Table 1.
Summary statistics for WeChat intensity score and comparison with other studies.
| Variables | People living with schizophrenia (N=163) (this study) | Undergraduates and graduates (N=339) [27] | College students (N=508) [48] | Old persons aged ≥50 (N=35) [49] | |||||
| Number of WeChat friendsa |
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Continuous, mean (SD) | 1.52 (0.99) | 2.34 (1.71) | 2.44 (1.31) | —b | ||||
| ≤50, n (%) | 113 (69.33) | 125 (36.87) | — | 23 (65.71) | |||||
| >50, n (%) | 50 (30.67) | 214 (63.13) | — | 12 (34.29) | |||||
| Time spent on WeChat dailyc |
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Continuous, mean (SD) | 2.08 (1.38) | 2.00 (1.47) | 2.77 (1.51) | — | ||||
| ≤30 minutes, n (%) | 82 (50.31) | 165 (48.67) | — | 8 (22.86) | |||||
| >30 minutes, n (%) | 81 (49.69) | 174 (51.33) | — | 27 (77.14) | |||||
| WeChat is part of my everyday activityd, mean (SD) | 3.61 (0.94) | 3.61 (1.03) | 3.48 (0.99) | — | |||||
| I am proud to tell people I am on WeChatd, mean (SD) | 3.28 (1.18) | 2.77 (1.16) | 2.74 (0.86) | — | |||||
| I feel out of touch when I haven’t logged onto WeChat for a dayd, mean (SD) | 3.06 (1.17) | 2.27 (1.13) | 2.76 (1.11) | — | |||||
| I feel I am part of the WeChat communityd, mean (SD) | 3.31 (1.01) | 3.10 (1.08) | 3.04 (1.00) | — | |||||
| I would be sorry if WeChat shut downd, mean (SD) | 3.28 (1.04) | 2.93 (1.25) | 3.09 (1.08) | — | |||||
| Total mean score for all 7 items, mean (SD) | 2.83 (0.77) | 2.72 (1.26) | 2.98 (0.78) | — | |||||
aOptional answers include: 1=50 or less; 2=51-100; 3=101-150; 4=151-200; 5=more than 200; in the table we reclassified the answers into 2 classes with 50 as cutoff.
bNot available.
cOptional answers include: 1=less than 30 minutes; 2=30-60 minutes; 3=1-2 hours; 4=2-3 hours; 5=more than 3 hours; in the table we reclassified the answers into 2 classes with 30 minutes as cutoff.
dOptional answers include: 1=strongly disagree; 2=disagree; 3=neutral; 4=agree; 5=strongly agree.