Table 1 Demographic and social media use information of the respondents (\(n\) = 611)

Gender

Male

358

58.59

Female

253

41.4

Age (years)

Less than 20

29

4.74

20 to 23

409

66.94

Greater than 23

173

28.32

Area of current residence

University hall

482

78.88

Family

101

16.53

Outside the campus area

28

4.58

Year of study

1st year

140

22.91

2nd year

162

26.51

3rd year

184

30.11

4th year

59

10.8

masters

66

9.65

Self-reported health status

Good

288

47.13

Fair

276

45.17

Bad

27

4,42

Chronic disease

15

2.45

History of serious illness

5

0.82

Purpose of using social media

To stay in touch with what my friends are doing

185

30.28

To stay up-to-date with news and current events

163

26.67

To find funny or entertaining content

115

18.82

To learn any curriculum

40

6.55

To research/find products to buy

38

6.22

Because a lot of my friends are on them

23

3.76

To share photos or videos with others

14

2.29

Others

13

2.13

Playing game

12

1.96

To initiate a topic

8

1.31

Social media account

0–2

361

59.08

3–4

185

30.28

5–6

42

6.87

7–8

13

2.13

9 and Above

10

1.63

Spend social media than real-world

Less

256

41.89

Much

125

20.46

The same

124

20.29

Slightly

106

17.35

Time spent on social media

0–2 h

107

39.28

2–4 h

240

25.36

4–6 h

155

17.51

6–8 h

75

12.27

8 h above

34

5.56

Browsing social media before bed

Disagree

182

29.78

Neutral

163

26.67

Agree

160

26.18

Strongly Disagree

61

9.98

Strongly Agree

45

7.36

Sleep duration

 < 5 h

52

8.51

5–6 h

163

26.67

6–7 h

233

38.13

7–8 h

112

18.33

8–9 h

41

6.71

 > 9 h

10

1.64