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The Evaluation of the Relation Between Smartphone Addiction and Eating Attitudes among Medical Students

Year 2023, Volume: 9 Issue: 2, 296 - 311, 31.05.2023
https://doi.org/10.19127/mbsjohs.1247577

Abstract

Objective: This study aims to evaluate the relationship between smartphone addiction and demographical characteristics, eating attitudes, and body mass index of medical students.

Methods: The data was obtained through personal questionnaires, the scales regarding eating attitudes and smartphone addiction. The questionnaire and the scales were carried out online among current medical students of Zonguldak Bülent Ecevit University.

Results: Of the participants (n=347), 59.9% were female,40.1% were male. Participants were found to use internet mostly through their smartphones and they were also found to use their smartphones mostly for messaging and monitoring social media. The scores for the Smartphone Addiction Scale were found to be significantly higher in students who were using their smartphones for social media than those who were not. A weak, positive, and significant relationship was found between the scores of the Smartphone Addiction Scale and Eating Attitudes Test of the students (r=0.135,p=0.12). As a result of the correlation analysis, a very weak, positive and significant relationship was found between Body Mass Index and the age of owning the first smartphone (r=0.113, p=0.036).

Conclusion: We reported a relation between the intentions of using a smartphone and smartphone addiction and another relation between one’s age of owning the first smartphone and these individuals’ body mass indexes. A difference was observed between those who have abnormal eating attitudes and who have not regarding smartphone addiction scale scores.

Thanks

M.D., Mücahit Yıldız (Research Assistant, Department of Public Health, Faculty of Medicine, Gazi University, Ankara, Turkey) We thank him for his support during the analysis of the data.

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TIP FAKÜLTESİ ÖĞRENCİLERİNDE AKILLI TELEFON BAĞIMLILIĞI İLE YEME TUTUMLARI ARASINDAKİ İLİŞKİNİN DEĞERLENDİRİLMESİ

Year 2023, Volume: 9 Issue: 2, 296 - 311, 31.05.2023
https://doi.org/10.19127/mbsjohs.1247577

Abstract

Amaç: Bu araştırma tıp fakültesi öğrencilerinde akıllı telefon bağımlılığının sosyodemografik özellikler, akıllı telefon kullanım amaçları, yeme tutumları ve beden kitle indeksi ile ilişkilerini belirlemek amacıyla yapılmıştır.
Metod: Veriler araştırmacılar tarafından hazırlanan kişisel bilgi soru formu ile yeme tutum testi, akıllı telefon bağımlılığı ölçeği formlarını içeren bir anketin internet ortamında Zonguldak Bülent Ecevit Üniversitesi Tıp Fakültesi’nde aktif devam eden öğrencilerine ulaştırılması ile elde edilmiştir.
Bulgular: Katılımcıların (n=347) %59.9’u kadın, %40.1’i erkekti. Çalışmaya katılan öğrencilerin internete girmede en sık kullandıkları yolun akıllı telefon olduğu, akıllı telefonu en sık mesajlaşmak ve sosyal medya takibi amaçları ile kullandıkları saptandı. “Sosyal medya takibi” amaçlı akıllı telefon kullanımı olan katılımcıların bu amaçla kullanmayanlara göre Akıllı Telefon Bağımlılığı Ölçeği puan ortalamalarının anlamlı düzeyde yüksek olduğu görüldü. Öğrencilerin Akıllı Telefon Bağımlılığı Ölçeği puanları ile Yeme Tutum Testi puanları arasında çok zayıf, pozitif yönlü, anlamlı bir ilişki saptandı (r=0.135, p=0.12). Korelasyon analizi sonucunda BKİ ile akıllı telefona ilk sahip olma yaşı arasında çok zayıf, pozitif yönlü anlamlı bir ilişki olduğu bulundu (r=0.113, p=0.036).
Sonuç: Akıllı telefon kullanım amaçlarının akıllı telefon bağımlılığı ile, akıllı telefona ilk sahip olma yaşının beden kitle indeksi ile ilişkili olduğu görüldü. Ayrıca yeme bozukluğuna yatkınlığı olanlar ile olmayanlar arasında akıllı telefon bağımlılığı ölçek puanları açısından fark bulundu.

