A Descriptive Study to Assess the Impacts of Internet Use on Health Among B. Sc. Nursing Students of the Selected Nursing Colleges at Jagadhri, Yamuna Nagar, Haryana

Abstract

The internet is a very informative and useful tool for completing assignments, projects and solving problems but may have an impact on health and academic performance including headache, watery eyes, insomnia, loss of appetite, decreased physical activities and lower performance in academics due to use over in an ineffective manner. Influencing factors such as age, gender residence, purpose of internet use and internet access on mobile/smart phone. Objectives: To assess the impact of internet use on health among B. Sc. nursing students of selected nursing colleges at Yamuna Nagar. To find out the association between impacts of internet use on health among B.sc nursing students with selected demographic variables. Materials and Methods: Quantitative research approach was used among 100 B. Sc. nursing students from the selected nursing colleges at Yamuna Nagar. The respondents were selected by a non- probability convenient sampling technique. The tool used for data collection comprises of two sections i.e. Section A: - socio-demographic variables; age, gender, year of study, residence, sleeping hours, purpose of internet use, internet access, Section B: - self structured rating scale was administered to assess the impacts of internet use on health of B. Sc. nursing students of selected nursing colleges at Yamuna Nagar. Data collected and analyzed statistically using SPSS version 16. Result: The analysis found that the majority (75%) nursing students had moderate impact of internet use on health, 25% nursing students had severe impact of internet use on health. The finding of the study implies that the majority of the sample internet use for social interaction and academic purpose. Conclusion: It is concluded that there is a moderate impacts of internet use found among B. sc. nursing students of selected nursing college at Yamuna Nagar.