Table 2.
Factors independently associated with measured anxiety (GAD-2) and depression (PHQ-2)
| Measured anxiety | Measured depression | |||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Model 1 | Model 2 | Model 3 | Model 1 | Model 2 | Model 3 | |||||||||||||
| aOR | 95% CI | aOR | 95% CI | aOR | 95% CI | aOR | 95% CI | aOR | 95% CI | aOR | 95% CI | |||||||
| COVID-19 status | ||||||||||||||||||
| Post-COVID-19 condition | 1.34 | 1.08 | 1.67 | 1.32 | 1.06 | 1.65 | 1.29 | 1.02 | 1.62 | 1.22 | 0.98 | 1.52 | 1.20 | 0.96 | 1.50 | 1.19 | 0.95 | 1.51 |
| SARS-COV-2 infection | Ref | Ref | Ref | Ref | Ref | Ref | ||||||||||||
| Sex | ||||||||||||||||||
| Men | Ref | Ref | Ref | Ref | Ref | Ref | ||||||||||||
| Women | 1.72 | 1.36 | 2.18 | 1.63 | 1.28 | 2.07 | 1.63 | 1.28 | 2.09 | 1.48 | 1.17 | 1.87 | 1.38 | 1.09 | 1.75 | 1.37 | 1.07 | 1.76 |
| Age | ||||||||||||||||||
| 18–24 years | 1.11 | 0.76 | 1.62 | 1.10 | 0.75 | 1.61 | 1.06 | 0.72 | 1.57 | 1.40 | 0.97 | 2.02 | 1.40 | 0.96 | 2.02 | 1.33 | 0.90 | 1.97 |
| 25–34 years | Ref | Ref | Ref | Ref | Ref | Ref | ||||||||||||
| 35–44 years | 0.79 | 0.57 | 1.09 | 0.74 | 0.53 | 1.03 | 0.80 | 0.57 | 1.12 | 0.98 | 0.72 | 1.35 | 0.92 | 0.67 | 1.27 | 0.92 | 0.66 | 1.29 |
| 45–54 years | 1.00 | 0.72 | 1.38 | 0.89 | 0.64 | 1.24 | 0.89 | 0.63 | 1.26 | 0.68 | 0.48 | 0.95 | 0.58 | 0.41 | 0.82 | 0.57 | 0.40 | 0.82 |
| 55–64 years | 0.85 | 0.59 | 1.22 | 0.70 | 0.48 | 1.01 | 0.77 | 0.52 | 1.12 | 0.71 | 0.49 | 1.02 | 0.55 | 0.38 | 0.80 | 0.57 | 0.39 | 0.85 |
| ≥65 years | 0.42 | 0.27 | 0.68 | 0.31 | 0.19 | 0.51 | 0.35 | 0.21 | 0.59 | 0.48 | 0.31 | 0.75 | 0.33 | 0.21 | 0.53 | 0.38 | 0.24 | 0.60 |
| Education | ||||||||||||||||||
| Less than secondary | ||||||||||||||||||
| Secondary | 0.96 | 0.67 | 1.36 | 0.99 | 0.69 | 1.41 | 0.96 | 0.66 | 1.40 | |||||||||
| Tertiary short ≤ 3 years | 1.17 | 0.85 | 1.60 | 1.23 | 0.89 | 1.68 | 1.27 | 0.91 | 1.78 | |||||||||
| Tertiary long >3 years | 1.38 | 0.97 | 1.95 | 1.44 | 1.01 | 2.04 | 1.52 | 1.05 | 2.19 | |||||||||
| Chronic condition | ||||||||||||||||||
| No | Ref | |||||||||||||||||
| Yes | 1.85 | 1.46 | 2.33 | 1.62 | 1.27 | 2.06 | 2.10 | 1.66 | 2.65 | 1.82 | 1.42 | 2.33 | ||||||
| Mental health history | ||||||||||||||||||
| Self-reported chronic anxiety | 4.43 | 3.43 | 5.71 | |||||||||||||||
| Self-reported chronic depression | 7.03 | 5.14 | 9.61 | |||||||||||||||
Abbreviations: aOR, adjusted odd-ratio; CI, confidence interval.
Model 1: Adjusted for sex, age, and education.
Model 2: Adjusted for sex, age, education, and chronic condition.
Model 3: Adjusted for sex, age, education, chronic condition, and self-reported chronic anxiety (for anxiety) or self-reported chronic depression (for depression).
Significant differences are in bold.