The Effect of High Internet Use on Health of Adolescents | ||
| Egyptian Journal of Health Care | ||
| Article 75, Volume 10, Issue 1, March 2019, Pages 985-995 PDF (453.59 K) | ||
| Document Type: Original Article | ||
| DOI: 10.21608/ejhc.2019.251356 | ||
| Authors | ||
| Nehad A. Saied1; Seham G. Ragheh2; Ferial F. Malika3 | ||
| 1Master student in Community Health Nursing at Faculty of Nursing, Ain Shams University. | ||
| 2Professor of Community Health Nursing, Faculty of Nursing - Ain Shams University. | ||
| 3Assistant Professor of Community Health Nursing, Faculty of Nursing - Ain Shams University | ||
| Abstract | ||
| Background: Adolescents are in a vulnerable age, they may be prone to high Internet use and its negative effects on their health. So controlling the pattern of internet usage is very important. Aim: The study aimed to evaluate the effect of high internet use on health of adolescents. Study design: A descriptive design was used in this study. Subject: Multistage sample composed of 800 adolescent students. Setting: This study was carried out at El kobba, saraya El kobba, Ensaf serry, talaee Gaber, Amon secondary schools, at Elzayton administrator. Tools: It composed of two tools. The first tool is self-administered questionnaire to assess socio-demographic characteristics, pattern of internet use, social and psychological health condition of adolescents using internet. The second one is physical assessment sheet is also used to assess physical status of them. Results: The results of this study clarified that 33% of study sample their ages were 17 years or more, 69.5% of them are male, 84.6% of them, their pattern of internet use were moderate pattern and 15.4% of them were high pattern, 17% of the study sample with high pattern of internet use had high negative physical health effect, 65.5% of them had high negative social health effect, while 49.1% had high negative psychological health effect. Conclusion: There were a significant statistical relation between the pattern of internet use and the physical, social, psychological, health status of adolescent, and there were also a statistical significant relation between the pattern of internet use and scholastic achievement of adolescent. Recommendations: The study recommended that, continuous assessment for adolescent s health status at school and at their homes is essential, conducting educational programs for students, parents about proper use of internet, limiting hours spent on the internet, proper body mechanics during internet usage, design pamphlets about the health hazards of high internet usage for secondary schools students and design short programs in the mass media to increase awareness of adolescents and their parents about hazards of high internet usage. | ||
| Keywords | ||
| High internet Use; Adolescents | ||
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