ABSTRACT
Introduction: Video gaming has become a popular leisure activity especially among students. This behavior in excess can result in significant impairment in personal, social, educational or other domains of life and can affect routine functioning. Objectives : To estimate the prevalence of addiction to online video games and to identify the association of addiction to online video games with gender among the first year medical students of a college located in western India. Method : A cross sectional study was conducted among 189 first year M.B.B.S students of batch 2019. Young's online gaming addiction scale was utilized. The questionnaire was administered by using Google Form and was analyzed using Microsoft Excel 2010. st Results : The prevalence of addiction to online video games was 62.43% among1 year medical students. There was no statistically significant association seen between male and female students to addiction of video games. Conclusion: Students to be encouraged of rational use of internet for online video games to protect their physical and mental health