Internet use and its relationship with depression, insomnia and self-esteem in high school students, Quito

Abstract

Introduction: The internet has revolutionized people's lives, has transformed relationships family, personal, work and social; indiscriminate use could have negative effects mainly in adolescents. Objective: To estimate the association between Internet addiction with depression, insomnia and self-esteem disorders in high school students from the unit "Quitumbe" municipal educational institution and "María Augusta Urrutia" fiscomisional College of Fe y Alegría, of the Metropolitan District of Quito, in the 2017-2018 school year. Material and method: A non-experimental cross-sectional study of 336 students; the sample calculation was performed with a prevalence of Internet addiction reported in other studies of 26%, with interval 95% confidence and 5% probability of error, simple random; participants were randomly selected within each class using a table of random numbers to ensure the representativeness of the sample. Results: Prevalences of addiction risk internet, depression, insomnia and low self-esteem were 46%, 62%, 42% and 76% respectively. It was estimated that the risk of Internet addiction constituted a risk factor for the presence of depression and insomnia (OR = 3.82, 95% CI: 2.36 – 6.18; p < .000) and (OR = 2.59, CI 95%: 1.66 – 4.04; p &lt; ,000) Conclusions: The present study found that the risk of addiction Internet access was associated with depressive symptoms and with insomnia in any of its degrees in the studied adolescents.