Application of the health action process approach model for reducing excessive internet use behaviors among rural adolescents in China: a school-based intervention pilot study

Table 6 Internet use behaviors of intervened participants in three surveys (n = 327)

Variables	Baseline survey N (%)	The third survey N (%)	The fifth survey N (%)	P-value
Excessive Internet user	327 (100.0%)	256 (78.29%)	229 (70.0%)
Internet use behaviors^*
Average daily Internet time from Monday to Friday ≥ 2 h	169 (51.7%)	179 (54.74%)	155 (47.4%)	0.258
Average daily Internet time on weekends ≥ 4 h	187 (57.2%)	176 (53.82%)	128 (39.1%)	< 0.001
Usually daily game time ≥ 2 h	167 (51.1%)	136 (41.59%)	115 (35.2%)	< 0.001
Have been online overnight at least once in the past 30 days	75 (22.9%)	53 (16.21%)	64 (19.5%)	0.289

The Chi-square test was used to test the differences between the baseline and the fifth survey
^*The P-values of Internet use behaviors were obtained from the results of the comparisons between the baseline survey and the fifth survey

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