Skip to main content
. 2020 Apr 7;9(1):129–139. doi: 10.1556/2006.2020.00009

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.