Identifying Internet Addiction, Quality Of Sleep And Stress Among Undergraduate(UG) Occupational Therapy(OT) Students : A Cross Sectional Study

Dr. Rakesh. B. Shitole; Dr. Sriharika Prakash Jitta; Dr. Harshali Maniklal Netikar; Dr. Trinkal Parshotam Panchasara

Volume : X, Issue : IV, April - 2020

Identifying Internet Addiction, Quality Of Sleep And Stress Among Undergraduate(UG) Occupational Therapy(OT) Students : A Cross Sectional Study

Dr. Rakesh. B. Shitole, Dr. Sriharika Prakash Jitta, Dr. Harshali Maniklal Netikar, Dr. Trinkal Parshotam Panchasara

Abstract :

Background– People with stress disorders report with high level of psychological distress and are unable to relax sleep. It has been shown that excessive internet use may lead to depression , anxiety and sleep disturbance, so that it is important to know relationship among sleep , stress and internet addiction. Objective–. To Identify Internet Addiction, Quality Of Sleep And Stress Among Undergraduate(UG) Occupational Therapy(OT) Students & to study correlation between all the scales. Study Design– A cross sectional study design. Methods–: Written consent from participants was taken. Paper–based version of the Internet Addiction Scale , Pittsburgh Sleep Quality Index (PSQI) and Perceived Stress Scale (PSS) were given to OT UG Occupational therapy students (I to IV year) from OT Training School and centre. Result – Occupational therapy students showed Good and poor quality of sleep and moderate stress along with normal to mild internet addiction. Conclusion –Quality of sleep in Occupational Therapy undergraduate students is affected due to stress and internet addiction.