Internet Addiction, Oral Health Practices, Clinical Outcomes, and Self-Perceived Oral Health in Young Saudi Adults
Table 1
Personal, socioeconomic, and dental characteristics of participants.
Factor
Statistic
IAT score
Mean (SD)
value
Gender
Male: n (%)
232 (24.6)
51.99 (14.69)
0.004
Female: n (%)
712 (75.4)
48.98 (13.69)
Track
Health: n (%)
224 (23.9)
48.70 (14.94)
0.18
Engineering: n (%)
87 (9.3)
52.30 (12.79)
Science: n (%)
203 (21.6)
48.93 (12.93)
Other: n (%)
424 (45.2)
49.88 (14.03)
University-educated father
Yes: n (%)
464 (49.3)
49.38 (13.45)
0.44
No: n (%)
478 (50.7)
50.08 (14.52)
University-educated mother
Yes: n (%)
376 (40)
49.85 (13.82)
0.79
No: n (%)
565 (60)
49.60 (14.12)
Regular checkup last year
Yes: n (%)
94 (10)
46.69 (12.97)
0.03
No: n (%)
846 (90)
50.02 (14.07)
Perceived oral health
Poor: n (%)
139 (15.1)
51.29 (13.58)
0.16
Fair: n (%)
405 (43.9)
49.86 (13.52)
Good: n (%)
379 (41.1)
48.74 (14.36)
Problematic Internet use
Average: n (%)
484 (51.2)
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Frequent: n (%)
447 (47.3)
Significant problem: n (%)
232 (24.6)
Statistically significant at . value: Pearson correlation for age, ANOVA for track and perceived oral health, and t-test for the remaining factors. The mean (SD) age of the sample was 19.8 (1.4) years and Pearson correlation coefficient between age and IAT score was 0.02 ().
