46 To conclude, given that the internet technology and its use have become indispensable in our lives, our study has revealed an exceedingly high prevalence (98.16%) of IA with potential health risks associated with its overuse and addiction among medical undergraduates. Of the 11 scales, six scales, i.e., physical health, mental health, social health, general health, perceived health and self-esteem measure are indicative of better health if they score high, i.e., 100 indicates the best health status while '0' indicates the worst health. Similarly, poorer scores were seen for mental health (p< 0.01), general health (p <0.01), perceived health (p < 0.01) and self-esteem (p <0.01) with increasing severity of IA and this difference was found to be statistically significant. The remaining scales that measure anxiety, depression, anxiety-depression, pain, and disability indicate dysfunctional health with higher scores, i.e., 100 indicates the worst health status and 0 indicates best health status [16]. [Extracted from the article]