Aylin DEMİRCİ, Rümeysa DOĞAN, Yusuf Can MATRAK, Emel KURUOĞLU, VİLDAN MEVSİM

The Effect of Problematic Internet Use on the Sleep Quality of Medical Students

Giriş: Dünya genelinde internet kullanımının hızla artması, sorunlu internet kullanımını da beraberinde getirmektedir. Çalışmalarla, sorunlu internet kullanımının sağlığa ve akademik performansa olumsuz etkileri gösterilmiştir. Sorunlu internet kullanımının yol açtığı en önemli sıkıntılardan birisi de uyku-uyanıklık dengesinin bozulmasıdır. Bu çalışma ile amacımız, internet kullanımının yaygın olduğu tıp fakültesi öğrencilerinde internet bağımlılığının uyku kalitesi üzerine etkisini araştırmaktır. Yöntem: Çalışma, Dokuz Eylül Üniversitesi Tıp Fakültesi 1., 2. ve 3. sınıflarında eğitim alan 477 öğrencinin katılımı ile gerçekleştirilmiştir. Çalışmaya dahil edilen öğrencilere, araştırmacılar tarafından hazırlanan sosyodemografik verileri içeren anket, Pittsburg Uyku Kalitesi İndeksi ve İnternette Bilişsel Durum Ölçeği uygulanmıştır. İstatistiksel analizler sonucunda p değeri

Tıp Öğrencilerinde Sorunlu İnternet Kullanımının Uyku Kalitesine Etkisi

Introduction: Problematic internet use has become a public health as use of the internet has rapidly spread across all over the World. Researchs have been suggested that problematic internet use have negative effects on health and academic performance. Problematic internet use can also disrupt the sleep-wake schedule. The aim of this study was to determine the affect of internet addiction on the sleep quality on medical students. Method: The study has included 477 medical students attending the 1,2, and 3. class at Dokuz Eylul University, School of Medicine. Pittsburg Sleep Quality Index (PSQI), Online Cognition Scale (OCS) and a questionnaire asking sociodemographic features of students were applied by the researchers. P <0,05 were accepted as statistically significant. Results: Of the participants, 44,9% were female and 55,1 were male and the mean age was 19,9 ±1,4 years. After assessing the Pittsburg sleep quality index, 62,5% of the students had sleep disorders. The mean score of the online cognition scale (84,6±38,4) of the students with sleep disorders was higher than the score (74,4±31,5 of the students with no sleep disorders (p=0,002). Conclusion: Internet addiction affects the sleep quality and causes sleep disorders among students. As the internet addiction is a rapidly growing problem for young people, it has been needed more studies about affects of internet addiction on health.

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