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. 2010 Sep 9;10:544. doi: 10.1186/1471-2458-10-544

Table 3.

Internet and game use before (M1) and a year after the start of the prevention program(M2)

Variables M13 N (%)
Total = 367
Mean (SD) M24 N (%)
Total = 367
Mean (SD)
Internet use
 Yes 350 (95.6) 359 (97.6)
 No 16 (4.4) 9 (2.4)
Hours per day 1.44 (2.00) 2.22** (1.88)
CIUS score1 1.64 (0.50) 1.67 (0.62)
 Pathologic No 364 (98.9) 356 (96.7)
 Pathologic Yes 4 (1.1) 12 (3.3)*
Game use
 Yes 264 (72.5) 236 (64.1)
 No 100 (27.5) 132 (35.9)**
Hours per week 3.24 (5.11) 4.3 (7.44)
CGUS score2 1.42 (0.45) 1.47* (0.44)
 Pathologic No 364 (98.9) 362 (98.4)
 Yes 4 (1.1) 6 (1.6)

1Compulsive Internet Use Scale * p ≤ 0.05

2Compulsive Game Use Scale ** p ≤ 0.01

3First measurement

4Second measurement

Paired Samples T-Test.