Assessment of burden of internet addiction and its association with quality of sleep and cardiovascular autonomic function in undergraduate medical students

Autor: Amrita Nayak, Kuppusamy Saranya, Jean Fredrick, Ramachandran Madumathy, Senthil Kumar Subramanian
Jazyk: angličtina
Rok vydání: 2021
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Zdroj: Clinical Epidemiology and Global Health, Vol 11, Iss , Pp 100773- (2021)
Druh dokumentu: article
ISSN: 2213-3984
DOI: 10.1016/j.cegh.2021.100773
Popis: Problem considered: This study aimed to determine the association of internet addiction with poor sleep quality and autonomic function in medical students. Methods: In this cross-sectional study design, we assessed internet addiction, sleep quality, demographic and basal cardiovascular parameters (blood pressure and heart rate), autonomic indices (E: I ratio and isometric handgrip test (ΔDBPihg) in 148 medical students. Sleep quality and internet usage were assessed using questionnaires. Qualitative data were expressed in number (percentage) and analyzed using the Chi-square test. Normally distributed quantitative data were analyzed using student t-test and expressed as mean and SD. Logistic regression analysis was done to determine the association between sleep quality and internet addiction. p-value of
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