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Prevalence and Motives of Social Media Use among the Iranian Population
BACKGROUND: Around the world, people are using social media (SM) for different purposes following a wide range of patterns. There is a paucity of studies addressing the issue in the Eastern Mediterranean region. In this population-based study, the frequency and patterns of SM use in Iran were invest...
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8993581/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/35399203 http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2022/1490227 |
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author | Chegeni, Maryam Nakhaee, Nouzar Shahrbabaki, Mahin Eslami Mangolian Shahrbabaki, Parvin Javadi, Sara Haghdoost, AliAkbar |
author_facet | Chegeni, Maryam Nakhaee, Nouzar Shahrbabaki, Mahin Eslami Mangolian Shahrbabaki, Parvin Javadi, Sara Haghdoost, AliAkbar |
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description | BACKGROUND: Around the world, people are using social media (SM) for different purposes following a wide range of patterns. There is a paucity of studies addressing the issue in the Eastern Mediterranean region. In this population-based study, the frequency and patterns of SM use in Iran were investigated. MATERIALS AND METHODS: To explore the prevalence and motives of SM use, a sample of 1800 Iranian people aged 10–65 years old (53.5% female) were surveyed. Social media addiction (SMA) was assessed using the Bergen Social Media Addiction Scale. RESULTS: The results revealed that 88.5% (n = 1593) of the participants were SM users, and the average time spent by them in SM was 4.0 ± 3.9 hours. The most common motivations for SM use were communication with others (48.9%), receiving news (40.7%), and surfing the net (40.6%). Besides, burning eyes (31.0%), headache (26.8%), and sleep disturbance (25.1%) were the most common health problems experienced by SM users. The SMA prevalence was 23.1% (95% CI: 21.2, 25.1) (males: 23.8%; females: 22.5%), with a higher rate (26.0%) among adolescents and young people. CONCLUSION: SM use and SMA appear to be real health challenges in Iran, particularly among youth. Consequently, to decrease the negative impacts of excessive SM use, exploring the motives behind SM use and designing population-based interventions are recommended. |
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spelling | pubmed-89935812022-04-09 Prevalence and Motives of Social Media Use among the Iranian Population Chegeni, Maryam Nakhaee, Nouzar Shahrbabaki, Mahin Eslami Mangolian Shahrbabaki, Parvin Javadi, Sara Haghdoost, AliAkbar J Environ Public Health Research Article BACKGROUND: Around the world, people are using social media (SM) for different purposes following a wide range of patterns. There is a paucity of studies addressing the issue in the Eastern Mediterranean region. In this population-based study, the frequency and patterns of SM use in Iran were investigated. MATERIALS AND METHODS: To explore the prevalence and motives of SM use, a sample of 1800 Iranian people aged 10–65 years old (53.5% female) were surveyed. Social media addiction (SMA) was assessed using the Bergen Social Media Addiction Scale. RESULTS: The results revealed that 88.5% (n = 1593) of the participants were SM users, and the average time spent by them in SM was 4.0 ± 3.9 hours. The most common motivations for SM use were communication with others (48.9%), receiving news (40.7%), and surfing the net (40.6%). Besides, burning eyes (31.0%), headache (26.8%), and sleep disturbance (25.1%) were the most common health problems experienced by SM users. The SMA prevalence was 23.1% (95% CI: 21.2, 25.1) (males: 23.8%; females: 22.5%), with a higher rate (26.0%) among adolescents and young people. CONCLUSION: SM use and SMA appear to be real health challenges in Iran, particularly among youth. Consequently, to decrease the negative impacts of excessive SM use, exploring the motives behind SM use and designing population-based interventions are recommended. Hindawi 2022-04-01 /pmc/articles/PMC8993581/ /pubmed/35399203 http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2022/1490227 Text en Copyright © 2022 Maryam Chegeni et al. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/This is an open access article distributed under the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited. |
spellingShingle | Research Article Chegeni, Maryam Nakhaee, Nouzar Shahrbabaki, Mahin Eslami Mangolian Shahrbabaki, Parvin Javadi, Sara Haghdoost, AliAkbar Prevalence and Motives of Social Media Use among the Iranian Population |
title | Prevalence and Motives of Social Media Use among the Iranian Population |
title_full | Prevalence and Motives of Social Media Use among the Iranian Population |
title_fullStr | Prevalence and Motives of Social Media Use among the Iranian Population |
title_full_unstemmed | Prevalence and Motives of Social Media Use among the Iranian Population |
title_short | Prevalence and Motives of Social Media Use among the Iranian Population |
title_sort | prevalence and motives of social media use among the iranian population |
topic | Research Article |
url | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8993581/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/35399203 http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2022/1490227 |
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