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Table 2 Physical activity, behavioral factors, substance use characteristics and risk of cellphone addiction among LSTCP participants

From: Age, gender, peers, life skills and quality of life influence risk of cell phone addiction among college teachers in Karnataka, India : a state level epidemiological analysis

Physical activity, behavioral factors and substance use

Risk of cell phone addiction

Total

p value*

Present

Absent

n

%

n

%

N

%

Physical activity (n = 1915)

  Daily routine involves physical activity

181

11.11

1448

88.89

1629

85.07

0.01¶

Type of physical activity (n = 1623)**

  Sedentary

20

15.5

109

84.5

129

7.95

0.249

  Moderate

152

10.69

1270

89.31

1422

87.62

 

  Vigorous

8

11.11

64

88.89

72

4.44

 

Behavioral characteristics /Psychological wellbeing

  Ever smoked tobacco (n = 1928)

41

16.02

215

83.98

256

13.28

0.03¶

  Currently smoking tobacco (n = 226)

14

19.18

59

80.82

73

32.3

0.178

  Ever used smokeless tobacco (n = 1915)

14

15.05

79

84.95

93

4.86

0.346

  Currently using smokeless tobacco (n = 86)

3

10

27

90

30

34.88

0.529

  Ever consumed alcohol (n = 1911)

72

12.97

483

87.03

555

29.04

0.37

  Ever used injecting drugs to get high (n = 1909)

6

25

18

75

24

1.26

0.047¶

  Ever used sniffing drugs to get high (n = 1920)

3

21.43

11

78.57

14

0.73

0.226

  Feel depressed (n = 1588)

4

33.33

8

66.67

12

0.76

0.037¶

  Feel excessively anxious (n = 1723)

66

18.49

291

81.51

357

20.72

<0.001¶

  Suicidal ideation (n = 1912)

15

18.29

67

81.71

82

4.29

0.072

  Self-harm (n = 1828)

4

26.67

11

73.33

15

0.82

0.088

  Self-talk (n = 1912)

144

13.14

952

86.86

1096

57.32

0.047¶

Personality traits $

 

Mean

SD

Mean

SD

Mean

SD

p

  Extraversion score (n = 1902)

3.29

0.8

3.51

0.78

3.49

0.78

<0.001¶

  Agreeableness score (n = 1906)

3.7

0.66

3.86

0.65

3.85

0.66

<0.001¶

  Conscientiousness score (n = 1909)

3.87

0.74

4.08

0.66

4.06

0.68

<0.001¶

  Neuroticism score (n = 1912)

2.44

0.79

2.14

0.72

2.17

0.73

<0.001¶

  Openness score (n = 1919)

3.13

0.45

3.13

0.42

3.13

0.42

0.84

  1. *p value of fisher’s exact test, chi-square test for independence for categorical variables/t-test for difference between two means for continuous variables, $ Numbers indicate Mean and Standard deviation(SD) in place of number and percentage, **Among those participants whose daily routine involved physical activity, ¶significant at p < 0.05