Use of Internet in an Italian clinical sample

Stud Health Technol Inform. 2012:181:207-11.

Abstract

This study is aimed at evaluating Internet use in a psychiatric population. We used the UADI questionnaire to investigate the degree of addictive Internet use in our sample of patients affected by various psychiatric disorders. Several psychological and psychopathological variables related to internet use, have been assessed through the five dimensions of the UADI: dissociation (DIS), Impact on real life (IMP), Experimentation (EXP), Dependence (DEP), Escape (ESC).

MeSH terms

  • Adult
  • Analysis of Variance
  • Behavior, Addictive / epidemiology*
  • Behavior, Addictive / psychology*
  • Educational Status
  • Female
  • Humans
  • Internet / statistics & numerical data*
  • Italy / epidemiology
  • Male
  • Mental Disorders / psychology*
  • Surveys and Questionnaires