ArticleBMJ open2024
Internet addiction prevalence and associated factors among secondary-level private school students in urban Nepal: a cross-sectional study.
Article in BMJ open, 2024. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 4 papers.
What it found
Each row is one number read from the abstract, on the scale the paper reported it, with its interval. Left of the dashed line favours the treatment, right favours the comparator. Under each row is the sentence it came from. New to these charts? A ten-minute tutorial.
The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.
The trial behind it
Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.
Neither the registry nor the abstract names a trial number. If this is a trial report, that itself is worth knowing.
Who cites it
4 citing papers in PubMed.
- Nonlinear Dose-Response Association Between Stressful Life Events and Probable Problematic Internet Use Among Chinese College Students: Cross-Sectional Study.Journal of medical Internet research · 2026Article
- A Dual Regulatory Model Linking Alexithymia to Internet Addiction: Affective and Cognitive Pathways.Annals of neurosciences · 2026Article
- Prevalence and associated risk factors for social networking addiction among the young generation in Bangladesh.Discover mental health · 2026Article
- Experiences of internet addiction among junior college students in Taiwan: a qualitative descriptive phenomenological study.BMJ open · 2026Article
Corrections and comments
PubMed lists nothing against this paper. Absence here is not a guarantee, only a check that was made.
Authors and funding
4 authors.
Funding
No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.
Abstract
objectiveTo estimate the prevalence of internet addiction and its associated factors among secondary-level private school students in an urban municipality in Nepal.
designCross sectional.
settingPrivate schools in Budhanilkantha Municipality, Kathmandu District in Nepal.
participants376 secondary-level (grades 9-12) school students. OUTCOME MEASURES: Internet addiction prevalence was the primary outcome measure. We conducted a cross-sectional survey using a self-administered structured questionnaire containing information on participants' sociodemographic profile, technological factors associated with internet use along with Young's internet addiction test, insomnia severity index and depression anxiety stress scales to assess internet addiction and associated factors. Pearson's χ2 tests and binary logistic regression were performed to examine the association between dependent and independent variables at a 5% level of significance.
resultThe prevalence of internet addiction was 51.10% (95% CI 46 to 55.60). Students who lived alone or with friends in an apartment had a higher likelihood of internet addiction compared with those living with their parents (adjusted odds ratio (AOR) 2.89, 95% CI 1.03 to 8.11). On the other hand, students residing in hostels were less likely to be affected (AOR 0.21, 95% CI 0.06 to 0.76). Additionally, spending 2 or more hours online per day was associated with a higher risk of internet addiction (AOR 2.09, 95% CI 1.20 to 3.63) compared with those who spent less than 2 hours per day online. Individuals with severe to extremely severe depression were more likely to have internet addiction (AOR 2.99, 95% CI 1.03 to 8.66) compared with individuals without depressive symptoms. Furthermore, a notable association was observed between internet addiction and insomnia. Individuals who experienced mild to moderate insomnia (AOR 5.19, 95% CI 2.93 to 9.19) and severe insomnia (AOR 21.09, 95% CI 2.09 to 212.91) were at significantly higher risk of internet addiction compared with those without clinically significant insomnia.
conclusionPrevalence of internet addiction among school-going adolescents in urban Nepal is high. Living situations, average time spent online, depression and insomnia are potential drivers of internet addiction.
Indexed as
Identifiers
What OpenQuestion holds
Registered trials
Read under generation 80e0d062 · epoch 390. Bibliography from PubMed, PubMed Central and OpenAlex; grants from NIH RePORTER; trial links from ClinicalTrials.gov; estimates, votes and beliefs from the OpenQuestion graph.