Issue: 2025, Vol. 30, No. 4

O. Yu. Kocherova, O. M. Fil’kina, A. V. Boboshko, E. A. Vorobieva, N. V. Dolotova

FEATURES OF SOMATIC PATHOLOGY IN ADOLESCENTS AGED 15–17 YEARS WITH VARYING SEVERITY OF INTERNET ADDICTION

Keywords

adolescents, somatic pathology, nosological classes, severity of internet addiction

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The increasing prevalence of internet addiction in adolescents, coupled with inconclusive findings on its health impacts, highlights the need for further investigation. Objective – to explore somatic pathology characteristics in adolescents (15–17 years old) with diverse manifestations of internet addiction. Material and Мethods. To achieve this goal, a comparative analysis of the incidence of somatic pathology among adolescents with varying degrees Internet addiction was conducted. The investigation involved 150 adolescents studying in municipal general education institutions in the city of Ivanovo. The level of Internet addiction was assessed using a methodology developed by S. Chen. Data on somatic pathology were extracted from the children development records (form No. 112/u) and the school student’s medical card (form No. 026/u). Mathematical processing of the obtained results was carried out with standard methods of variational statistics. Results and Discussion. Differences were identified in the rank distribution of pathology in adolescents with Internet addiction, diseases of the musculoskeletal system and those of the eye being ranked first and second. Children with Internet addiction are more frequently diagnosed with diseases of the musculoskeletal and connective tissues (postural disorders and scoliosis), diseases of the eye and its adnexa (myopia), and diseases of the digestive organs (gastritis and duodenitis, dental caries) compared to their peers without Internet addiction. Frequent complaints concerning the nervous and musculoskeletal systems and the organ of vision in adolescents with Internet addiction necessitate the examination by specialists to provide the early comprehensive prevention before the formation of persistent somatic pathology. Conclusion. Adolescents with internet addiction disorders differ from their peers without internet addiction by a higher prevalence of musculoskeletal, ocular, and gastrointestinal pathologies and related complaints. The latter highlights the necessity in early specialist examinations of children with internet addiction.

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