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  • 2- Türkiye İstatistik Kurumu (TÜİK). Hanehalkı bilişim teknolojileri kullanım araştırması [Internet]. [cited 2021 Aug 26] Available from: https://data.tuik.gov.tr/Bulten/Index?p=Hanehalki-Bilisim-Teknolojileri-(BT)-Kullanim-Arastirmasi-2021-37437
  • 3- Tayhan Kartal F, Yabancı Ayhan N. Relationship between eating disorders and internet and smartphone addiction in college students. Eat Weight Disord 2021;26(6): 1853-62.
  • 4- O'Donnell S, Epstein LH. Smartphones are more reinforcing than food for students. Addict Behav 2019;90:124-33.
  • 5- Açık B, Koç T, Uslu O. Teknoloji Kullanım Alışkanlıkları Açısından COVID19'un Teknoloji Bağımlılığına Etkisi. Yorum Yönetim Yöntem Uluslararası Yönetim Ekonomi ve Felsefe Dergisi. 2021;9(2):113-24.
  • 6- Alosaimi FD, Alyahya H, Alshahwan H, Al Mahyijari N, Shaik SA. Smartphone addiction among university students in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia. Saudi Med J 2016;37(6):675-83. doi:10.15537/Smj.2016.6.14430
  • 7- Tao ZL, Liu Y. Is there a relationship between Internet dependence and eating disorders? A comparison study of Internet dependents and non-Internet dependents. Eat Weight Disord 2009;14(2-3):e77-83.
  • 8- Tao Z. The relationship between Internet addiction and bulimia in a sample of Chinese college students: depression as partial mediator between Internet addiction and bulimia. Eat Weight Disord 2013;18(3):233-43.
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  • 15- Özdemir A, Çiftçi H, Dağılgan S, Ünal E. Bursa Uludağ Üniversitesi Sağlık Bilimleri Fakültesi Hemşirelik Öğrencilerinin Akıllı Telefon Kullanım Durumu ve Bağımlılık Düzeylerinin Belirlenmesi. Uludağ Üniversitesi Tıp Fakültesi Dergisi 2019;45(3):281-90.
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  • 27- Custers K, Van den Bulck J. Viewership of pro‐anorexia websites in seventh, ninth and eleventh graders. European Eating Disorders Review: The Professional Journal of the Eating Disorders Association 2009; 17(3): 214-9.
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Primary Language English
Subjects Health Care Administration
Journal Section Research articles
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Vildan Çakır Kardeş 0000-0002-6417-972X

Ali Deniz Çölgeçen 0000-0002-0712-5872

Hande Çetin 0000-0002-5318-913X

Selin Önder 0000-0001-7331-2740

Bensu Şengül Çırak 0000-0003-0823-4314

Sudenur Tenk 0000-0002-0390-1272

Murtaza Zülfikar Kıcıman 0000-0002-2340-621X

Büşra Kart 0000-0002-2360-3555

Sait Öztürk 0000-0001-5082-0638

Durmuş Ali Tap 0000-0002-1934-3279

Yusuf Aşır Akbaba 0000-0003-0590-4845

Abdul Rahman Alfaris 0000-0002-1109-1150

Ahmad Abu Hamed 0000-0001-7088-2457

İslam Alhasan 0000-0002-7823-4005

Publication Date May 31, 2023
Published in Issue Year 2023 Volume: 9 Issue: 2

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Vancouver Çakır Kardeş V, Çölgeçen AD, Çetin H, Önder S, Çırak BŞ, Tenk S, Kıcıman MZ, Kart B, Öztürk S, Tap DA, Akbaba YA, Alfaris AR, Abu Hamed A, Alhasan İ. The Evaluation of the Relation Between Smartphone Addiction and Eating Attitudes among Medical Students. Mid Blac Sea J Health Sci. 2023;9(2):296-311.

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