Determination of the relationship between internet addiction and time management in nurses

Aim: This study was conducted to researchthe relationship between internet addiction and time management in nurses. Method: This descriptive and descriptive study was performed at the Health Sciences University Tepecik Training and Research Hospital between 15.04.2018 and 15.10.2018. The universe of the study consisted of 250 nurses working in hospital services and accepting to participate in the study. As a data collection tool; Information Form, Internet Addiction Scale (ASI) and Time Management Scale (ASQ) were used. Finding: The mean age of the nurses was 32.56 ± 8.19, 72.8% of them were women, 55.0% were married, 57.1% were undergraduate. It was found that 52.4% of nurses were using the time at medium level, 44.0% of them spent less than 10 hours / week on the internet. Internet Addiction Scale and its sub-dimensions; deprivation, difficulty in control, impairment in functionality, social isolation, respectively, 26,51 ± 9,38, 18,96 ± 7,53, 12,51 ± 5,84, 11,40 ± 5,15 and 69,66 ± 24,43. Time Management Scale and its sub-dimensions; The mean averages of time planning, time attitudes, time wasters, and total time management scales were 49,25 ± 10,97, 23,46 ± 4,25, 13,20-3,28, 86,00 ± 14,79, respectively, were found. The correlations between the MCS and its sub-dimensions of the nurses and the ZI and sub-dimensions were middle, negative and significant. Results: A negative and middle relationship was found between the mean scores of nurses' Internet Addiction Scale and Time Management Questionnaire. It can be suggested to increase the number of samples and to carry out studies in different groups.