Relation between Internet Addiction and Educational Burnout amongStudents in Faculty of Health Management and Medical Informaticsof Tabriz University of Medical Sciences: A Cross - Sectional Study
Background: With growing usage of Internet in daily life, there is a risk of addiction to using the Internet among users especiallystudents, who use the Internet as a tool for their educational duties. Addiction to the Internet may be a risk factor for educationalburnout, which may cause educational failure. This study was designed to determine the relation between Internet addiction andeducational burnout among students in the faculty of Management and Medical Information Sciences.Materials and Methods: This is a cross - sectional study in which all of the students of the Faculty of Management and MedicalInformation Sciences of Tabriz University of Medical Sciences, in 2015, were included. The data were collected using Young’s InternetAddiction questionnaire and Maslach Educational Burnout questionnaire. The independent t - test, ANOVA, and linear regressionwere used to analyze data by using SPSS - v19 (P < 0.05).Results: The total mean SD Internet addiction score was 25.35 16.44. A significant relationship was found between addictionto the Internet and variables such as sex and residential location (P < 0.05). The total means SD of educational burnout scorewas 41.83 14.22. Significant relationship between educational burnout and demographic variables was not found. There was asignificant relationship between Internet addiction and educational burnout and its subscales including emotional exhaustion,cynicism subscales, and inefficacy subscale (P < 0.05).Conclusions: Given the positive relationship between Internet addiction and educational burnout among students, it’s necessaryfor authorities to declare the risk of overuse of Internet for students and encourage them to optimize the use of this technology toprevent outcomes such as educational burnout.