Intervención educativa para mejorar el nivel de conocimientos sobre el uso problemático del internet en los adolescentes del barrio Zamora Huayco

Abstract

Abstract: The objective of this study was to develop an educational strategy to improve the level of knowledge about the problematic use of the Internet in adolescents from an urban neighborhood in the city of Loja. A quasi-experimental study was carried out on 70 adolescents; the level of knowledge about this phenomenon was determined and the problematic use or addiction to the Internet was identified by means of the Young's Internet Addiction Test (ITA). The results show problematic use in 24.3% and 1.4% presented Internet addiction. The level of knowledge about the problematic use of the Internet prior to the intervention plan (pretest), the most prevalent level of knowledge was medium with 65.7% (n=46), followed by the low level with 30% (n=21) and only 4.3% (n=3) had a high level, while in the evaluation after the implementation of the educational strategy (posttest) there is parity in the level of knowledge, presenting a medium and high level with 47.1% in each of them Conclusion: After the educational intervention, 94.2% of the participants improved their level of knowledge about the problematic use and addiction to the Internet. As well as the knowledge about the risks to which they are exposed by their use, which shows that this type of intervention was effective and is necessary to implement, in this way the risk of developing this type of addiction decreases.