Table 3.

Independent predictors of anxiety among diabetics.

Variables	Odds ratio (95% CI)	P value	Adjusted odds ratio (95% CI)	P value
Age groups
18–40 years
More than 40 years	0.51 (0.29–0.90)	0.021	1.83 (0.69–4.82)	0.224
Gender
Male
Female	2.36 (1.47–3.77)	0.000	1.96 (0.95–4.04)	0.069
Marital status
Married
Single	2.85 (1.27–6.37)	0.011	2.50 (0.73–8.55)	0.144
Divorced	2.85 (0.83–9.74)	0.095	1.84 (0.45–7.54)	0.400
Widower	0.67 (0.29–1.56)	0.356	0.50 (0.14–1.83)	0.298
Education
Primary
Secondary	0.68 (0.33–1.38)	0.286	0.67 (0.25–1.83)	0.436
University	0.84 (0.42–1.66)	0.607	0.94 (0.30–2.92)	0.911
Occupation
Unemployed/Housewife
Employee	0.55 (0.32–0.96)	0.035	0.88 (0.33–2.36)	0.798
Retired	0.22 (0.11–0.41)	0.000	0.36 (0.13–0.99)	0.048
Income (n = 283)
Less than 5000 SAR
5000–10,000 SAR	1.02 (0.58–1.78)	0.956	1.34 (0.56–3.24)	0.512
10,000–15,000 SAR	0.69 (0.37–1.28)	0.237	0.85 (0.27–2.75)	0.791
More than 15,000 SAR	0.52 (0.15–1.81)	0.304	0.73 (0.14–3.88)	0.713
Social support
High
Moderate	0.95 (0.54–1.69)	0.874	1.18 (0.56–2.48)	0.669
Low	2.45 (1.20–5.01)	0.014	5.35 (2.03–14.06)	0.001
Duration of diabetes
1–10 years
10–20 years	0.44 (0.27–0.74)	0.002	0.39 (0.20–0.76)	0.006
More than 20 years	0.28 (0.13–0.62)	0.002	0.36 (0.11–1.11)	0.075
Control of diabetes
Good (less than 7)
Not good (more than 7)	1.03 (0.61–1.73)	0.909	0.86 (0.45–1.64)	0.640