Correlação entre uso abusivo da internet, ansiedade e depressão em estudantes de medicina

• Autor(a) principal: Motta Neto , Lourinaldo Guimarães
• Data de Publicação: 2020
• Tipo de documento: Trabalho de conclusão de curso
• Idioma: por
• Título da fonte: Repositório do Centro Universitário Braz Cubas
• Texto Completo: https://repositorio.cruzeirodosul.edu.br/handle/123456789/1435
• topic: Internet; Uso abusivo; Ansiedade; Depressão; Estudantes; CNPQ::CIENCIAS DA SAUDE::MEDICINA

Objective: To investigate the relationship between the abusive use of the internet and the incidence of psychiatric disorders, especially anxiety and depression, in medical students at Centro Universitário de João Pessoa - UNIPÊ. Methods: Cross-sectional study, with observational field research of an analytical character and with a quantitative approach. It was carried out with 131 students, studying between the 5th and 12th periods of the medical course at Centro Universitário de João Pessoa. Three online questionnaires were applied, namely the Internet Addiction Test, the Beck Depression Scale and the Beck Anxiety Scale. Those who reached a score greater than 40 on the Internet Addiction Test were considered as abusive use of the Internet. Regarding depression and anxiety, those with a score greater than or equal to 10, were considered to have the disorders on their respective scales. Data analysis was performed using the SPSS 26.0 program and presented with a 95% confidence interval. Spearman's bivariate correlation test was used to verify the correlation between the 3 variables, in addition, a descriptive analysis of the symptoms proposed in each test was performed. Results: There was a high prevalence in the three variables observed: internet abuse (77.9%), anxiety (61.1%) and depression (59.5%). It was possible to observe in internet abuse, that 57.3% of individuals had an average level of abuse, while 20.6% could be considered as severe abusers. Regarding anxiety, 29% had a mild degree of anxiety, 20.6% a moderate degree and 11.5% a severe degree. In terms of depression, 29.8% had a degree of mild to moderate depression, 18.3% a degree between moderate and severe, and 11.5% showed a severe degree of depression. Spearman's correlation between internet abuse and anxiety showed a coefficient of 0.391, showing that there is a weak to average correlation between the two variables. While the coefficient of the correlation betweeninternet abuse and depression showed a value of 0.516, which shows an average correlation between the variables. Both significance of the correlations were below 0.01. Conclusion: The result of this research proved the high prevalence, both of internet abuse, as well as anxiety and depression in medical students. Such findings show that the need for actions to prevent problems is necessary in the academic environment, especially in the medical course, ensuring that no new cases appear or the aggravation of those who already have them.