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October 23, 2025BMC Public HealthOpen Access

Do scales measuring internet addiction give compatible results? Comparison of two internet addiction scales among medical students

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USUğurcan SayılıBKBusra KaraFTFerdane Şeyma Toplu

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Cross-sectional study finds 15% prevalence of internet addiction in medical students, suggesting need for better scale development.

Key Points

  • Prevalence of internet addiction was found to be 15% among medical students using the Young IAT (50 cutoff).
  • Moderate agreement (kappa 0.50) and strong correlation (r = 0.81) were observed between the Young IAT and CIAS-R results.
  • Cross-sectional study conducted among 244 medical students assessed internet addiction using two established scales.
  • Findings highlight the importance of population selection for future clinical diagnoses and scale development studies.

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Sayılı et al. (2025) studied this question.

synapsesocial.com/papers/68fa32a40df2e6cd2f7420a4https://doi.org/10.1186/s12889-025-24695-9
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