Abstract
BACKGROUND: In recent years, the excessive usage of the internet has led to internet addiction among population of various socio-demographic proles. Students are particularly vulnerable due to their specic personal, social, and intellectual requirements. OBJECTIVES: The purpose of the study was to assess the prevalence of internet addiction and its severity among undergraduate medical students in India. MATERIALS AND METHODS: An online survey was conducted on 280 undergraduate medical students in West Bengal, India, using Young's Internet Addiction Test and a semi-structured questionnaire pertaining to their social demographic prole. CONCLUSION: Medical students are highly susceptible to internet addiction, prevalence of the problem being 58.57% in this study. Thus efforts should be made to raise awareness and prevent the problem
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