Efek Pandemi COVID-19 terhadap Narkolema pada Mahasiswa Fakultas Kedokteran Universitas Sumatera Utara

Abstract

Introduction. Narkolema is an acronym for "narkoba lewat mata," where the terms "narkoba" or drugs refers to gadget, television, movie, pornography, and social media. The COVID-19 pandemic required almost all individuals to engage in activities at home and use the internet for longer periods than usual. The increase in gadget usage during covid-19 pandemic significantly increased the risk of gadget addiction, especially among individuals under the age of 25, whose brain maturity is incomplete. Objective. This study aims to determine the relationship between the increased use of gadgets during the pandemic and the level of gadget addiction among Medical Students of the Faculty of Medicine, Universitas Sumatera Utara Batch 2020-2022. Method. The research used an observational analytical method with a cross-sectional design. The data collected consisted of answers from questionnaires taken from Internet Addiction Test, Lunge Questionnaire, The Pornography Craving Questionnaire, and Bergen Social Media Addiction Scale using the Likert scale, the sampling technique used was the consecutive sampling and the total of the sample was based on the Slovin formula. The sample in this study consisted of Medical Students of the Faculty of Medicine, Universitas Sumatera Utara Batch 2020-2022. This research was tested using the Exact Fisher test. Results and Discussion. There are 53.8% of the students used gadgets for longer periods during the pandemic compared to usual times, and 38 (40.8%) students experienced mild gadget addiction, 44 (47.3%) students experienced moderate gadget addiction, and 4 (4.3%) students experienced severe gadget addiction. The study indicates that 47.3% of students experience film addiction, 3.2% experience pornography addiction, 35.6% experience online game addiction, and 7.5% experience social media addiction. The result of the bivariate test shows a statistically significant result with a p-value less than 0.05. Conclusion. The increased use of gadgets due to the covid-19 pandemic caused gadget addiction.