Original Research Article
Year: 2020 | Month: December | Volume: 10 | Issue: 12 | Pages: 86-92
A Study on Health Effect of Social Media Uses among College Students of Shuats, Prayagraj, Uttar Pradesh
Rishabh Shukla*, Akanksha Singh**, Neena Gupta***
*PG student, **Teaching Associate, ***Assistant Professor, Department of Public Health, Shalom Institute of Health and Allied Sciences, SHUATS, Prayagraj, Uttar Pradesh, India
Corresponding Author: Rishabh Shukla
ABSTRACT
Background: Social media is a form of electronic communication such as websites for social networking and micro blogging through which users create online communities to share information, ideas, personal messages, and other content such as pictures, videos etc.
Objective: To study about the effects of social media uses on their health among respondents Method: A descriptive study was conducted at Sam Higginbottom University of Agriculture and Technology, Prayagraj, Uttar Pradesh was chosen purposively because the high numbers of students of different background were studying in this University from 1stJanuary to 30th June 2019 with pre-tested interview schedule for collecting the data.
Results: In the present study, 323 respondents were selected out of which (62.5%) were male and (37.5%) were female. The age intervals selected were 15-24 years & all the undergraduate students were selected purposively where majority (48%) of the respondents aged between 20-24 years of age. The major health issues were found that (74%) of the respondents believed that social media affect on their mental health, (71.6%) of the respondents believed that it makes you addicted, (70.4%) of the respondents believed that it affects your sleeping order, (69.3%) of the respondents believed that it affects on your physical health, (66%) of the respondents believed that it makes you obese, (65.1%) of the respondents thinks that it causes eyes related problem i.e. dryness, itching, burnings sensation, eye strain, (64%) of the respondents believed that social media causes anxiety & depression, (61%) of the respondents believed that social media cause headache ,backache & neck strain.
Conclusion: This study was concluded that depending on frequency & time duration spent on social media was directly affecting their mental health; they were getting addicted to it and cause health problems like Anxiety, Depression, Insomnia and less physical activity that leads to Obesity.
Key words: Social Media, Social Networking Sites, Face Book, Undergraduate Students, Personal Computer, Time duration.