ArticleJournal of family medicine and primary care2020
The effect of social media usage on the mental well-being of medical college students in Bangalore, Karnataka.
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- Exploring the digital mirror: Problematic social media usage and its influence on body shape among medical students in a South Indian Tertiary Care Setting.Journal of family medicine and primary care · 2025Article
- Self-care practices and depression, anxiety, and stress scores in veterinary students during a semester.The Canadian veterinary journal = La revue veterinaire canadienne · 2023Article
- The relationship between behavioral problems and screen time in children during COVID-19 school closures in Japan.Scandinavian journal of child and adolescent psychiatry and psychology · 2022Article
- Eating behaviours, social media usage, and its association: A cross-sectional study in Indian medical undergraduates.Industrial psychiatry journalArticle
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Abstract
BACKGROUND AND
objectivesSocial media offers a platform for its users to share information and spread awareness regarding various issues including mental health problems. In some previous studies it was found that people suffering from mental health issues benefited from social media. However, the use of social media is also significantly associated with increased depression, mood and anxiety disorders in adolescents. Furthermore, it was found that the prevalence of poor mental health was high in medical students. With this background, this study was taken up to contribute to the scarce literature about the impact social media has on the mental well-being of medical students.
methodsThe setting was a medical college and research centre, situated in the metropolitan city of Bengaluru in Karnataka. A pretested and predesigned questionnaire was self-administered anonymously by 318 students. The data was analyzed using appropriate statistics.
resultsA statistically significant relationship was found between the amount of time spent on social media and the mental well-being score, according to the Sell and Nagpal scale, of students. In participants with scores of < 90.8, (30.2%) of them used social media for 4 hrs or more, as opposed to those with scores ≥ to 90.8, (35.6%) of them spent between 1 and 2 hrs a day on social media, 90.8 being the mean well-being score in India.
conclusionsStudents need to monitor their screen time. There is a need to go back to old times of establishing human connections and, families and friendships should be nurtured.
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