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Published in final edited form as: Aging Ment Health. 2022 Apr 4;27(3):505–511. doi: 10.1080/13607863.2022.2060184

Table 3.

Multivariable analyses predicting outcome variables, COVID-19 Coping Study, April-May 2020.

Depressive symptoms Presence of anxiety Loneliness Social isolation

AOR (95% CI) AOR (95% CI) AOR (95% CI) AOR (95% CI)
Rurality
 Urban 1 1 1 1
 Rural 0.83 (0.64, 1.08) 0.98 (0.73, 1.32) 1.04 (0.77, 1.40) 0.85 (0.64, 1.13)
Age    0.96 (0.94, 0.97)***   0.97 (0.95, 0.98)***   0.96 (0.95, 0.98)***   0.97 (0.96, 0.99)***
Sex
 Male 1 1 1 1
 Female    1.71 (1.43, 2.04)***   1.43 (1.18, 1.73)***   1.33 (1.11, 1.59)**   0.49 (0.41, 0.59)***
Race/Ethnicity
 Non-Hispanic White 1 1 1 1
 Non-Hispanic Black    0.48 (0.33, 0.72)*** 0.72 (0.49, 1.07)  0.58 (0.41, 0.81)** 0.94 (0.68, 1.30)
 Hispanic or Latinx   0.65 (0.46, 0.91)* 0.98 (0.69, 1.40) 0.80 (0.56, 1.13) 1.01 (0.72, 1.42)
 Other race   0.61 (0.43, 0.87)** 0.85 (0.59, 1.21) 1.08 (0.74, 1.58)  1.83 (1.25, 2.68)**
Relationship Status
 Single, never married 1 1 1 1
 Single, divorced/separated 0.95 (0.66, 1.37) 0.85 (0.58, 1.25) 1.26 (0.89, 1.78)   0.35 (0.23, 0.53)***
 Single, widowed 0.87 (0.58, 1.33) 0.78 (0.50, 1.22) 1.26 (0.85, 1.87)   0.26 (0.17, 0.41)***
 Married or in a relationship  0.58 (0.42, 0.81)** 0.77 (0.54, 1.08) 0.42 (0.31, 0.57)***   0.10 (0.07, 0.14)***
Highest Level of Education
 Less than high school 1 1 1 1
 High school diploma or equivalency 1.13 (0.75, 1.69) 0.99 (0.65, 1.51) 0.90 (0.59, 1.37) 0.62 (0.41, 0.95)*
 Some college or 2-year associate degree 1.38 (0.91, 2.09) 1.20 (0.78, 1.83) 1.48 (0.97, 2.24) 0.47 (0.31, 0.71)***
 Four-year college or university 1.40 (0.93, 2.12) 1.11 (0.73, 1.68) 1.21 (0.80, 1.83) 0.36 (0.23, 0.54)***
 Postgraduate or professional degree 1.24 (0.82, 1.88) 1.09 (0.72, 1.67) 1.10 (0.72, 1.67) 0.33 (0.21, 0.50)***
Self-Rated Health
 Poor 1 1 1 1
 Fair 0.64 (0.40, 1.04) 0.69 (0.42, 1.15) 0.78 (0.46, 1.33) 0.69 (0.40, 1.21) 
 Good   0.30 (0.19, 0.47)***   0.35 (0.22, 0.58)***   0.51 (0.30, 0.85)* 0.64 (0.38, 1.10) 
 Very good   0.18 (0.11, 0.28)***   0.20 (0.12, 0.33)***   0.37 (0.22, 0.62)*** 0.48 (0.28, 0.82)**
 Excellent   0.10 (0.06, 0.17)***   0.14 (0.08, 0.24)***   0.31 (0.18, 0.54)*** 0.38 (0.22, 0.67)**
Had COVID-19
 No 1 1 1 1
 Yes, diagnosed with test (recovered)   7.06 (1.13, 44.15)* 4.10 (0.86, 19.55)   1.21 (0.27, 5.47)   0.23 (0.04, 1.22)  
 Yes, diagnosed with test (still sick)   9.70 (2.26, 41.64)** 3.42 (0.45, 25.67)   1.78 (0.59, 5.34)   0.26 (0.05, 1.27)  
 Not diagnosed, but recently had symptom 1.32 (0.99, 1.74) 1.51 (1.14, 2.00)** 1.33 (0.97, 1.83)   0.92 (0.66, 1.29)  
COVID-19 Worry
 Not at all 1 1 1 1
 Slightly 1.44 (0.82, 2.50) 0.91 (0.45, 1.85) 1.61 (0.93, 2.80)   0.57 (0.37, 0.89)*
 Somewhat 1.64 (0.97, 2.78) 1.72 (0.90, 3.29) 1.96 (1.15, 3.33)* 0.61 (0.39, 0.93)*
 Moderately   2.05 (1.24, 3.37)** 2.71 (1.46, 5.06)** 2.20 (1.32, 3.66)**   0.50 (0.33, 0.75)**
 Extremely    3.53 (2.14, 5.80)*** 6.22 (3.35, 11.55)*** 3.51 (2.12, 5.81)*** 0.58 (0.38, 0.88)*

N = 6,873. AOR = adjusted odds ratio; CI = confidence interval.

*

p < 0.05

**

p < 0.01

***

p < 0.001.