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. 2024 Mar 1;12:1334425. doi: 10.3389/fpubh.2024.1334425

Table 2.

Associations between changes in anxiety and nature exposure from the COVID-19 lockdown to the current time in Bangladesh and Egypt (N = 1,216).

Bangladesh (N = 556) Egypt (N = 660)
B Std. B 95% Cl p B Std. B 95% Cl p
Gender 0.344 0.095 0.03 0.658 0.032 0.025 0.009 −0.195 0.246 0.822
Age −0.251 −0.069 −0.562 0.06 0.114 0.022 0.001 −1.343 1.388 0.974
Marital status −0.342 −0.074 −0.732 0.048 0.085 −0.618 −0.032 −2.419 1.182 0.5
Current place of residence (urban) 0.055 0.013 −0.305 0.416 0.764 0.021 0.005 −0.31 0.352 0.899
Monthly family income −0.221 −0.135 −0.36 −0.082 0.002 −0.072 −0.026 −0.284 0.14 0.507
COVID-19 diagnosis −0.135 −0.042 −0.399 0.128 0.313 −0.004 −0.002 −0.16 0.152 0.955
Presence of long-standing illness −0.47 −0.075 −0.987 0.047 0.075 0.398 0.071 −0.075 0.871 0.099
Habit of smoking 0.506 0.099 0.058 0.953 0.027 0.631 0.072 −0.075 1.338 0.08
BMI 0.024 0.056 −0.012 0.061 0.19 0.022 0.068 −0.003 0.046 0.078
Nature exposure
Δ indoor plants 0.094 0.052 −0.06 0.247 0.232 0.169 0.16 0.088 0.25 0.000
Δ Window views of nature −0.023 −0.014 −0.157 0.112 0.742 0.072 0.043 −0.056 0.2 0.269
Δ Time spent outdoors −0.264 −0.156 −0.403 −0.124 0.000 −0.04 −0.037 −0.122 0.042 0.34
Δ NDVI500 1.135 0.031 −1.872 4.142 0.459 −1.277 −0.014 −8.271 5.717 0.72
R2/Adjusted R2 0.086/0.064 0.046/0.027

Δ = value at the current time minus value in the lockdown period.