Table 1 Summary statistics for characteristics of study participants (n = 530)

Age (years), mean (SD)

23.95 (5.56)

23.42 (4.61)

23.74 (5.22)

Age, n(%)

< 20

79 (23.9)

45 (22.5)

124 (23.4)

20–25

184 (55.8)

125 (62.5)

309 (58.3)

26–30

30 (9.1)

16 (8.0)

46 (8.7)

31–35

14 (4.2)

6 (3.0)

20 (3.8)

36–45

20 (6.1)

6 (3.0)

26 (4.9)

> 45

3 (0.9)

2 (1.0)

5 (0.9)

Gender, n(%)

Men

106 (32.1)

72 (36.0)

178 (33.6)

Woman

224 (67.9)

128 (64.0)

352 (66.4)

Marital Status, n(%)

Single

276 (83.6)

167 (83.5)

443 (83.6)

Married

54 (16.4)

33 (16.5)

87 (16.4)

Educational status, n(%)

B.S Student

202 (61.2)

167(83.5)

369 (69.62)

MS Student

33 (10.0)

10 (5.0)

43 (8.11)

Ph.D. Student

95 (28.8)

23 (11.5)

118 (22.26)

School, n(%)

Medical school

57 (17.3)

55 (27.5)

110 (20.75)

Health school

81 (24.5)

15 (7.5)

96 (18.11)

Pharmacy school

25 (7.6)

23 (11.5)

48 (9.06)

Paramedical

school

50 (15.2)

34 (17.0)

84 (15.85)

Nursing school

74 (22.4)

39 (19.5)

113 (21.32)

Dentist school

20 (6.1)

20 (10.0)

40 (7.55)

Rehabilitation School

17 (5.2)

13 (6.5)

30 (5.66)

Other

6 (1.8)

1 (0.5)

7 (1.32)

Living states, n(%)

Dormitory

181(54.8)

111(55.5)

292 (55.09)

lived in Hamadan city

101 (30.6)

57 (28.5)

158 (29.81)

lived in the Student Suite

21 (6.4)

15 (7.5)

36 (6.79)

other

27 (8.2)

17 (8.5)

44 (8.30)

Social Media Apps Accessibilities, n(%)

low(1–2 h)

30 (9.1)

4 (2.0)

34 (6.42)

medium(3–6 h)

139 (42.1)

68 (34.0)

207 (39.06)

high(7–10 h)

88 (26.7)

72 (36.0)

160 (30.19)

very high(over 10 h)

73 (22.1)

56 (28.0)

129 (24.34)

Motivation on social media apps used ^a, n(%)

entertainment

178 (53.9)

122 (61.0)

300 (56.60)

Get information

255 (77.3)

175 (87.5)

430 (81.13)

Time-consuming

97 (29.4)

60 (30.0)

157 (29.62)

maintain relationship

150 (45.5)

118 (64.0)

268 (50.57)