Abstract
Background: Excessive online gaming poses a big problem among the growing generation. It leads to poor quality of sleep among students.Methods: It is a cross-sectional study done among medical college students of a tertiary care hospital, Kanchipuram district, Tamil Nadu for a period of 6 months (May to October 2019). 376 students participated in this study. Data was collected using self-administered questionnaire containing IGDS9-SF and ISI scales. Data was analysed using SPSS version 21.Results: Of the 376 participants, 220 (58.51%) were males and 156 (41.49%) were females. Prevalence of internet gaming disorder (IGD) was 4.25%. Among the 376 participants, 73(19.4%) had moderate severity insomnia. Correlation was significant between internet gaming and insomnia severity.Conclusions: The result of the study shows that prevalence of IGD was low among medical college students in the Kanchipuram district and there was medium correlation between IGD and insomnia.
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