Internet Addiction and Its Associated Factors among Undergraduate Students in Kathmandu, Nepal

Table 7

Predictors of Internet addiction.

Variables	Bivariate logistic regression		Multivariate logistic regression
	UOR	95% CI	AOR	95% CI
Time spent per day over Internet
<5 hours	Ref		Ref
≥5 hours	1.894	1.163–3.087	1.780	1.052–3.012
Major use of Internet for social networking
Yes	1.713	1.072–2.737	1.640	0.987–2.724
No	Ref		Ref
Relationship with parents
Wonderful	Ref		Ref
Good	2.145	1.190–3.865	1.957	1.022–3.745
Satisfactory	3.563	1.912–6.639	2.832	1.354–5.614
Parental control over Internet use
Not at all	Ref		Ref
Sometimes	1.706	0.908–3.203	1.636	0.838–3.185
Often/almost always	3.859	1.889–7.880	3.643	1.687–7.863
Perceived loneliness
Not at all	Ref
Sometimes	1.671	0.760–3.671	1.667	0.715–3.886
Often/almost always	3.822	1.682–8.683	3.105	1.264–7.629

Statistical significance at , Nagelkerke R square: 0.185, Hosmer and Lemeshow chi-square: 5.015, .