TABLE 1.
Demographic Characteristics of All Study Participants and Comparison Between Mental Health Status Subgroups
| Variable | All Participants (N=916) | N (%) |
χ2 | p-value | N (%) |
χ2 | p-Value | N (%) |
χ2 | p-Value | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Anxiety |
Depression |
Sleep Problems |
|||||||||||
| No (N=487) | Yes (N=429) | No (N=643) | Yes (N=273) | No (N=817) | Yes (N=99) | ||||||||
| Age | |||||||||||||
| <60 years | 812 (88.7%) | 434 (53.4%) | 378 (46.6%) | 0.229 | 0.632 | 568 (70.0%) | 244 (30.0%) | 0.206 | 0.650 | 722 (88.9%) | 90 (11.1%) | 0.565 | 0.452 |
| ≥60 years | 104 (11.3%) | 53 (51.0%) | 51 (49.0%) | 75 (72.1%) | 29 (27.9%) | 95 (91.3%) | 9 (8.7%) | ||||||
| Gender | |||||||||||||
| Men | 227 (24.8%) | 149 (65.6%) | 78 (34.4%) | 18.855 | <0.001 | 176 (77.5%) | 51 (22.5%) | 7.764 | 0.005 | 200 (88.1%) | 27 (11.9%) | 0.370 | 0.543 |
| Women | 689 (75.2%) | 338 (49.1%) | 351 (50.9%) | 467 (67.8%) | 222 (32.2%) | 617 (89.6%) | 72 (10.4%) | ||||||
| Schooling educational level | |||||||||||||
| ≤9 years | 467 (51.0%) | 235 (50.3%) | 232 (49.7%) | 3.096 | 0.078 | 338 (72.4%) | 129 (27.6%) | 2.165 | 0.141 | 428 (91.6%) | 39 (8.4%) | 5.965 | 0.015 |
| >9 years | 449 (49.0%) | 252 (56.1%) | 197 (43.9%) | 305 (67.9%) | 144 (32.1%) | 389 (86.6%) | 60 (13.4%) | ||||||
| Marital status | |||||||||||||
| Married | 751 (82.0%) | 405 (53.9%) | 346 (46.1%) | 0.973 | 0.324 | 539 (71.8%) | 212 (28.2%) | 4.940 | 0.026 | 670 (89.2%) | 81 (10.8%) | 0.002 | 0.963 |
| Single/divorced/widowed | 165 (18.0%) | 82 (49.7%) | 83 (50.3%) | 104 (63.0%) | 61 (37.0%) | 147 (89.1%) | 18 (10.9%) | ||||||
| Residence | |||||||||||||
| Urban | 722 (78.8%) | 373 (51.7%) | 349 (48.3%) | 3.096 | 0.078 | 496 (68.7%) | 226 (31.3%) | 3.659 | 0.056 | 639 (88.5%) | 83 (11.5%) | 1.674 | 0.196 |
| Suburban/rural | 194 (21.2%) | 114 (58.8%) | 80 (41.2%) | 147 (75.8%) | 47 (24.2%) | 178 (91.8%) | 16 (8.2%) | ||||||
| Physical Conditions | |||||||||||||
| Yes | 197 (21.5%) | 85 (43.1%) | 112 (56.9%) | 10.117 | 0.001 | 130 (66.0%) | 67 (34.0%) | 2.123 | 0.145 | 182 (92.4%) | 15 (7.6%) | 2.655 | 0.103 |
| No | 719 (78.5%) | 402 (55.9%) | 317 (44.1%) | 513 (71.3%) | 206 (28.7%) | 635 (88.3%) | 84 (11.7%) | ||||||
| Pre-existing mental disorders | |||||||||||||
| Yes | 42 (4.6%) | 17 (40.5%) | 25 (59.5%) | 2.847 | 0.092 | 19 (45.2%) | 23 (54.8%) | 13.106 | <0.001 | 34 (81.0%) | 8 (19.0%) | 3.100 | 0.078 |
| No | 874 (95.4%) | 470 (53.8%) | 404 (46.2%) | 624 (71.4%) | 250 (28.6%) | 783 (89.6%) | 91 (10.4%) | ||||||
| Community-level infection contact | |||||||||||||
| Yes | 127 (13.9%) | 58 (45.7%) | 69 (54.3%) | 3.328 | 0.068 | 75 (59.1%) | 52 (40.9%) | 8.748 | 0.003 | 114 (89.8%) | 13 (10.2%) | 0.050 | 0.823 |
| No | 789 (86.1%) | 429 (54.4%) | 360 (45.6%) | 568 (72.0%) | 221 (28.0%) | 703 (89.1%) | 86 (10.9%) | ||||||
| Time spent browsing informationa | |||||||||||||
| <1 h | 243 (26.5%) | 139 (57.2%) | 104 (42.8%) | 2.294 | 0.514 | 173 (71.2%) | 70 (28.8%) | 2.309 | 0.511 | 213 (87.7%) | 30 (12.3%) | 1.714 | 0.634 |
| 1-3 h | 512 (55.9%) | 265 (51.8%) | 247 (48.2%) | 359 (70.1%) | 153 (29.9%) | 458 (89.5%) | 54 (10.5%) | ||||||
| 3-6 h | 103 (11.3%) | 52 (50.5%) | 51 (49.5%) | 67 (65.0%) | 36 (35.0%) | 95 (92.2%) | 8 (7.8%) | ||||||
| >6 h | 58 (6.3%) | 31 (53.4%) | 27 (46.6%) | 44 (75.9%) | 14 (24.1%) | 51 (87.9%) | 7 (12.1%) | ||||||
| Preference for the nature of information | |||||||||||||
| Primarily positive | 528 (57.6%) | 297 (56.3%) | 231 (43.8%) | 4.762 | 0.029 | 389 (73.7%) | 139 (26.3%) | 7.206 | 0.007 | 479 (90.7%) | 49 (9.3%) | 3.017 | 0.082 |
| Half positive/half negative or primarily negative | 388 (42.4%) | 190 (49.0%) | 198 (51.0%) | 254 (65.5%) | 134 (34.5%) | 338 (87.1%) | 50 (12.9%) | ||||||
| Number of channels used to obtain information | 3.05±1.477 | 3.17±1.583 | -1.256* | 0.209 | 3.10±1.515 | 3.12±1.560 | -0.132* | 0.895 | 3.08±1.531 | 3.31±1.496 | -1.422* | 0.155 | |
| Reliability of the information obtained | 2.16±1.104 | 2.24±1.211 | -1.014* | 0.311 | 2.21±1.141 | 2.17±1.189 | 0.471* | 0.638 | 2.18±1.158 | 2.34±1.127 | -1.265* | 0.206 | |
Notes: χ2, df=1
a
df=3, * independent samples t test, t-value, df=914