Social Media Disorder and its Association with Depression and Self-Esteem among 1st Year Mbbs Students of Vims Ballari. A Cross-Sectional Analytical Study

Introduction: Social Media Disorder(SMD) is an emerging mental health problem of this century with increasing use of gadgets and easy internet excess. This problem becomes more important as it is affecting children and adolescents who are future of our country.This study aims to determine the prevalence of social media disorder and its association with depression and self-esteem among 1st year MBBS students of VIMS Ballari. Methodology: a cross-sectional analytical study conducted among 1st year MBBS students of VIMS Ballari. Descriptive summary statistics were calculated, and chi-square test and Pearson’s Coefficient of correlation test were done to know the association between SMD and Depression, and SMD and Self-esteem. Results: Prevalence of SMD was found to be 26.5%. There was a moderate positive correlation between SMD and depression at r=0.55 and there was low negative correlation between SMD and self-esteem at r=-0.38. Conclusion: as this mental health problem is treatable the respondents who had SMD and depression were provided with further counseling and timely intervention was done.