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. 2018 Dec 4;6(4):e19. doi: 10.2196/games.9944

Table 3.

Psychoactive substance use characteristics at baseline measurement.

Category, substance, and characteristics App group Nonapp group Significancea (app vs nonapp group) Effect size, r



VS1b HS1c VS2d HS2e

Legal substances, n (%)

Alcohol


Lifetime use 123 (92.5) 94 (88.7) 60 (92.3) 57 (95) χ21=0.9 .05


Last month 65 (56) 53 (50.5) 33 (55.9) 40 (67.8) χ21=2.2 .08

Tobacco


Lifetime use 77 (52) 84 (77.6) 42 (59.2) 50 (83.3) χ21=2.1 .07


Last month use 35 (45.5) 20 (24.1) 16 (38.1) 12 (24) χ21=0.4 .04
Illegal substances, n (%)

Cannabis


Lifetime use 14 (13.1) 14 (14.1) 10 (17.2) 5 (8.5) χ21=0.0 .01


Last month use 2 (1.9) 7 (7.1) 4 (6.9) 1 (1.7) χ21=0.0 .001

Ecstasy


Lifetime use 3 (2.8) 0 (0) 6 (10.3) 1 (1.7) P=.04f N/Ag


Last month use 1 (0.9) 0 (0) 2 (3.4) 0 (0) P=.56 N/A

Amphetamines


Lifetime use 2 (1.9) 1 (1) 3 (5.2) 1 (1.7) P=.26 N/A


Last month use 1 (0.9) 0 (0) 2 (3.4) 0 (0) P=.56 N/A

Cocaine


Lifetime use 1 (0.9) 0 (0) 5 (8.6) 1 (1.7) P=.01h N/A


Last month use 1 (0.9) 0 (0) 2 (3.4) 0 (0) P=.56 N/A

LSDi/Magic mushroom


Lifetime use 3 (2.8) 1 (1) 4 (6.9) 0 (0) P=.47 N/A


Last month use 2 (1.9) 0 (0) 2 (3.4) 0 (0) P=.63 N/A

Heroin


Lifetime use 1 (0.9) 0 (0) 2 (3.4) 0 (0) P=.56 N/A


Last month use 1 (0.9) 0 (0) 2 3.4) 0 (0) P=.56 N/A
NPSj-type substances, n (%)

GHBk


Lifetime use 2 (1.9) 0 (0) 3 (5.2) 0 (0) P=.36 N/A


Last month use 1 (0.9) 0 (0) 3 (5.2) 0 (0) P=.14 N/A

Mephedrone


Lifetime use 1 (0.9) 0 (0) 2 (3.4) 0 (0) P=.56 N/A


Last month use 1 (0.9) 0 (0) 2 (3.4) 0 (0) P=.56 N/A

Pentedrone


Lifetime use 2 (1.9) 0 (0) 3 (5.3) 0 (0) P=.36 N/A


Last month use 1 (0.9) 0 (0) 2 (3.5) 0 (0) P=.30 N/A

MDPVl


Lifetime use 5 (4.7) 0 (0) 3 (5.2) 0 (0) P=.99 N/A


Last month use 1 (0.9) 0 (0) 2 (3.4) 0 (0) P=.56 N/A

Synthetic cannabinoids


Lifetime use 6 (5.7) 4 (4.2) 8 (13.8) 3 (5.1) P=.16 N/A


Last month use 1 (0.9) 1 (1) 4 (6.9) 0 (0) P=.19 N/A

aχ2 test or Fisher exact test.

bVS1: vocational school 1.

cHS1: high school 1.

dVS2: vocational school 2.

eHS2: high school 2.

fP<.05.

gN/A: not applicable.

hP<.01.

iLSD: lysergic acid diethylamide.

jNPS: novel psychoactive substance.

kGHB: gamma-hydroxybutyrate.

lMDPV: methylenedioxypyrovalerone.