The Relation of Internet and Smartphone Addiction with Physical Activity Level in Medical Students | [Pakistan Journal of Medical and Health Sciences • 2020]

Author(s):

1. ALI KHERADMAND: Taleghani Hospital Research Development Committee, Behavioral Sciences Research Center, Shahid Beheshti University of Medical Sciences,Tehran,Iran

2. MOHAMMAD HASSABI: Department of Sports Medicine, Taleghani Hospital Research Development Committee, Behavioral Sciences Research Center, Shahid Beheshti University of Medical Sciences,Tehran,Iran

3. YASAMAN ALISHAHI: Shahid Beheshti University of Medical Sciences,Tehran,Iran

4. PEGAH SEIF: Faculty of Medicine, Shahid Beheshti University of Medical Sciences,Tehran,

Abstract:

Backgrounds: The more time spent on using the smart phones and internet causes the least time for doing any kind of physical activity. Aim: To examine the relationship and the impact of excessive smart phone and internet use on physical activity. Methods: The 400 students of our university in the year 2018 by the means Smartphone addiction scale (SAS), Yang Internet Addiction Test (YIAT) and The International Physical Activity Questionnaire-Short Form (IPAQ-SF) by sequential sampling technique. Eventually the relation of smart phone addiction and internet addiction to physical activity was evaluated. Results: According to our study the internet addiction rate was more prominent among the females. The prevalence of the smart phones addiction was 49% and was more prominent in men than women. 43.3% were at risk of internet addiction and 1% was addicted. Half of the participants with internet addiction and 70.9% of them with smart phone addiction had low physical activity. Conclusion: The physical level activity was considerably low in the addicted people to internet and smart phones

Page(s): 1039-1042

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Published: Journal: Pakistan Journal of Medical and Health Sciences, Volume: 14, Issue: 2, Year: 2020

Keywords:

students , Addiction , Physical activity , Smartphone , internet

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