Table 3.

Social networks and anxiety and depression

		Depression					Anxiety
Social network type		No	%	Yes	%	p-value	No	%	Yes	%	p-value
Contact with relatives	Often	311	70.2	381	73.1	0.5	268	77.7	428	68.7	0.04
	Sometimes/never	132	29.8	140	26.9		77	22.3	195	31.3
Contact with friends	Often	276	62.6	246	49.5	0.01	243	71.9	281	46.6	0.00
	Sometimes/never	165	37.4	251	50.5		95	28.1	322	53.4
Contact with strangers	Often	98	21.9	82	15.4	0.05	69	19.7	113	17.9	0.5
	Never/sometimes	350	78.1	450	84.6		281	80.3	520	82.2

Note: Anxiety was defined as score ≥ 8 on the HADS scale. Total number of respondents 993.