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. 2018 Oct 10;5(4):e59. doi: 10.2196/mental.9814

Table 1.

Descriptive data of the sample and comparison of the intervention group and the control group by sociodemographic variables and pretest use of Facebook.

Sociodemographic variables and pretest Facebook use Intervention group
(n=35)
Control group
(n=36)
Total sample
(n=71)
Intervention group and control group comparison
χ2or t df P value
Sex, n (%) 0.66 1 .30

Male 29 (41) 27 (38) 56 (79) a

Female 6 (8) 9 (13) 15 (21)
Origin, n (%) 0.34 1 .37

Indigenous 17 (24) 15 (21) 32 (45)

Foreign 18 (25) 21 (30) 39 (55)
Registered email, n (%) 24 (34) 25 (35) 49 (69) 0.006 1 .57
Age, mean (SD) 38.94 (9.11) 39.14 (8.74) 39.04 (8.86) −0.093 69 .93
Hours per week using Facebook, mean (SD) 1.20 (1.35) 1.19 (1.31) 1.20 (1.32) 0.018 69 .99
Use of Facebook, n (%) 26 (37) 22 (31) 48 (68) 1.43 1 .58

To contact family 14 (20) 15 (21) 29 (41) 0.84 1 .42

To contact friends 9 (13) 5 (7) 14 (20) 0.73 1 .39

For leisure 3 (4) 2 (3) 5 (7) 1.23 1 .51

aNot applicable.