Table 3.
Associations between type of Internet services used and risks of Problematic Internet use (PIU: YDQa) score ≥ 5 points
Total | Males | Females | |||||||
Adjusted OR | 95% CI | P-value | Adjusted OR | 95% CI | P-value | Adjusted OR | 95% CI | P-value | |
Information and news searching | |||||||||
No | Reference | Reference | Reference | ||||||
Yes | 0.646 | 0.434–0.963 | 0.032 | 0.699 | 0.362–1.352 | 0.288 | 0.580 | 0.350–0.961 | 0.034 |
E-mail, chat, and internet telephone | |||||||||
No | Reference | Reference | Reference | ||||||
Yes | 0.468 | 0.569–1.296 | 0.468 | 1.133 | 0.601–2.135 | 0.699 | 0.593 | 0.343–1.025 | 0.061 |
Blog and internet bulletin board | |||||||||
No | Reference | Reference | Reference | ||||||
Yes | 1.703 | 1.064–2.726 | 0.027 | 3.277 | 1.634–6.573 | 0.001 | 1.077 | 0.538–2.155 | 0.834 |
Social networking services | |||||||||
No | Reference | Reference | Reference | ||||||
Yes | 3.164 | 2.154–4.646 | <0.001 | 2.594 | 1.337–5.034 | 0.005 | 3.006 | 1.844–4.902 | <0.001 |
Online game | |||||||||
No | Reference | Reference | Reference | ||||||
Yes | 1.704 | 1.197–2.428 | 0.003 | 1.923 | 1.033–3.580 | 0.039 | 2.092 | 1.292–3.390 | 0.003 |
Movie and music | |||||||||
No | Reference | Reference | Reference | ||||||
Yes | 1.780 | 1.040–3.047 | 0.035 | 0.968 | 0.453–2.065 | 0.932 | 3.003 | 1.360–6.733 | 0.007 |
Shopping and auction | |||||||||
No | Reference | Reference | Reference | ||||||
Yes | 1.132 | 0.732–1.750 | 0.578 | 0.968 | 0.485–1.932 | 0.927 | 1.339 | 0.755–2.375 | 0.318 |
Others | |||||||||
No | Reference | Reference | Reference | ||||||
Yes | 0.484 | 0.717–2.021 | 0.484 | 0.284 | 0.231–1.536 | 0.284 | 1.714 | 0.909–3.232 | 0.096 |
aYDQ: Young's Diagnostic Questionnaire.