Abstract: The Internet has, in any case, changed the way we relate to our environment and our planet in common. One of today's huge phenomena is online gaming. One can play any game in online gaming so long as there's internet connection. One gets in contact with friends online and also gets an opportunity to associate with individuals who they haven't known some time recently but met online. With online gaming, they have access to any games and at the cybercafé there's no need to rent games. Online games can be exceptionally addictive and in terms of physical and mental wellbeing the addiction can too have a serious effect on them. But this addiction can lead to Internet Gaming Disorder, if without any supervision over their behaviour. This study is a descriptive study with cross sectional method. Data is obtained by using the Development of Indonesian Online Game Addiction Questionnaire and The Beck Depression Inventory-II questionnaire and it is given out to random medical students which follows the inclusion and exclusion criteria studying in the University of Udayana. The prevalence of students addicted to online games are 50,0%. There no correlation between age, gender, batch, online game addiction, hours spent online gaming and depression. Depression due to game addiction among students in faculty of medicine in University Udayana have a prevelance of 50,0%. There is no significance between hours spent online gaming and depression.
Keywords: game addiction, depression, online gaming, hours spent.
Title: DEPRESSION DUE TO INTERNET OR GAME ADDICTION AMONG STUDENTS IN FACULTY OF MEDICINE IN UNIVERSITY UDAYANA
Author: Vaheni M Shunmugam, Anak Ayu Sri Wahyuni, Ni Ketut Putri Ariani, Luh Nyoman Alit Aryani
International Journal of Healthcare Sciences
ISSN 2348-5728 (Online)
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