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The Prevalence of Internet Gaming Disorder Among Medical Students at Umm Al-Qura University (UQU), Saudi Arabia: A cross-sectional study

Rayyan Bakur Bassas, Ibrahim Sallah Alibrahim, Khalid Humied Alnafei, Hatim Adnan Almaghrabi, Ahmed Khalid Alsufyani, Gherass Ghazi Alhussayni, Amer Omar Bawazir, Mohamed Abdelmoneim Elhefny.


Abstract
Background and Aims:
Internet gaming disorder (IGD) is a worldwide psychological illness that can cause substantial suffering and impairment of gamers’ mental and physical health. Our study aimed to investigate the prevalence of IGD as well as the correlations between this disorder and gender, age and GPA among medical students at Umm Al-Qura University (UQU), Saudi Arabia.
Methods:
This was a comparative cross-sectional study conducted through an online survey between August 2022 and December 2022. The questionnaire was administered to male and female students across all years attending the Faculty of Medicine at Umm Al-Qura University, Saudi Arabia.
Results:
The sample included 351 responses from medical students, more than half of them male (58.1%). In our study, 14.5% of the participants had IGD, while 44% of people were at risk of getting this illness. There was a significant association between IGD and gender, with the male participants having twice as high a risk of developing it as the females.
Conclusions:
This study’s findings show that medical students have a high rate of IGD, which has a significant relationship with gender, four times higher in males than in females. However, IGD did not significantly correlate with GPA or age. It is necessary to conduct more research on the topic of psychological distress of medical students with IGD.

Key words: Internet gaming disorder, medical students, prevalence


 
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Bassas RB, Alibrahim IS, Alnafei KH, Almaghrabi HA, Alsufyani AK, Alhussayni GG, Bawazir AO, Elhefny MA. The Prevalence of Internet Gaming Disorder Among Medical Students at Umm Al-Qura University (UQU), Saudi Arabia: A cross-sectional study. Majmaah J Heal Sci. 2023; 11(4): 1-10. doi:10.5455/mjhs.2023.04.002

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Bassas RB, Alibrahim IS, Alnafei KH, Almaghrabi HA, Alsufyani AK, Alhussayni GG, Bawazir AO, Elhefny MA. The Prevalence of Internet Gaming Disorder Among Medical Students at Umm Al-Qura University (UQU), Saudi Arabia: A cross-sectional study. https://www.mjhs-mu.org/?mno=147530 [Access: September 12, 2024]. doi:10.5455/mjhs.2023.04.002

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Bassas RB, Alibrahim IS, Alnafei KH, Almaghrabi HA, Alsufyani AK, Alhussayni GG, Bawazir AO, Elhefny MA. The Prevalence of Internet Gaming Disorder Among Medical Students at Umm Al-Qura University (UQU), Saudi Arabia: A cross-sectional study. Majmaah J Heal Sci. 2023; 11(4): 1-10. doi:10.5455/mjhs.2023.04.002


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Bassas RB, Alibrahim IS, Alnafei KH, Almaghrabi HA, Alsufyani AK, Alhussayni GG, Bawazir AO, Elhefny MA. The Prevalence of Internet Gaming Disorder Among Medical Students at Umm Al-Qura University (UQU), Saudi Arabia: A cross-sectional study. Majmaah J Heal Sci. (2023), [cited September 12, 2024]; 11(4): 1-10. doi:10.5455/mjhs.2023.04.002


Harvard Style

Bassas, R. B., Alibrahim, . I. S., Alnafei, . K. H., Almaghrabi, . H. A., Alsufyani, . A. K., Alhussayni, . G. G., Bawazir, . A. O. & Elhefny, . M. A. (2023) The Prevalence of Internet Gaming Disorder Among Medical Students at Umm Al-Qura University (UQU), Saudi Arabia: A cross-sectional study. Majmaah J Heal Sci, 11 (4), 1-10. doi:10.5455/mjhs.2023.04.002


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Bassas, Rayyan Bakur, Ibrahim Sallah Alibrahim, Khalid Humied Alnafei, Hatim Adnan Almaghrabi, Ahmed Khalid Alsufyani, Gherass Ghazi Alhussayni, Amer Omar Bawazir, and Mohamed Abdelmoneim Elhefny. 2023. The Prevalence of Internet Gaming Disorder Among Medical Students at Umm Al-Qura University (UQU), Saudi Arabia: A cross-sectional study. Majmaah Journal of Health Sciences, 11 (4), 1-10. doi:10.5455/mjhs.2023.04.002


Chicago Style

Bassas, Rayyan Bakur, Ibrahim Sallah Alibrahim, Khalid Humied Alnafei, Hatim Adnan Almaghrabi, Ahmed Khalid Alsufyani, Gherass Ghazi Alhussayni, Amer Omar Bawazir, and Mohamed Abdelmoneim Elhefny. "The Prevalence of Internet Gaming Disorder Among Medical Students at Umm Al-Qura University (UQU), Saudi Arabia: A cross-sectional study." Majmaah Journal of Health Sciences 11 (2023), 1-10. doi:10.5455/mjhs.2023.04.002


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Bassas, Rayyan Bakur, Ibrahim Sallah Alibrahim, Khalid Humied Alnafei, Hatim Adnan Almaghrabi, Ahmed Khalid Alsufyani, Gherass Ghazi Alhussayni, Amer Omar Bawazir, and Mohamed Abdelmoneim Elhefny. "The Prevalence of Internet Gaming Disorder Among Medical Students at Umm Al-Qura University (UQU), Saudi Arabia: A cross-sectional study." Majmaah Journal of Health Sciences 11.4 (2023), 1-10. Print. doi:10.5455/mjhs.2023.04.002


APA (American Psychological Association) Style

Bassas, R. B., Alibrahim, . I. S., Alnafei, . K. H., Almaghrabi, . H. A., Alsufyani, . A. K., Alhussayni, . G. G., Bawazir, . A. O. & Elhefny, . M. A. (2023) The Prevalence of Internet Gaming Disorder Among Medical Students at Umm Al-Qura University (UQU), Saudi Arabia: A cross-sectional study. Majmaah Journal of Health Sciences, 11 (4), 1-10. doi:10.5455/mjhs.2023.04.002




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