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. 2020 Nov 23;7(11):e24012. doi: 10.2196/24012

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

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.