TABLE 3.
Associations between online use behaviors and mental health problems
| Variables | Total sample (n, %) | Depression (260; 43.3%) | Anxiety (196; 32.6%) | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Yes (n, %) | χ2 test value | P‐value | Odds ratio (95% CI) | Yes (n, %) | χ2 test value | P‐value | Odds ratio (95% CI) | |||
| Daily internet use time | ||||||||||
| Less than 2 hours | 23 (3.8) | 6 (26.1) | 22.371 | <.001 | 0.323 (0.124‐0.841) | 4 (17.4) | 19.655 | <.001 | 0.312 (0.104‐0.937) | |
| 2 to 3 hours | 114 (19.0) | 38 (33.3) | 0.458 (0.293‐0.716) | 31 (27.2) | 0.553 (0.346‐0.884) | |||||
| 4 to 5 hours | 144 (24.0) | 49 (34) | 0.473 (0.314‐0.711) | 32 (22.2) | 0.423 (0.269‐0.665) | |||||
| More than 5 hours | 320 (53.2) | 167 (52.2) | Reference | 129 (40.3) | Reference | |||||
| Purpose of online use (yes) | ||||||||||
| Educational | No | 95 (15.8) | 49 (51.6) | 3.180 | .075 | 1.489 (0.960‐2.311) | 36 (37.9) | 1.433 | .231 | 1.319 (0.837‐2.080) |
| Yes | 506 (84.2) | 211 (41.7) | Reference | 160 (31.6) | Reference | |||||
| Messaging | No | 20 (3.3) | 5 (25) | 2.811 | .94 | 0.426 (0.153‐1.188) | 4 (20) | 1.497 | .221 | 0.507 (0.167‐1.536) |
| Yes | 581 (96.7) | 255 (43.9) | Reference | 192 (33) | Reference | |||||
| Gaming | No | 453 (75.4) | 190 (41.9) | 1.303 | .254 | 0.805 (0.555‐1.169) | 142 (31.3) | 1.341 | .247 | 0.795 (0.539‐1.173) |
| Yes | 148 (24.6) | 70 (47.3) | Reference | 54 (36.5) | Reference | |||||
| Video | No | 45 (7.5) | 17 (37.8) | 0.596 | .440 | 0.782 (0.418‐1.462) | 14 (31.1) | 0.050 | .823 | 0.928 (0.482‐1.788) |
| Yes | 556 (92.5) | 243 (43.7) | Reference | 182 (32.7) | Reference | |||||
| Social media | No | 27 (4.5) | 10 (37) | 0.446 | .504 | 0.762 (0.343‐1.694) | 6 (22.2) | 1.389 | .239 | 0.577 (0.229‐1.454) |
| Yes | 574 (95.5) | 250 (43.6) | Reference | 190 (33.1) | Reference | |||||
| Shopping | No | 473 (78.7) | 212 (44.8) | 2.199 | .138 | 1.354 (0.906‐2.022) | 160 (33.8) | 1.490 | .222 | 1.306 (0.850‐2.008) |
| Yes | 128 (21.3) | 48 (37.5) | Reference | 36 (28.1) | Reference | |||||
| News | No | 222 (36.9) | 108 (48.6) | 4.163 | .041 | 1.415 (1.013‐1.976) | 78 (35.1) | 1.020 | .313 | 1.198 (.843 – 1.702) |
| Yes | 379 (63.1) | 152 (40.1) | Reference | 118 (31.1) | Reference | |||||
| Others | No | 196 (32.6) | 73 (37.2) | 4.289 | .038 | 0.692 (0.488‐0.981) | 57 (29.1) | 1.650 | .199 | 0.785 (0.542‐1.136) |
| Yes | 405 (67.4) | 187 (46.2) | Reference | 139 (34.3) | Reference | |||||