Peer review hasil karya ilmiah jurnal internasional - The Physical Health Impacts of Playing Habits Online Games on Students

Abstract: Online games are accessed via the internet , and online games can make someone forget the t ime and addicted. The World Health Organizat ion has categorized game addict ion as a mental disorder, and game addict ion has many adverse effects, primarily physical health. This study aims to determine the impact of physical health from the habit of playing online games. This study uses a qualitative method with a phenomenological approach. With the incidental sampling technique, this study involved six students who like to play online games. The instrument used was a human instrument with interview guidelines. The triangulation technique used was method t riangulat ion, namely, by using a gaming addict ion scale, and the analysis used was content analysis. All participants experienced online game addict ion (100%), then the health impacts of playing games were fatigue and feeling dizzy. Besides that, participants have the risk of gastritis and urinary tract infections because they often delay eat ing and delay urinat ing. When playing the game, the part icipants do not want to leave the game because they are not sat isfied and cannot cont rol themselves while playing the game. For part icipants to be able to prioritize physical needs such as rest , eat , drinking, and urinat ing and defecat ing, part icipants can limit their hours of playing games to a maximum of two hours a day to reduce the risk of harmful health impacts