The association between internet addiction and psychiatric co-morbidity: a meta-analysis

BMC Psychiatry

Research Article

Hiroko Watanabe¹  Kwok-Kei Mak²  Fang Pan³  Melvyn WB Zhang⁴  Tammy Y Tsang⁴  Anastasia H Toh⁴  Roger C Ho⁴  Yanxia Lu⁴  Ching-Man Lai⁵  Cecilia Cheng⁶  Paul S Yip⁷  Lawrence T Lam⁸ 

[1] Department of Children and Women’s Health, Osaka University Graduate School of Medicine, Osaka, Japan;Department of Community Medicine and School of Public Health, Faculty of Medicine, University of Hong Kong, 21 Sassoon Road, Pokfulam, Hong Kong;Department of Medical Psychology, Shandong University, Shandong, China;Department of Psychological Medicine, Yong Loo Lin School of Medicine, National University of Singapore, Singapore, Singapore;Department of Psychology, Chinese University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong;Department of Psychology, University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong;Department of Social Work and Social Administration, University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong;Discipline of Pediatrics and Child Health, Sydney Medical School, The University of Sydney, Sydney, Australia;

关键词: Internet addiction;    Depression;    Anxiety;    Alcohol abuse;    Attention deficit;    Hyperactivity;   

DOI  :  10.1186/1471-244X-14-183

 received in 2014-05-21, accepted in 2014-06-11,  发布年份 2014

来源: Springer

【 摘 要 】

BackgroundThis study evaluates the association between Internal Addiction (IA) and psychiatric co-morbidity in the literature.MethodsMeta-analyses were conducted on cross-sectional, case–control and cohort studies which examined the relationship between IA and psychiatric co-morbidity. Selected studies were extracted from major online databases. The inclusion criteria are as follows: 1) studies conducted on human subjects; 2) IA and psychiatric co-morbidity were assessed by standardised questionnaires; and 3) availability of adequate information to calculate the effect size. Random-effects models were used to calculate the aggregate prevalence and the pooled odds ratios (OR).ResultsEight studies comprising 1641 patients suffering from IA and 11210 controls were included. Our analyses demonstrated a significant and positive association between IA and alcohol abuse (OR = 3.05, 95% CI = 2.14-4.37, z = 6.12, P < 0.001), attention deficit and hyperactivity (OR = 2.85, 95% CI = 2.15-3.77, z = 7.27, P < 0.001), depression (OR = 2.77, 95% CI = 2.04-3.75, z = 6.55, P < 0.001) and anxiety (OR = 2.70, 95% CI = 1.46-4.97, z = 3.18, P = 0.001).ConclusionsIA is significantly associated with alcohol abuse, attention deficit and hyperactivity, depression and anxiety.

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