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. 2021 Dec 3;63(6):593–596. doi: 10.4103/indianjpsychiatry.indianjpsychiatry_1344_20

Table 1.

Pattern of social networking sites use

Questions Response Total (n=220), n (%) Female (n=121), n (%) Male (n=99), n (%)
Number of followers on instagram <100 16 (8.04) 10 (9.43) 6 (6.45)
n=199 * (n=21 didn’t use instagram) 100-500 129 (64.82) 71 (66.98) 58 (62.37)
More than 500 54 (27.14) 25 (23.58) 29 (31.18)
Frequency of use of SNS Daily 127 (57.98) 71 (58.33) 57 (57.58)
Weekly 74 (33.64) 39 (32.50) 35 (35.35)
Whenever the need arises 18 (8.18) 11 (9.17) 7 (7.07)
Time spent on SNS Up to 2 h 124 (56.36) 72 (59.50) 52 (52.53)
More than 2 h 96 (43.64) 49 (40.50) 47 (47.47)
Change profile Everyday/weekly 18 (8.18) 10 (8.26) 8 (8.08)
How frequently do you change your facebook profile? Rarely/monthly 202 (91.82) 111 (91.74) 91 (91.92)
Filter use Everyday/weekly 49 (22.27) 23 (19.01) 26 (26.26)
How often do you use filters/photoshopping applications to make yourself look better? Monthly rarely 171 (77.73) 98 (80.99) 73 (73.74)

SNS – Social networking sites