Impact of pandemic-related fear on students' internet addiction and sleep quality

ntroduction: This study was conducted toinvestigate the effects of anxiety levels of nursingfaculty students staying at home during the COVID-19 pandemic on their Internet addiction and sleepquality.Materials and Methods: The data in thisdescriptive study was collected from 535 studentnurses studying at a university. The data werecollected using the Personal Information Form,Young's Internet Addiction Test-Short Form,Coronavirus Anxiety Scale, and Pittsburgh SleepQuality Index.Results: The participants had a mean age of 20.40 1.77 years and spent an average of 7.42 3.31 hours per day on the Internet. There was a positive andsignificant correlation between students' anxiety andInternet addiction scores (r = 0.264), as well asbetween anxiety and sleep quality scores (r = 0.242).Conclusions: The study results demonstrated thatstudents' coronavirus anxiety, Internet addiction, andanxiety levels were low, that their sleep quality waspoor, and that their internet addiction level increasedand sleep quality decreased as their coronavirusanxiety level increased.