Profile of National Center for Mental Health (NCMH) employees‘ dependents on internet use
The Philippine Journal of Psychiatry
;
: 48-2023.
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en Inglés
| WPRIM
| ID: wpr-1003728
ABSTRACT
Objectives@#This study aimed to determine the sociodemographic profile and theprevalence of internet use among the NCMH employees’ dependents.@*Methodology@#This was a descriptive study of NCMH employees’ dependents from10-40 years old who lived in the same household and spoke English, selecting them throughrandom sampling and using the 8 -item Internet Addiction Diagnostic Questionnaire. Onlynon-essential computer / internet usage was evaluated and addiction was consideredpresent if patient answered 5 or ore of the questions over a 6- month period.@*Results@#There were 100 respondents who qualified with 52% females and 48% males.Eighty five percent were 30 years old and below but almost equally distributed betweenthose from 10- 20 years old (45%) and those from 21- 30 years old (40%); but most of them (45%) had reached college though not all graduated (38%). Majority (83% ) wereRoman Catholics and 76% were single. There were 78 (78%) respondents who hadproblematic internet use.@*Conclusion@#The prevalence of problematic internet use among dependents of NCMHemployees was quite high.
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Índice:
WPRIM (Pacífico Occidental)
Asunto principal:
Salud Mental
/
Encuestas y Cuestionarios
/
Uso de Internet
Idioma:
Inglés
Revista:
The Philippine Journal of Psychiatry
Año:
2023
Tipo del documento:
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