Description of studies measuring prevalence of internet addiction among college students in India based on the Y-IAT (Y-IAT≥40)
| Author/Year of publication | State/ Population | Sample size/ Method/Design | Age (years) | Moderate addiction (Y-IAT 40–69) Prevalence (%) | Severe addiction (Y-IAT 70–100) Prevalence (%) | Prevalence by gender (Y-IAT≥40) |
| Nathawat et al (2020)59 | Goa/Science & Art students | 200/convenience/cross-sectional | 17–20 | 15.0% (30/200)* | NM | Male: 7.5% (15/100) Female: 7.5% (15/100) |
| Awasthi et al (2020)60 | Uttarakhand/Medical students | 221/convenience/cross-sectional | 17–24 | 26.7% (59/221) | 5.9% (13/221) | NM |
| Jain et al (2020)61 | Rajasthan/Science & Art students | 954/simple random/cross-sectional | 17–34 | 43.2% (412/954) | 15.5% (148/954) | Male: 61.4% (355/578) Female: 54.1% (205/376) |
| Mukherjee et al (2020)62 | Kolkata/Medical students | 150/convenience/cross-sectional | NM | 50.7% (76/150) | 19.3% (29/150) | Male: 72.4% (21/77) Female: 27.6% (8/73) |
| Gayathri et al (2020)63 | Tamil Nadu/Medical students | 300/simple random/cross-sectional | 18–24 | 22.3% (67/300)† | 2.3% (7/300) | Male: 28.8% (30/104) Female: 22.4% (44/196) |
| Kandre et al (2020)64 | Gujarat/Medical students | 427/convenience/cross-sectional | 18–26 | 15.0% (64/427) | 0.9% (4/427) | NM |
| Patel et al (2018)65 | Gujarat/Medical students | 139/convenience/cross-sectional | 19.4 (mean age) | 74.8% (104/139) | 16.6% (23/139) | Male: 93.8% (76/81) Female: 87.9% (51/58) |
| Thakur et al (2018)66 | Madhya Pradesh/Engineering students | 425/multistage stratified random /cross-sectional | 17–23 | 17.7% (75/425) | 1.3% (6/425) | Male: 82.5% (146/177) Female: 68.1% (169/248) |
*Y-IAT score of ≥40 indicates possible internet addiction.
†Y-IAT score of 40–69 indicates possible moderate internet addiction.
NM, not mentioned; Y-IAT, Young Internet Addiction Test.