Table 4.
Mean internet gaming disorder score and subtypes according to depression and anxiety mean scores and categories
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| Mean±SD | Median | P-value | IGD (%) | Probable IGD (%) | RG (%) | P-value | ||
| Depression (PHQ-9) | ||||||||
| Mean±SD | 7.0124±5.47 | - | - | - | 10.73±5.69 | 7.53±4.82 | 5.17±5.47 | <0.001 |
| No/minimal | 38.8 | 15.0±4.93 | 14.0 | <0.001 | 14.6 | 28.1 | 55.0 | <0.001 |
| Mild/moderate | 50.6 | 19.46±6.25 | 19.0 | 63.7 | 63.3 | 38.3 | ||
| Moderately severe/severe | 10.5 | 23.24±8.81 | 22.0 | 21.7 | 8.7 | 6.7 | ||
| Anxiety (GAD-7) | ||||||||
| Mean±SD | 5.18±4.81 | - | - | - | 7.88±5.19 | 5.42±4.79 | 3.92±4.13 | <0.001 |
| No | 54.3 | 19.16±6.31 | 15.0 | <0.001 | 32.3 | 48.7 | 66.7 | <0.001 |
| Mild | 28.0 | 18.12±6.67 | 19.0 | 31.6 | 34.9 | 22.8 | ||
| Moderate | 12.7 | 22.17±7.24 | 21.0 | 24.7 | 13.8 | 7.3 | ||
| Severe | 5.0 | 23.42±8.71 | 22.0 | 11.4 | 3.1 | 3.2 | ||
IGD=Internet gaming disorder, RG=Regular gamer, SD=Standard deviation, PHQ-9=Patient health questionnaire-9, GAD-7=Generalized anxiety disorder-7