Table 2.
The correlation coefficients between the change in the volume of online activities of each hour in a day and deteriorating PHQ-9 and GAD-7 scores.
| Hour | Deteriorating PHQ-9a | Deteriorating GAD-7b | |||
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Correlation coefficient, r (95% CI) | P value | Correlation coefficient, r (95% CI) | P value | |
| 12 AM | 0.54c (0.38 to 0.72) | <.001 | 0.45 (0.20 to 0.65) | .001 | |
| 1 AM | 0.64 (0.45 to 0.81) | <.001 | 0.52 (0.28 to 0.70) | <.001 | |
| 2 AM | 0.66 (0.47 to 0.85) | <.001 | 0.60 (0.39 to 0.75) | <.001 | |
| 3 AM | 0.75 (0.59 to 0.94) | <.001 | 0.74 (0.58 to 0.92) | <.001 | |
| 4 AM | 0.63 (0.43 to 0.80) | <.001 | 0.63 (0.43 to 0.77) | <.001 | |
| 5 AM | 0.45 (0.29 to 0.65) | .001 | 0.58 (0.35 to 0.74) | <.001 | |
| 6 AM | 0.34 (0.21 to 0.54) | .02 | 0.39 (0.12 to 0.60) | .006 | |
| 7 AM | 0.27 (0.01 to 0.54) | .06 | 0.24 (–0.05 to 0.48) | .10 | |
| 8 AM | –0.26 (–0.50 to 0.02) | .07 | –0.28 (–0.52 to 0.00) | .05 | |
| 9 AM | –0.28 (–0.52 to 0.00) | .05 | –0.26 (–0.50 to 0.02) | .07 | |
| 10 AM | –0.27 (–0.51 to 0.01) | .06 | –0.21 (–0.46 to 0.07) | .05 | |
| 11 AM | –0.22 (–0.47 to 0.07) | .13 | –0.25 (–0.49 to 0.03) | .08 | |
| 12 PM | –0.19 (–0.44 to 0.09) | .19 | –0.20 (–0.45 to 0.08) | .16 | |
| 1 PM | 0.23 (–0.05 to 0.48) | .10 | –0.10 (–0.36 to 0.48) | .51 | |
| 2 PM | 0.17 (–0.12 to 0.43) | .24 | 0.17 (–0.12 to 0.19) | .24 | |
| 3 PM | 0.24 (–0.04 to 0.49) | .09 | –0.22 (–0.47 to 0.06) | .12 | |
| 4 PM | 0.18 (–0.11 to 0.43) | .23 | 0.16 (–0.12 to 0.42) | .26 | |
| 5 PM | 0.15 (–0.14 to 0.41) | .31 | 0.15 (–0.14 to 0.41) | .31 | |
| 6 PM | –0.16 (–0.42 to 0.13) | .27 | –0.15 (–0.41 to 0.13) | .30 | |
| 7 PM | –0.12 (–0.39 to 0.16) | .39 | –0.24 (–0.49 to 0.04) | .10 | |
| 8 PM | –0.23 (–0.47 to 0.06) | .12 | –0.23 (–0.47 to 0.06) | .11 | |
| 9 PM | 0.25 (–0.03 to 0.50) | .08 | 0.24 (–0.04 to 0.49) | .09 | |
| 10 PM | 0.32 (0.02 to 0.55) | .04 | 0.27 (–0.01 to 0.51) | .06 | |
| 11 PM | 0.41 (0.23 to 0.62) | .003 | 0.39 (0.13 to 0.61) | .005 | |
aPHQ-9: Patient Health Questionnaire-9.
bGAD-7: General Anxiety Disorder-7.
cItalics indicate significant results.