BMC WOMEN'S HEALTH, cilt.23, sa.1, ss.1-8, 2023 (SCI-Expanded)
Abstract
Background:
This study was conducted to determine the
prevalence and causes of social media usage and the addiction status of
pregnant.
Materials
and methods: This cross-sectional
study, which was conducted in the Gynecology and Obstetrics Clinics of a
university and state hospital between December 2019 and February 2020 in a city
in the west of Turkey, aims to determine the prevalence and causes of social media
usage and the addiction status of pregnant women. 500 people were included in
the study. The data were collected with the
face-to-face interview technique in the outpatient clinics.
Results:
The prevalence of the pregnant women’s social media usage was found to be 100%.
The average daily social media usage was 3.5 hours, whereas the social media
addiction index was X̅ = 65.58. There were 358 pregnant women (71.6%) with high
social media addiction scores.
Conclusions: In the study, it was concluded that all the pregnant women used social media and that most of them had a high level of social media addiction. Healthcare professionals should promote the conscious and balanced use of social media by organizing educational programs related to the accessibility of accurate and reliable online content for pregnant women at every stage of healthcare, and the dangers and addiction of social media.
Keywords: Pregnancy, prevalence,
social media, social media addiction