title: Internet addiction and its determinants among medical students.
abstract: BACKGROUND
  Exponential use of internet has resulted in internet addiction in recent times. Students are particularly at risk because of their unique personal, social, and academic needs.
  
  
  OBJECTIVE
  The study was designed to evaluate the prevalence of internet addiction and its determinants among medical students.
  
  
  METHODS
  A cross-sectional study was conducted in 282 medical students with the help of semi-structured questionnaire consisting of questions related to demographic information, information related to internet use, and Young's internet addiction test.
  
  
  RESULTS
  We found prevalence of internet addiction among medical students to be 58.87% (mild - 51.42%, moderate -7.45%) and significantly associated factors with internet addiction being male gender, staying in private accommodation, lesser age of first internet use, using mobile for internet access, higher expenditure on internet, staying online for longer time, and using internet for social networking, online videos, and watching website with sexual content.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Medical students are vulnerable for internet addiction and efforts should be taken to increase awareness and prevent the problem of internet addiction in them.
authors.affiliation: Department of Psychiatry, Dr. D. Y. Patil Medical College, Pimpri, Maharashtra, India.
authors.forename: Bhushan
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Chaudhari
authors.affiliation: Department of Psychiatry, Dr. D. Y. Patil Medical College, Pimpri, Maharashtra, India.
authors.forename: Preethi
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Menon
authors.affiliation: Department of Psychiatry, Dr. D. Y. Patil Medical College, Pimpri, Maharashtra, India.
authors.forename: Daniel
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Saldanha
authors.affiliation: Department of Psychiatry, Dr. D. Y. Patil Medical College, Pimpri, Maharashtra, India.
authors.forename: Abhinav
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Tewari
authors.affiliation: Department of Psychiatry, Dr. D. Y. Patil Medical College, Pimpri, Maharashtra, India.
authors.forename: Labhanya
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Bhattacharya
keywords: Determinants; internet addiction; medical students; prevalence