Prevalence of Problematic Social Media Use Among Residents and Teaching Assistants in Ain Shams University Hospitals and Faculty of Medicine and Its Relationship to Emotional Distress

Abstract

On the other hand, there was a significant relation between certain occupational categories and ethical considerations of social media use. For instance, using certain expressions or sentences said by patients or students as a hashtag came the highest among academic personnel while getting access to social media websites while being on duty was found to be the highest among surgeons. However, a positive correlation between problematic social media use and depression was found, which means that the more social media use, the more depression. In addition, a positive correlation between ethical considerations of social media use and burnout was found, which means that the more ethics, the more burnout. Yet, a negative correlation between ethical considerations of social media use and depression was found as well as a negative correlation between problematic social media use and ethical considerations, which means that the more problematic social media use, the less ethical considerations.