Table 1 Participants demographic characteristics

Age categories (years)

  18–29 years

2998 (57.8%)

2781

62.9%

217

28.2%

 30–49 years

1515

29.2%

1200

27.1%

315

41.0%

 50 years and above

678

13.1%

441

10.0%

237

30.8%

Gender

 Females

3582

69.0%

3025

68.4%

557

72.4%

Marital status

 Single

2745

52.9%

2538

57.4%

207

26.9%

 Married

2196

42.3%

1683

38.1%

513

66.7%

 Divorced

163

3.1%

145

3.3%

18

2.3%

 Widowed

87

1.7%

56

1.3%

31

2.3%

Education level

 Secondary school level

1410

27.2%

1224

31.9%

186

26.2%

 Bachelor degree

3453

66.5%

2971

67.2%

482

62.7%

 Higher education

328

6.3%

227

5.9%

101

14.2%

Employment status

 Retired

311

6.0%

215

5.6%

96

13.5%

 Unemployed

1161

22.4%

881

22.9%

280

39.5%

 Employed

1956

37.7%

1643

37.2%

313

40.7%

 Students

1763

34.0%

1683

43.8%

80

11.3%

Income level

 Less than 700$

2658

51.2%

2254

51.0%

404

52.5%

 700–1500$

741

14.3%

507

11.5%

234

30.4%

 1500–2100$

388

7.5%

322

7.3%

66

8.6%

 2100$ and above

1404

27.0%

1339

30.3%

65

8.5%

In general, do you suffer from an anxiety problem or use a treatment for anxiety?

 Yes

1378

26.5%

1184

27.2%

194

28.4%

Median daily time spent on using mobile phone (IQR) (minutes):

210.0 (IQR: 180.0)

210 (IQR: 150.0)

140.0 (IQR: 108.5)

Duration of mobile phone usage (years):

 Less than one year

45

0.9%

30

0.7%

15

2.0%

 1–5 years

506

9.7%

429

9.7%

77

10.0%

 6–10 years

1700

32.7%

1489

33.7%

211

27.4%

 10 years and above

2940

56.6%

2474

55.9%

466

60.6%