Table 3 Environmental factors and risk of cellphone addiction among LSTCP participants

Spend time with family (n = 1934)

218

11.73

1640

88.27

1858

96.07

0.284

Participate in social gatherings with family (n = 1929)

210

11.43

1627

88.57

1837

95.23

0.003^¶

Decision making in family (n = 1931)

  Collectively make decision

163

11.03

1315

88.97

1478

76.54

0.049^¶

  I make decision

56

15.64

302

84.36

358

18.54

  Somebody else make decision

10

10.53

85

89.47

95

4.92

Justification of arguments within the family (n = 1312)

  Completely justified

34

11.93

251

88.07

285

21.72

0.175

  Usually justified

60

10.95

488

89.05

548

41.77

  Sometimes justified

67

15.58

363

84.42

430

32.77

  Not at all justified

7

14.29

42

85.71

49

3.73

Family support (n = 1918)

  Completely supportive

149

11.52

1144

88.48

1293

67.41

0.359

  Usually supportive

55

11.96

405

88.04

460

23.98

  Sometimes supportive

20

13.99

123

86.01

143

7.46

  Not at all supportive

5

22.73

17

77.27

22

1.15

Participant has health related problems

96

13.99

590

86.01

686

35.53

0.036^¶

Had been diagnosed with a health problem

  Hypertension (n = 679)

29

13.24

190

86.76

219

32.25

0.803

  Diabetes mellitus (n = 678)

23

15.23

128

84.77

151

22.27

0.2

  Thyroid disorders (n = 678)

10

10

90

90

100

14.75

0.199

  Rheumatic heart disease (n = 678)

6

23.08

20

76.92

26

3.83

0.23

  Congenital heart disease (n = 678)

1

16.67

5

83.33

6

0.88

0.371

  Other cardiac disorders (n = 678)

2

12.5

14

87.5

16

2.36

0.468

  Stroke (n = 678)

0

0

7

100

7

1.03

0.647

  Cancer (n = 678)

1

20

4

80

5

0.74

0.591

  Mental health problems (n = 678)

13

16.46

66

83.54

79

11.65

0.369

Job satisfaction (n = 1910)

  Strongly satisfied

133

10.48

1136

89.52

1269

66.44

0.002^¶

  Satisfied

72

13.16

475

86.84

547

28.64

  Neither satisfied nor dissatisfied

17

22.67

58

77.33

75

3.93

  Dissatisfied

3

42.86

4

57.14

7

0.37

  Strongly dissatisfied

1

8.33

11

91.67

12

0.63

  Participants stay away from family for work (n = 1918)

146

12.67

1006

87.33

1152

60.06

0.138

  Number of peers^ȵ

50

85

25

85

25

85

0.019^¶

  Member of any groups, organization or association (n = 1899)

107

12.23

768

87.77

875

46.08

0.543