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The Prevalence of Addiction to Social Network Among Students in Iran and its Factors Related: A Study Conducted in 2020

BACKGROUND: In the present era, the prevalence of addiction to social networks has shown that many users, including students, are detaching from the real world. Therefore, this study aims to estimate the prevalence of addiction to the social networks among students in Iran and its related factors. M...

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Autores principales: Rahiminia, Hoorieh, Soori, Hamid, Jafari, Mahdi, Khodakarim, Soheila
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Bentham Science Publishers 2021
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8719277/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/35136413
http://dx.doi.org/10.2174/1745017902117010170
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author Rahiminia, Hoorieh
Soori, Hamid
Jafari, Mahdi
Khodakarim, Soheila
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description BACKGROUND: In the present era, the prevalence of addiction to social networks has shown that many users, including students, are detaching from the real world. Therefore, this study aims to estimate the prevalence of addiction to the social networks among students in Iran and its related factors. METHODS: This is a cross-sectional study conducted in 2020 on 1000 students in Shahid Beheshti University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran. The data collection tool was a standardized questionnaire about addiction to the social networks distributed online among students. Statistical data were analyzed using Stata software version 14. RESULTS: Generally, 462 students (44%) had addiction to social networks, of which 449 (90.04%) had slight addiction and 13 (9.96%) had severe addiction. The results showed that age (p = 0.001), type of disciplines in the treatment-related subgroup (p = 0.03) and using nerve medicine (p = 0.0001) had significant relationships with addiction to social networks. CONCLUSION: Considering that a high number of students in the present study are at high risk of addiction, it is suggested that educational programs should be implemented to improve the knowledge of parents and students for optimal use of social networks and raise awareness of the harmful consequences of addiction.
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spelling pubmed-87192772022-02-07 The Prevalence of Addiction to Social Network Among Students in Iran and its Factors Related: A Study Conducted in 2020 Rahiminia, Hoorieh Soori, Hamid Jafari, Mahdi Khodakarim, Soheila Clin Pract Epidemiol Ment Health Article BACKGROUND: In the present era, the prevalence of addiction to social networks has shown that many users, including students, are detaching from the real world. Therefore, this study aims to estimate the prevalence of addiction to the social networks among students in Iran and its related factors. METHODS: This is a cross-sectional study conducted in 2020 on 1000 students in Shahid Beheshti University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran. The data collection tool was a standardized questionnaire about addiction to the social networks distributed online among students. Statistical data were analyzed using Stata software version 14. RESULTS: Generally, 462 students (44%) had addiction to social networks, of which 449 (90.04%) had slight addiction and 13 (9.96%) had severe addiction. The results showed that age (p = 0.001), type of disciplines in the treatment-related subgroup (p = 0.03) and using nerve medicine (p = 0.0001) had significant relationships with addiction to social networks. CONCLUSION: Considering that a high number of students in the present study are at high risk of addiction, it is suggested that educational programs should be implemented to improve the knowledge of parents and students for optimal use of social networks and raise awareness of the harmful consequences of addiction. Bentham Science Publishers 2021-11-19 /pmc/articles/PMC8719277/ /pubmed/35136413 http://dx.doi.org/10.2174/1745017902117010170 Text en © 2021 Rahiminia et al. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/This is an open access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International Public License (CC-BY 4.0), a copy of which is available at: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/legalcode. This license permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original author and source are credited.
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title_short The Prevalence of Addiction to Social Network Among Students in Iran and its Factors Related: A Study Conducted in 2020
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url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8719277/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/35136413
http://dx.doi.org/10.2174/1745017902117010170
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