Sintomatología depresiva en usuarios de cabinas públicas de internet en un distrito de Lima, Perú

Translated title of the contribution: Depressive symptoms in users of public internet cabins from a district of Lima, Peru

Ian Cotlear, Jorge Osada, Miguel Ceccarelli, Paulo Ruiz-Grosso, Johann Vega-Dienstmaier

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Abstract

We carry out a cross sectional study pretends to determine the prevalence of depressive symptoms and their relation with the quantity of Internet use in hours in Public Internet Cabins (PIC). A total of 96 users of PIC completed a survey that included data of quantity, frequency and type of use of Internet and the self-administered Zung Depression Scale (ZDS). The prevalence of depressive symptoms (DS) was 8.33% (CI 3.92 - 16.23). No statistical relationship was found between the number of hours-usage per week and the score in the ZDS (p=0.05). Those that reported that their main usage was watching pornography had 13.47 higher points in the ZDS compared to the other uses being this statistical relationship significative (p = 0.03). No evidence was found that suggested that the prevalence of DS in PIC were higher that the general population.

Translated title of the contributionDepressive symptoms in users of public internet cabins from a district of Lima, Peru
Original languageSpanish
Pages (from-to)462-465
Number of pages4
JournalRevista Peruana de Medicina Experimental y Salud Publica
Volume26
Issue number4
StatePublished - 2009
Externally publishedYes

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