Table 2.

Source of Information About COVID-19 and its Impact on Severe Social Anxiety.

Variable	Total number	None/mild/moderate/marked social anxiety number 146	Severe anxiety number 32	Odd ratio (95% CI)	P-valuea
Television
No	45	35 (77.8%)	10 (22.2%)	0.694	.391
Yes	133	111 (83.5%)	22 (16.5%)	(0.300-1.604)
WhatsApp
No	68	51 (75.0%)	17 (25.0%)	0.474	.055
Yes	110	95 (86.4%)	15 (13.6%)	(0.219-1.026)
Instagram
No	78	64 (82.1%)	14 (17.9%)	1.003	.993
Yes	100	82 (82.0%)	18 (18.0%)	(0.464-2.170)
Parents
No	79	62 (78.5%)	17 (21.5%)	0.651	.272
Yes	99	84 (84.8%)	15 (15.2%)	(0.302-1.404)
Peers
No	116	91 (78.4%)	25 (21.6%)	0.463	.089
Yes	62	55 (88.7%)	7 (11.3%)	(0.188-1.142)
Facebook
No	149	123 (82.6%)	26 (17.4%)	1.234	.678
Yes	29	23 (79.3%)	6 (20.7%)	(0.457-3.332)
Twitter
No	153	124 (81.0%)	29 (19.0%)	0.583	.401
Yes	25	22 (88.0%)	3 (12.0%)	(0.163-2.081)
Other sources
No	109	94 (86.2%)	15 (13.8%)	2.049	.066
Yes	69	52 (75.4%)	17 (24.6%)	(0.946-4.436)

^a Significant at the .05 level.