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Table 1 Sociodemographic characteristics and scale scores of the acne vulgaris patients and the controls

From: The association of depression, loneliness and internet addiction levels in patients with acne vulgaris

 

Group

  

Acne (n = 203)

Control (n = 202)

p

Covariate Age

Age

21.0 ± 2.8

22.1 ± 3.9

0.001

Marital Status

 Married

20 (9.9%)

33 (16.3%)

0.074

 Single

183 (90.1%)

169 (83.7%)

 

Education Status

 Primary School

7 (3.4%)

10 (5.0%)

0.044

 Secondary School

11 (5.4%)

15 (7.4%)

 

 High School

73 (36.0%)

94 (46.5%)

 

 University

112 (55.2%)

83 (41.1%)

 

BDI, median [IQR]

12.0 [6.0. 20.5]

8.0 [3.0. 14.0]

< 0.001

0.019a

UCLALS

36.8 ± 10.5

32.3 ± 9.2

< 0.001

0.703b

YIAS-SF

26.1 ± 8.1

24.3 ± 8.1

0.026

< 0.001b

  1. BDI Beck Depression Inventory, IQR Interquartile range, UCLALS University of California Los Angeles Loneliness Scale, YIAS-SF Young Internet Addiction Scale- Short Form
  2. a: Non parametric ANCOVA was used
  3. b: ANCOVA was used