Determination of the Relationship Between Internet Addiction and the Level of Loneliness Among Nurses

In this study our aim was to compare the socio-demographic factors associated with internet addiction and loneliness level among nurses and determine a correlation between the two. METHODS: This descriptive and cross-sectional study was conducted with all volunteered nurses (N=361). Who had not had psychiatric diseases, and working in two hospitals, in Balkesir Province Turkey between January 15 and December 15, 2015. A total of 203 nurses participated in this study, and all data were collected using the personal information form, Internet addiction scale and University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA) Loneliness Scale. Ethics Committee approval was received for the application of the research. In the analysis of the data, percentages, Mann-Whitney U, One Way ANOVA, Dunnett's test and Spearman correlation analysis were used.