Correlation of internet addiction with academic performance and general health in undergraduate physiotherapy students

Abstract

There are billions of internet users now a days and this number is keep on increasing due to global digitalization. Mostly students are using internet for their study purpose but they are getting addicted to over use of internet other than study purpose. In long term this affects their academic performance as well as their health.Objective: To determine the correlation of internet addiction with academic performance and general health in undergraduate physical therapy students. Methods: This cross-sectional study was conducted on 345 physical therapy students of Lahore (Pakistan), who were selected via non- probability convenient sampling technique. Data was collected using Young's internet addiction and general health questionnaire and CGPA for academic performance. Data analysis was performed in SPSS version 21. Results: Correlation of internet addiction with general health and academic performance showed a significant association between internet addiction and general health. The p value was less than 0.05 which showed correlation between internet addiction and academic performance Conclusions: There seen a positive Correlation of internet addiction with academic performance and general health in undergraduate physical therapy students