Author(s)

Lan Wang^1*, Zhuang Su^1*, Baofeng Chi^1*, Ying Yang¹, Chengcheng Yin², Jiao Zhou³, Yuan Xia¹, Juan Sun^1*

¹Inner Mongolia Medical University, Hohhot, China.
²Beijing Yisheng Care Medical Technology Co., Ltd., Beijing, China.
³Business College of Shanxi University, Shanxi, China.

Objective: The purpose of this study was to evaluate the difference of computer use and the negative effects for different gender in the Medical University of Inner Mongolia. Methods: A cross-sectional census was conducted on medical students on campus in 2013. Descriptive results were expressed as percentage, prevalence and means ± S.D. Gender differences of using computer time and using computer purpose for male and female students were analyzed by chi-square test. Results: Students using computer more than three hours per day had higher headache prevalence and poor academic performance prevalence than that less than three hours per day. The prevalence of male students using computer more than three hours per day was significantly higher than female students (x² = 72.92, p < 0.001). The prevalence of male students using computer for playing games was more than 3 times higher than female students (50.2% vs 16.1%, x² = 783.70, p < 0.001). Conclusion: Using computer for long time brings more students headache and poor academic performance. These results suggest that using computer time reasonably and learning efficiently among university students are necessary, especially for male.

Different Gender, Computer Use, Purpose, Headache, Academic Performance

Wang, L. , Su, Z. , Chi, B. , Yang, Y. , Yin, C. , Zhou, J. , Xia, Y. and Sun, J. (2016) Computer Use among Different Gender Medical Students in Inner Mongolia Medical University in China. Open Journal of Epidemiology, 6, 23-27. doi: 10.4236/ojepi.2016.61004.