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. 2023 Dec 6;23:2441. doi: 10.1186/s12889-023-17348-2

Table 3.

Prevalence of adolescents with high level of anxiety among sub-groups of the study sample

GAD7 < 10
(none/mild)
GAD7 > = 10
(moderate/severe)
Crude OR 95% CI
n % n %
Age
  11–13 years old 1,656 77.67 476 22.33 1.00
  14–17 years old 2,010 64.59 1,102 35.41 1.49** [1.28, 1.73]
Sex
  Male 895 76.11 281 23.89 1.00
  Female 2,771 68.12 1,297 31.88 1.91** [1.68, 2.16]
Location
  Rural 1,959 70.85 806 29.15 1.00
  Urban 1,707 68.86 772 31.14 1.10 [0.98, 1.24]
Live with
  With parents 3,397 70.42 1,427 29.58 1.00
  With single parent 260 64.84 141 35.16 1.29* [1.04, 1.60]
  With no one 9 47.37 10 52.63 2.65* [1.07, 6.52]
Online time
  less than 4 h 1,770 80.31 434 19.69 1.00
  4 to 6 h 330 75.17 109 24.83 1.35* [1.06, 1.71]
  6 to 8 h 760 65.01 409 34.99 2.19** [1.87, 2.57]
  8 h or more 806 56.28 626 43.72 3.17** [2.73, 3.67]
Internet addiction
  None 581 80.25 143 19.75 1.00
  One indicator 1,048 77.12 311 22.88 1.21 [0.97, 1.51]
  Two indicators 1,012 70.03 433 29.97 1.74** [1.40, 2.15]
  Three indicators 663 62.84 392 37.16 2.40** [1.92, 3.00]
  Four or more indicators 362 54.77 299 45.23 3.36** [2.64, 4.26]
Ever experienced your family having difficulty in buying food
  No 2,772 72.70 1,041 27.30 1.00
  Yes 894 62.47 537 37.53 1.60** [1.41, 1.82]
Experience family domestic violence during COVID time
  No 3,412 73.53 1,228 26.47 1.00
  Yes 254 42.05 350 57.95 3.83** [3.22, 4.56]
Have at least one of your parents unemployment due to COVID
  No 2,828 71.14 1,147 28.86 1.00
  Yes 838 66.04 431 33.96 1.27** [1.11, 1.45]

*p < .05. **p < .01. ***p < .001 Adjusted association between internet addiction and adolescent’s anxiety