Research Article

Depressive Symptom Level, Sleep Quality, and Internet Addiction among Medical Students in Home Quarantine during the COVID-19 Pandemic

Table 1

Association of internet addiction, sleep quality, and depressive symptom scores with variables.

VariablesNumber (%)Internet addiction valueSleep quality valueDepressive symptom level value
NoYesPoorGoodNoYes

Gender
 Male304 (35.1)225 (74.1)79 (25.9)0.51173 (56.9)131 (43.1)0.03225 (74)79 (26)0.24
 Female564 (64.9)406 (71.9)158 (28.1)275 (48.7)289 (51.3)392 (69.5)172 (31.5)

Age
 ≤21548 (63.2)403 (73.5)145 (26.5)0.53282 (51.4)266 (48.6)0.86394 (71.8)154 (28.2)0.72
 >21320 (36.8)227 (70.9)93 (29.1)166 (51.8)154 (48.2)225 (70.3)95 (29.7)

Marital status
 Not married814 (93.7)593 (72.8)221 (27.2)0.91425 (52.2)389 (47.8)0.18578 (71)236 (29)0.73
 Married54 (6.3)39 (72.2)15 (27.8)22 (40.7)32 (59.3)39 (72.2)15 (27.8)

Smoking status
 No806 (92.8)590 (73.2)216 (26.8)0.35427 (52.9)379 (47.1)≤0.01588 (72.9)218 (27.1)≤0.01
 Yes62 (7.2)42 (67.7)20 (32.3)21 (33.8)41 (66.2)29 (46.7)33 (53.3)

Fasting
 No267 (30.7)189 (70.7)78 (29.3)0.50111 (41.5)156 (58.5)≤0.01171 (64)96 (36)0.04
 Regularly482 (55.5)359 (74.4)123 (25.6)266 (55.1)216 (44.9)354 (73.4)128 (26.6)
 Not regularly119 (13.8)84 (70.5)35 (29.5)70 (58.8)49 (41.2)91 (76.4)28 (23.6)

Living circumstances
 Alone423 (48.7)304 (71.8)119 (28.2)0.56208 (49.1)215 (50.9)0.23315 (74.4)108 (25.6)0.08
 With family445 (51.3)327 (73.4)118 (26.6)239 (53.7)206 (46.3)303 (68)142 (32)

Education status
 Not clinical644 (74.1)459 (71.2)185 (28.8)0.07341 (52.9)303 (47.1)0.27463 (71.8)181 (28.2)0.73
 Clinical224 (25.9)174 (77.6)50 (22.4)108 (48.2)116 (51.8)157 (70)67 (30)

GPA
 16 and lower than 16348 (40.1)228 (65.5)120 (34.5)≤0.01164 (47.1)184 (52.9)0.07217 (62.3)131 (37.7)≤0.01
 More than 16520 (59.9)403 (77.5)117 (22.5)283 (54.4)237 (45.6)394 (75.7)126 (24.3)

Social media use
 Less than 2 h218 (25.1)201 (92.2)17 (7.8)≤0.01126 (57.7)92 (42.3)0.01186 (85.3)32 (14.7)≤0.01
 2 h. to 4 h.288 (33.1)241 (83.6)47 (16.4)157 (54.5)131 (45.5)204 (70.8)84 (29.2)
 More than 4 h.362 (41.8)188 (51.9)174 (48.1)164 (45.3)198 (54.7)219 (60.4)143 (39.6)

Chi-square test was used; GPA: grade point average (range: 0-20).