Nursing students need to be aware of the optimal use of the Internet
because they spend a lot of time conducting scientific research that complements the
academic curriculum, but when a nursing student becomes unable to control the use of
the Internet, this leads to internet addiction and this will affect their physical,
psychological and social health. Aim: This study was to assess internet addiction and
its relationship with the nursing student‟s health profile. Design: a descriptive
correlative study design was used to achieve the aim of this study. Setting: The study
was conducted at the Technical Institute of Nursing, Fayoum University. The
sample: A simple random sample (322) nursing students Out of 754 Nursing
students. Tools of data collection: The study included three tools first tool: a selfadministered questionnaire to assess the socio-demographic characteristics of nursing
students. Second tool: Young Internet Addiction Scale (IAT) to assess the level of
internet addiction; the third tool: The Duke Health Profile. Results: It was found that
8.1% of nursing students were addictive internet users and15.5% of them were at risk.
80.8%, 80.0% of addicts, and at-risk students had poor total the duke health profile,
and 78.9% average internet user students had good total manual scoring for the duke
health profile. A positive highly statistically significant difference between the level
of Internet Addiction and the duke health profile (p |
