Research Article
The Correlation between Using Social Networks and the General Health of Multiple Sclerosis Patients
Table 2
Comparison of general health and its dimensions between users and nonusers of different applications.
| Social network | Use social network | Number (%) | General health | Depression | Anxiety and insomnia | Somatization | Social dysfunction |
| WhatsApp | Yes | 47 (58.8) | | | | | | No | 33 (41.3) | | | | | | value | | 0.007 | 0.133 | 0.028 | 0.108 | 0.007 | Telegram | Yes | 44 (55) | | | | | | No | 36 (45) | | | | | | value | | 0.007 | 0.091 | 0.003 | 0.374 | 0.007 | Message (Tel) | Yes | 39 (48.8) | | | | | | No | 41 (51.3) | | | | | | value | | 0.354 | 0.556 | 0.556 | 0.141 | 0.224 | YouTube | Yes | 6 (7.5) | | | | | | No | 74 (95.5) | | | | | | value | | 0.727 | 0.133 | 0.028 | 0.108 | 0.005 | Facebook | Yes | 4 (5) | | | | | | No | 76 (95) | | | | | | value | | 0.761 | 0.987 | 0.501 | 0.202 | 0.551 |
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