Table 3 Multivariate adjusted association between depressive symptoms and Internet use (N = 1,186)
GDS (Linear regression) | B | SE | 95% CI | p-value | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Internet | Do not use | ref | ||||
Use | -0.95 | 0.23 | -1.4 | -0.5 | < 0.01 | |
Age | 60–74 | ref | ||||
75 or more | 0.06 | 0.19 | -0.3 | 0.44 | 0.74 | |
Sex | Male | ref | ||||
Female | 0.77 | 0.17 | 0.43 | 1.1 | < 0.01 | |
Education | No school | ref | ||||
Monastic school | -0.24 | 0.32 | -0.9 | 0.39 | 0.45 | |
Some/Finished primary school | -0.4 | 0.31 | -1 | 0.21 | 0.2 | |
Middle school or higher | -0.7 | 0.34 | -1.4 | -0.04 | 0.04 | |
ADL | Not independent | ref | ||||
Independent | -0.75 | 0.24 | -1.2 | -0.29 | < 0.01 | |
Region | Yangon | ref | ||||
Bago | 0.14 | 0.19 | -0.2 | 0.52 | 0.44 | |
Meeting friends/acquaintances | Hardly/None | ref | ||||
Less than once a week | -0.51 | 0.29 | -1.1 | 0.05 | 0.08 | |
Once a week or more | -0.41 | 0.23 | -0.9 | 0.05 | 0.08 | |
Subjective economic status | Difficult/Very difficult | ref | ||||
Average or higher | -2.61 | 0.2 | -3 | -2.21 | < 0.01 | |
Adj R-squared = 0.20 | ||||||