瘾的可能性显著更高。
目前的研究表明，近一半的学校青少年存在网络成瘾问题。开展公众意识宣传活动，并建立加强互联网积极影响的方式，同时最大限度地减少相关因素的负面影响，可能是降低其流行率和影响的一项有利策略。
