Research Article

Internet Addiction and Sleep Disorders among Medical Students

Table 1

Demographic characteristics of the students based on their sleep quality and Internet addiction.

VariablesInternet addictionSleep quality
No Internet addictionAt risk of Internet addictionWith Internet addiction valueGoodPoor value
276 (68.7%)108 (26.9%)8 (2%)111 (27.6%)58 (14.4%)

Age (mean ± SD)21.79 ± 3.3521.87 ± 3.3621.56 ± 2.7327.66 ± 11.590.59123.3 ± 4.4521.96 ± 2.710.143

GenderMale157 (40%)108 (39.3%)40 (37%)4 (50%)0.74540 (36%)23 (39.7%)0.644
Female245 (60.9%)167 (60.7%)68 (63%)4 (50%)71 (64%)35 (60.3%)

Living placeUrban360 (89.6%)247 (89.5%)96 (88.9%)7 (87.5%)0.972102 (91.9%)52 (89.7%)0.627
Rural42 (10.4%)29 (10.5%)12 (11.1%)1 (12.5%)9 (8.1%)6 (10.3%)

Marital statusSingle353 (87.8%)237 (85.9%)99 (91.7%)7 (87.5%)0.30391 (82%)54 (93.1%)0.049
Married49 (12.2%)39 (14.1%)9 (8.3%)1 (12.5%)20 (18%)4 (6.9%)

Level of educationBachelor168 (41.8%)112 (40.6%)49 (45.4%)4 (50%)0.79936 (32.4%)16 (27.6%)0.511
Master of science36 (9%)27 (9.8%)9 (8.3%)014 (12.6%)5 (8.6%)
Ph.D. and professional doctorate198 (49.3%)137 (49.6%)50 (46.3%)4 (50%)61 (55%)37 (63.8%)

Average grade (mean ± SD)16.38 ± 1.8716.39 ± 1.8516.58 ± 1.3815.5 ± 2.320.20616.57 ± 2.0116.2 ± 1.50.219

Father’s education<12 years47 (11.7%)31 (11.2%)14 (13%)00.59817 (15.3%)8 (13.8%)0.888
High school diploma107 (26.6%)70 (25.4%)33 (30.6%)2 (25%)27 (24.3%)16 (27.6%)
Academic248 (61.7%)175 (63.4)61 (56.5%)6 (75%)67 (60.4%)34 (58.6%)

Mother’s education<12 years84 (20.9%)60 (21.7%)21 (19.4%)00.47327 (24.3%)10 (17.2%)0.263
High school diploma119 (29.6%)84 (30.4%)30 (27.8%)4 (50%)39 (35.1%)17 (29.3%)
Academic199 (49.5%)132 (47.8%)57 (52.8%)4 (50%)45 (40.5%)31 (53.4%)

JobUnemployed255 (63.4%)181 (65.6%)62 (57.4%)3 (37.5%)0.00268 (61.3%)37 (63.8%)0.892
Part-time136 (33.8%)89 (32.2%)43 (39.8%)3 (37.5%)40 (36%)19 (32.8%)
Full-time11 (2.7%)6 (2.2%)3 (2.8%)2 (25%)3 (2.7%)2 (3.4%)