Prevalencia y factores asociados al uso de redes sociales de internet por adolescentes de colegios, Cuenca 2012

Abstract

Objective: To determine the prevalence and factors associated to the use of social networking sites by high school teenagers, Cuenca 2012. Materials and methods: A cross-sectional descriptive quantitative study, the sample was obtained using the Epi Info program with a population of 50.150 (N = 50.150) adolescent students in the urban area of the city of Cuenca. For the calculation we used the 13.9% expected frequency, a worst acceptable 16.0% with a confidence level of 95% (n=1021). It was added 10% of possible losses (102), which means that the total sample was 1,123 students (n = 1,123), belonging to 63 high schools in the city of Cuenca, the participants were chosen at random by applying the program EPIDAT, version 3.1 . The collection data instrument used was a previously validated questionnaire. The results were processed in SPSS program, version 15.00 Evaluation. Results: The prevalence of social networks use in students from high schools in the city of Cuenca is 96.5%; 95.9% in women and 97.18% in men. Conclusions: In the students holding social networks, the associated situations that took a higher influence over the use of social networks of internet were for find and communicate with friends, for communicate with their relatives abroad.