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