20.500.12556/DKUM-91194 Internet use and psychosomatic symptoms among university students cross-sectional study Background: Although the internet facilitates access to a wide range of knowledge and evidence, overuse among young people is associated with lower wellbeing and psychosomatic symptoms. The aim of this cross-sectional study is to explore the relationship between internet use, mental wellbeing, and psychosomatic symptoms among university students in Slovenia. Methods: We used correlation matrix plots to identify correlated symptoms and multivariate logistic regression to analyze the relationship between the time spent on the internet or computer and psychosomatic symptoms controlling for gender. Symptoms were measured using the Health Behavior of School Children scale. Results: Out of 464 students, the majority (64.7%, n = 300) were healthcare students and 35.3% (n = 164) were computer science students. Among somatic symptoms, headaches were associated with more time spent on the computer (r = −0.17, p < 0.001) and were significantly more prevalent in computer science students compared to health science students (χ2(1) = 8.52, p = 0.004). Time spent using the internet for spare time activities was associated with lower nervousness (r = 0.15, p = 0.005). Conclusions: Computer science students reported more frequent psychological symptoms compared to health science students and less somatic symptoms. psychological symptoms somatic symptoms technology use wellbeing university students psihološki simptomi somatski simptomi uporaba tehnologije zadovoljstvo študenti true false true MDPI Angleški jezik Slovenski jezik Znanstveno delo 2024-11-27 11:30:14 2024-11-27 11:30:14 2024-11-28 03:18:28 0000-00-00 00:00:00 2022 0 0 str. 1-9 št. 3 Letn. 19 2022 0000-00-00 Zaloznikova Objavljeno apc 2021-12-04 2024-01-28 2024-02-04 613.86-057.87:004.738.5 97095683 10.3390/ijerph19031774 1660-4601 https://www.mdpi.com/1660-4601/19/3/1774 1 976d3ebc-acaa-11ef-82e2-00155d000105 https://dk.um.si/Dokument.php?lang=slv&id=186961 ijerph-19-01774-1.pdf ijerph-19-01774-1.pdf 1 4E6FB8DB42CE9F38FDB59126C6A8F59B 9b57a0dff7bbaef20b700c9d83222383535ff11c9a2b943a3d93db1a2c504612 964cded9-acab-11ef-82e2-00155d000105 https://dk.um.si/Dokument.php?lang=slv&id=186962 Fakulteta za zdravstvene vede Fakulteta za elektrotehniko, računalništvo in informatiko 0 0 0