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Table 1 Socio-demographics, Internet use characteristics and PIU, IZZ, BDI, EAT-26 scores

From: Problematic Internet Use, health behaviors, depression and eating disorders: a cross-sectional study among Polish medical school students

 

n

%

Mean

SD

Me

Q3–Q1

Gender

 Females

449

83.5

    

 Males

89

16.5

    

Field of study

 Nursing

163

30.3

    

 Physiotherapy

162

30.1

    

 Medical analytics

36

6.7

    

 Cosmetology

32

5.9

    

 Health psychology

32

5.9

    

 Medical biotechnology

30

5.6

    

 Emergency medical services

29

5.4

    

 Dietetics

25

4.6

    

 Obstetrics

22

4.1

    

 Administration and management of health care

7

1.3

    

Main device

 Smartphone

275

51.1

    

 Computer and smartphone comparably

201

37.4

    

 Computer

62

11.5

    

Main purpose of using the Internet

 Communication with others

200

37.2

    

 Entertainment

106

19.7

    

 Studying

78

14.5

    

 Social media

70

13.0

    

 Other

10

1.9

    

 Work

9

1.7

    

 No response or no indication of one main objective

65

12.1

    

PIU

 Overall score

  

17.01

13.24

13

16

 Very low

20

3.7

    

 Low

196

36.4

    

 Medium

307

57.1

    

 High

15

2.8

    

 Very high

0

0

    

IZZ

 Overall score

  

76.15

14.07

77

20.75

 Low

256

47.6

    

 Medium

191

35.5

    

 High

91

16.9

    

IZZ domain

 Healthy eating habits

  

3.1

0.83

3.17

1.17

 Preventive behaviors

  

3.16

0.81

3.17

1

 Positive psychological attitude

  

3.41

0.77

3.5

1

 Pro-health practices

  

3.02

0.71

3

0.83

BDI

10 points

146

27.1

8.81

8.21

6

9

EAT-26

20 points

37

6.9

7.83

6.68

6

7

  1. PIU Problematic Internet Use Test, IZZ Health-Related Behavior Inventory, BDI Beck Depression Inventory, EAT-26 The Eating Attitudes Test