Table 2.
Provincial restrictiveness, COVID-19 anxiety, and screen time usage according to recruitment cohort.
| 2021 | 2022 | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Early-Spring (N = 30) | Late-Spring (N = 19) | Fall (N = 15) | Winter (N = 30) | Spring (N = 20) | |
| Variant of concern | Gamma | Gamma | Delta | Omicron | Omicron |
| School closures | No | Yes | No | Yes | No |
| Provincial lockdown | No | Yes | No | No | No |
| Masks mandatory | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | No |
| Received 1st vaccinea | 11.3% | 65.3% | 75.5% | 82.9% | 84.5% |
| Received 2nd vaccinea | 2.1% | 19.4% | 70.6% | 77.5% | 81.4% |
| Received 1st vaccineb | 0% | 51.9% | 81.5% | 87.3% | 88.1% |
| Received 2nd vaccineb | 0% | 2.2% | 71.9% | 82.9% | 84.3% |
| CAS | 2.3 (3.9) | 2.5 (3.1) | 1.5 (2.0) | 2.8 (4.1) | 2.0 (3.5) |
| Screen time | |||||
| Passive | |||||
| <1 h | 0 (0%) | 2 (10%) | 1 (7%) | 1 (3%) | 2 (10%) |
| 1–5 h | 19 (63%) | 11 (55%) | 9 (60%) | 21 (66%) | 8 (40%) |
| >5 h | 11 (37%) | 7 (35%) | 5 (33%) | 10 (31%) | 10 (50%) |
| Social media | |||||
| <1 h | 10 (33%) | 4 (20%) | 4 (27%) | 5 (16%) | 4 (20%) |
| 1–5 h | 15 (50%) | 7 (35%) | 5 (33%) | 20 (63%) | 8 (40%) |
| >5 h | 5 (17%) | 9 (45%) | 6 (40%) | 7 (22%) | 8 (40%) |
| Video games | |||||
| <1 h | 15 (50%) | 11 (55%) | 8 (53%) | 10 (31%) | 9 (45%) |
| 1–5 h | 12 (40%) | 8 (40%) | 7 (47%) | 16 (50%) | 9 (45%) |
| >5 h | 3 (10%) | 1 (5%) | 0 (0%) | 6 (19%) | 2 (10%) |
| Education | |||||
| <1 h | 3 (10%) | 0 (0%) | 3 (20%) | 2 (6%) | 1 (5%) |
| 1–5 h | 12 (40%) | 6 (30%) | 4 (27%) | 12 (38%) | 7 (35%) |
| >5 h | 15 (50%) | 14 (70%) | 8 (53%) | 18 (56%) | 12 (60%) |
Source: https://health-infobase.canada.ca/covid-19/vaccination-coverage/.
CAS, Coronavirus anxiety scale.
a
Adults > 17.
b
Adolescents age 12–17.