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

Author(s)

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

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

YASAMAN ALISHAHI Shahid Beheshti University of Medical Sciences,Tehran,Iran

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

Publication Details

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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