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. 2024 Oct 25;16(10):e72394. doi: 10.7759/cureus.72394

Table 2. Factors influencing post-pandemic depressive symptoms among all participants.

Wald: Wald statistic; model fit: χ² = p < 0.001; Hosmer-Lemeshow test: p = 0.214; R² = 0.541

B: regression coefficient; Brief COPE: the Japanese version of Brief Coping Orientation to Problems Experienced Inventory; HADS-D: the seven items related to depression from the Japanese version of Hospital Anxiety and Depression Scale

Predictor B SE Wald OR 95% CI p-value
Lower Upper
Subjective economic status
            Above average       Reference      
            Below average 1.07 0.19 30.47 2.90 1.99 4.24 <0.001
Brief COPE
            Low active coping       Reference      
            High active coping -0.55 0.22 6.48 0.58 0.38 0.88 0.011
            Low substance use       Reference      
            High substance use 0.53 0.19 7.78 1.70 1.17 2.46 <0.005
            Low acceptance       Reference      
            High acceptance -0.50 0.25 4.17 0.61 0.38 0.98 0.041
            Low self-blame       Reference      
            High self-blame 0.71 0.19 13.70 2.03 1.39 2.95 <0.001
HADS-D
            Pre-pandemic non-depressive group       Reference      
            Pre-pandemic depressive group 2.82 0.19 221.07 16.84 11.61 24.44 <0.001