Open AccessStudy of internet addiction and its association with depression and insomnia in university students
Author(s) -
Akhilesh Jain,
Rekha Sharma,
Kusum Lata Gaur,
Neelam Yadav,
Poonam Sharma,
Nikita Sharma,
Nazish Huma Khan,
Priyanka Kumawat,
Garima Jain,
Mukesh Maanju,
Kartik Mohan Sinha,
Kuldeep Yadav
Publication year - 2020
Publication title -
journal of family medicine and primary care
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 2278-7135
pISSN - 2249-4863
DOI - 10.4103/jfmpc.jfmpc_1178_19
Subject(s) - addiction , insomnia , the internet , medicine , psychiatry , depression (economics) , clinical psychology , world wide web , computer science , economics , macroeconomics
Use of internet has increased exponentially worldwide with prevalence of internet addiction ranging from 1.6% to 18 % or even higher. Depression and insomnia has been linked with internet addiction and overuse in several studies.