Journal of AdvancedMedical and Dental Sciences Research

Background: The present study was conducted to assess the effect of social media on health status.  Materials & Methods: The present study was conducted in the department of Community Medicine. It comprised of 525 subjects of both genders. A questionnaire was designed to acquire information such as number of hours spent on social site, type of sites visualized and effect on general health. Responds were recorded and tabulated. Results: 35 subjects used to spend 1 hour/day, 130 subjects spent 2 hours/day and 360 used to spend >2 hours/day on social media. The difference was significant (P< 0.05). The most commonly seen site was facebook in 380 subjects, watsapp by 410, yahoo by 435, twitter by 126 and instagram by 218 subjects. The difference was significant (P< 0.05). The maximum cases of stress (172) were seen in subjects who spent >2 hours/day on social media. Similarly, 120 had loss of concentration, 340 had obesity and 135 had hypertension who spent >2 hours/day on social media. Conclusion: Authors found that as the duration on social media increased, the health related problems increased. Obesity, hypertension, and stress was commonly seen health problems.
Key words: Health, Stress, Social Media

Received: 14 March, 2019                                         Revised:  20 May 2019                             Accepted: 22 May 2019

Corresponding author: Dr. Bhavna Gupta, Senior lecturer, Department of Public Health Dentistry, Swami Devi Dayal Hospital and Dental College, Barwala, Haryana, India.

This article may be cited as: Gupta B, Gupta R, Gupta M, Jain S. Evaluation of Correlation of Social Media Networking and Health Status- An Observational Study. J Adv Med Dent Scie Res 2019;7(6): 86-89.