scholarly journals Assessment of the oral health behavior, knowledge and status among dental and medical undergraduate students: a cross-sectional study

2019 ◽  
Vol 19 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Ke Yao ◽  
Yufei Yao ◽  
Xin Shen ◽  
Changqing Lu ◽  
Qiang Guo
Keyword(s):  
Oral Health ◽  
Health Behavior ◽  
Undergraduate Students ◽  
Cross Sectional Study ◽  
Sectional Study ◽  
Oral Health Behavior ◽  
Cross Sectional ◽  
Medical Undergraduate ◽  
Medical Undergraduate Students

scholarly journals A cross-sectional study to assess internet addiction among medical undergraduate students of government medical college in Agra, India

2020 ◽  
Vol 7 (11) ◽  
pp. 4578
Author(s):  
Khan I. Aqeel ◽  
S. K. Misra
Keyword(s):  
Undergraduate Students ◽  
Internet Addiction ◽  
Cross Sectional Study ◽  
Internet Usage ◽  
Government Medical College ◽  
Sectional Study ◽  
Cross Sectional ◽  
Medical College ◽  
Medical Undergraduate ◽  
Medical Undergraduate Students

Background: Internet has become an essential part of one’s life in this modern era where technology is taking over the world. Risk of Internet addiction (IA) has increased in this year 2020, due to Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic, where most of time students are restricted to their homes thus relying on social media to be in touch with outer world, moreover surfing of web, as well as online learning practices increased their screen and internet exposure time. Hence, we conducted a study to assess internet addiction among medical undergraduate students of Government Medical College in Agra.Methods: This descriptive cross-sectional study was conducted among 600 medical undergraduate students of S.N. Medical College, Agra. A self-administered, pre-validated questionnaire was used and a total of 488 students responded. E-questionnaire consist of questions about demographic information and internet usage pattern, it also contains Young’s IA test scale to measure internet addiction. Data obtained was analyzed and inferences were drawn.Results: The prevalence of IA was 61.5%. Mean ± Standard deviation (SD) age of the participants was 22.27±1.59 years and 48.36% were males. IA was significantly associated with male students, higher family income group and higher year of academic course. IA was also statistically significant with higher number of years since using internet, greater screen and internet usage time.Conclusion: Internet addiction is a growing problem among students of professional courses especially in medical colleges. IA has psychological, physical, and social impact on student’s life. So, it is necessary to develop strategies for prevention of internet addiction.

scholarly journals Associations between dental knowledge, source of dental knowledge and oral health behavior in Japanese university students: A cross-sectional study

PLoS ONE ◽  
2017 ◽  
Vol 12 (6) ◽  
pp. e0179298 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ayano Taniguchi-Tabata ◽  
Daisuke Ekuni ◽  
Shinsuke Mizutani ◽  
Mayu Yamane-Takeuchi ◽  
Kota Kataoka ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Oral Health ◽  
Health Behavior ◽  
University Students ◽  
Cross Sectional Study ◽  
Sectional Study ◽  
Knowledge Source ◽  
Oral Health Behavior ◽  
Cross Sectional ◽  
Japanese University

scholarly journals A cross-sectional study of perception among medical students on online learning amid COVID-19 pandemic, at Government Medical College, Agra, India

2020 ◽  
Vol 8 (1) ◽  
pp. 248
Author(s):  
Kunver V. Singh ◽  
Khan I. Aqeel ◽  
S. K. Misra
Keyword(s):  
Online Learning ◽  
Undergraduate Students ◽  
Cross Sectional Study ◽  
Sectional Study ◽  
Cross Sectional ◽  
Medical College ◽  
Conventional Teaching ◽  
Medical Undergraduate ◽  
Education Delivery ◽  
Medical Undergraduate Students

Background: Online learning emerged as an alternative method in time of COVID-19 pandemic.  Zoom app, google app, LT software platform etc are helping to minimize the gaps in learning as a consequence of the current circumstances in which conventional teaching is being withheld. We conducted a study to find perception among medical undergraduate students of our college regarding effectiveness of online learning.Methods: This descriptive cross-sectional study was conducted among 600 medical undergraduate students of S.N. Medical College, Agra. A semi-structured, self-administered questionnaire was used and a total of 506 students responded. Data obtained was analyzed and inferences were drawn.Results: We observed mixed perceptions having both favorable as well as unfavorable elements with their first and short experience of online learning. Majority of students found time flexibility (58.8%) and location flexibility (62%) in online learning as beneficial. While three-fourth (77.5%) missed interest created in collective learning. Majority also felt lack of concentration (59.7%), understanding (51.0%) and interaction (67.2%) with online learning. Around two-third of them reported technical malfunctioning and also pilling up of lesson material. Half of the student stated that home environment was not conducive for online learning. 71.2% wanted both online learning and conventional learning as future mode of learning after the end of pandemic. 28.3% recommended improvement in the online learning.Conclusions: This study found mixed perceptions regarding online learning. This study also provided valuable inputs which can be utilized to improve effectiveness and quality of online medical education delivery in future.

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