Effect of Electronic Media Abuse on Health Among University Students | ||
| Egyptian Journal of Health Care | ||
| Article 40, Volume 10, Issue 1, March 2019, Pages 545-559 PDF (598.77 K) | ||
| Document Type: Original Article | ||
| DOI: 10.21608/ejhc.2019.240862 | ||
| Authors | ||
| Ebtesam Ali Mohamed Ahmed1; Nadia Hamed Farahat2; Safinaz Mohamed Sayed2 | ||
| 1B.Sc. Nursing,Department of Community Health Nursing, Faculty of Nursing- Ain Shams University- Cairo-Egypt. | ||
| 2Professor of Community Health Nursing, Department of Community Health Nursing, Faculty of Nursing- Ain Shams University- Cairo-Egypt. | ||
| Abstract | ||
| Background: Electronic media become an integral part of students' lives. Electronic media abuse has adverse effects on students' physical, psychological, social health and academic achievement of university students. Aim: the aim of study was to assess effect of electronic media abuse on health among university students. Subjects and methods: this study was Descriptiveanalytic Sample: Multistage sample was selected and this study was performed on 298 students Setting: four faculties at Beni-suef University.Tool Data were collected using interviewing questionnaire including 1) Demographic characteristic of university students 2) University students' opinions about electronic media abuse 3) Academic achievement and electronic media use among university students 4) Effects of Electronic media abuse on health of university students.. Results: the result of this study showed that (100%) of university students used internet and (95.3%) of them used smartphone 48.6% of university students had sever effect on psychological condition.43.6% of students had sever effects on physical condition.62.7% of university students had sever effect on social health and there is highly significant association between academic achievement and use of social media in which (p= 0.0001). Conclusions: the studied students had adverse effects of electronic media abuse on physical, psychological, social and academic achievement. Recommendations: Increase university students' awareness about hazardous technological effects on the human body and importance of face-to-face communication to enhance social health of students. | ||
| Keywords | ||
| Electronic media abuse; University students; Physical; Psychological; Social health; Academic achievement; Role of CHN | ||
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