Table 4.
Prevalence of severe depression and associated factors.
| Variable | No. of Severe Cases/ No. of Total Cases (%) |
aOR (95% CI) | p-Value | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Category | Overall | |||
| PHQ-9, depression symptoms | ||||
| Overall | 76/398 (19.1%) | |||
| Age (years) | ||||
| 18–25 | 15/78 (19.2%) | 0.404 (0.139, 1.175) | 0.096 | 0.042 |
| 26–30 | 16/127 (12.6%) | 0.243 (0.091, 0.645) | 0.005 | |
| 31–40 | 32/145 (22.1%) | 0.450 (0.189, 1.070) | 0.071 | |
| >40 | 13/48 (27.1%) | 1 (Reference) | NA | |
| Sex | ||||
| Male | 37/201 (18.4%) | 0.864 (0.500, 1.495) | 0.601 | 0.601 |
| Female | 39/197 (19.8%) | 1 (Reference) | NA | |
| Education | ||||
| <Undergraduate | 38/110 (34.5%) | 1.369 (0.646, 2.899) | 0.413 | 0.060 |
| College | 20/180 (11.1%) | 0.590 (0.285, 1.219) | 0.154 | |
| >Master | 18/108 (16.7%) | 1 (Reference) | NA | |
| Marital Status | ||||
| Married | 38/197 (19.3%) | 1.539 (0.826, 2.868) | 0.173 | 0.173 |
| Not married | 38/201 (18.9%) | 1 (Reference) | NA | |
| Working Location | ||||
| Hubei Province | 42/176 (23.9%) | 1.085 (0.619, 1.903) | 0.776 | 0.776 |
| Others | 34/222 (15.3%) | 1 (Reference) | NA | |
| Residence | ||||
| Urban | 40/298 (13.4%) | 0.337 (0.185, 0.615) | <0.001 | <0.001 |
| Rural | 36/100 (36.0%) | 1 (Reference) | NA | |
| Income losses caused by COVID-19 | ||||
| Light | 12/135 (8.9%) | 0.246 (0.121, 0.502) | <0.001 | <0.001 |
| Middle | 3/70 (4.3%) | 0.086 (0.025, 0.291) | <0.001 | |
| Heavy | 61/193 (31.6%) | 1 (Reference) | NA | |
Table 4 lists the detailed results of PHQ-9 from multivariable logistic regression analysis; the results for the other scales are presented in Supplementary Materials (Tables S4–S6). Abbreviations: NA = Not Available; aOR: adjusted odds ratio; CI: confidence interval. PHQ-9: the Patient Health Questionnaire-9.