relationship between the use of mobile-based social networks and the general health among employees in the south of iran

Background: one of the most challenging aspects of today’s technology is mobile social networking, which has affected the health and social life of individuals. the goal of this study was to investigate the relationship between the use of mobile-based social networks and general health.methods: this analytical and cross-sectional correlation study was done on 295 staff of bushehr university of medical sciences in 2018 -2019. the data were collected using the general health and social networking addiction questionnaires. a random sampling method was used to select the participants. descriptive statistics, t-test, one-way anova, and pearson correlation coefficient were used for data analysis via the spss software, v. 24.results: of two hundred ninety-five participants, 153 (51.7%) were male and 142 (48.3%) werefemale. the mean±sd age of the participants was 36.32±6.61 years. there was a statisticallysignificant relationship between the mean score of social network addiction and demographic characteristics of sex and marital status. there was also a significant relationship between the level of general health and marital status and the amount of daily use of social networking.there was a direct and significant relationship between the amount of use of social networks andgeneral health (p<0.05).conclusion: it seems social networks use is often more in men and single individuals due to their tendency to receive information and news and to have much more leisure time. given the positive impact of marriage on mental health in most studies, there is a need for more detailed research on the relationship between general health and marital status.