The association between Internet addiction and sleep quality among Sohag University medical students

Middle East Current Psychiatry

Table 1 Association between IA and socio-demographic and academic data

Socio-demographic and academic data	Normal Internet users N=291		Internet addicts N=234		P-value
Socio-demographic and academic data	N	Percentage%	N	Percentage%	P-value
Age/years
Mean ± SD	23.32±1.42		19.95±1.37		0.001
Gender
Females	163	56.01%	70	29.91%	<0.0001
Males	128	43.98%	164	70.08%	<0.0001
Residence
Rural	125	42.95%	109	46.58%	0.68
Urban	166	57.04%	125	53.41%	0.68
Father job^a
Farmer	49	16.83%	7	2.99%	0.01
Official employed	107	36.77%	152	64.95%
Self-employed	73	25.08%	46	19.65%
Retired	62	21.30%	29	12.39%
Academic performance^b
Average	141	48.45%	82	35.04%	0.004
Good	34	11.68%	94	40.17%
Excellent	116	39.86%	58	24.78%

^aThe occupation of the student father; official employed=governmental work; self-employed=private work other than farmers. ^bAcademic performance=the average academic grades in the last years in the faculty