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Table 4 Association between Internet gaming and psychiatric disorders

From: Prevalence of Internet gaming disorder and its association with psychiatric comorbidities among a sample of adults in three Arab countries

Variables

Playing video games

p-value

Yes, N (%)

No, N (%)

Gaming disorder

Yes

26 (6.1%)

-

-

No

397 (93.9%)

-

 

Yes, mean (SD)

No, mean (SD)

p-value

Anxiety

16 (5.8)

16.06 (5.27)

0.949

Depression

21.15 (6.81)

20.27 (6.18)

0.14

Attention deficit

24.27 (7.53)

23.07 (6.5)

0.048

Hyperactivity

24.4 (7.37)

23.41 (6.61)

0.197