Comparison of internet usage and internet addiction scores in healthy children and children with type 1 diabetes mellitus
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Gönül Büyükyılmaz
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Keziban Toksoy Adıgüzel
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Serkan Bilge Koca
Abstract
Objectives
The Internet, an integral part of modern life, can lead to internet addiction, which negatively affects academic performance, family relationships, and emotional development. This study aimed to evaluate the Internet addiction scores (IAS) during COVID-19 in children with type 1 diabetes mellitus (T1DM) compared with healthy controls.
Methods
Children with T1DM and healthy controls aged 8–18, were evaluated with the Parent–Child Internet Addiction Test (PCIAT20). Internet addiction scores of the participants were assessed. The relationship between diabetes duration, mean HbA1c level and IAS were also examined in children with T1DM.
Results
The study included 139 patients with T1DM and 273 controls. The IAS were significantly lower in patients compared with controls (25.28 ± 15.52 vs. 29.69 ± 19.08, p=0.019). There was a weak negative correlation between the duration of diabetes and IAS in children with diabetes (r=−0.21, p=0.021). There was no significant association between IAS and mean HbA1c (r=0.14, p=0.128) or age (r=0.08, p=0.115). Furthermore, there was no statistically significant difference in IAS between children with well-controlled diabetes (n=17) and those with poorly-controlled diabetes (n=122) (IAS: 27.1 ± 17.2; 24.8 ± 15.5, p=0.672, respectively).
Conclusions
Internet addiction scores were lower in patients with T1DM compared with their healthy peers. Unlike previous studies reporting an increase in problematic internet use, the results of the present study did not confirm internet use as a real challenge in front of the diabetes management for the majority of children with T1DM. This result may be attributed to the important role played by families in the management of T1DM.
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Research funding: None declared.
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Author contributions: All authors have accepted responsibility for the entire content of this manuscript and approved its submission.
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Competing interests: Authors state no conflict of interest.
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Informed consent: Informed consent was obtained from all individuals included in this study.
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Ethical approval: The study was approved by the clinical research ethics committee of Kayseri City Hospital with decision no 717 dated October 25, 2022.
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- Original Articles
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- Copeptin levels in hospitalized infants and children with suspected vasopressin-dependent disorders: a case series
- Case Reports
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- Hypoparathyroidism and medium-chain Acyl-CoA dehydrogenase deficiency, an unusual association
- An 11-year-old girl with Autoimmune Polyglandular Syndrome (APS) type 2: a case report and review of literature
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