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. 2020 Jul 20;27(2):79–85. doi: 10.4103/meajo.MEAJO_220_20

Table 3.

Associations between anxiety symptoms and demographic variables

Variable Anxiety symptoms (GAD-7)
OR P 95% CI
Yes No
Gender
 Male 18 (30) 42 (70) 0.447 0.046 0.2-0.99
 Female 23 (48.9) 24 (51.1)
Nationality
 Saudi 34 (34) 66 (66) 0.001
 Non-Saudi 7 (100) 0
Marital status
 Unmarried 21 (37.5) 35 (62.5) 0.93 0.855 4.26-2.029
 Married 20 (39.2) 31 (60.8)
On-call position
 Frontline 30 (43.5) 39 (56.5) 1.89 0.139 0.809-4.406
 Second line 11 (28.9) 27 (71.1)
Type of hospital
 Specialized eye hospital 26 (40.6) 38 (59.4) 1.277 0.549 0.573-2.846
 General hospital 15 (34.9) 28 (65.1)
Living with an elderly
 No 25 (33.8) 49 (66.2) 0.542 0.149 0.235-1.25
 Yes 16 (48.5) 17 (51.5)
Number of children
 0 4 (44.4) 5 (55.6) Reference
 1-2 8 (32) 17 (68) 0.588 0.503 0.124-2.8
 ≥3 9 (42.9) 12 (57.1) 0.938 0.936 0.194-4.522
Age
 24-30 29 (40.8) 42 (59.2) Reference
 31-40 5 (33.3) 10 (66.7) 0.724 0.589 0.224-2.341
 >40 7 (33.3) 14 (66.7) 0.724 0.536 0.26-2.015
Level
 Resident 26 (39.4) 40 (60.6) 1.365 0.498 0.555-3.359
 Fellow 5 (50) 5 (50) 2.1 0.31 0.492-8.956
 Registrar and consultant 10 (32.3) 21 (67.7) Reference

OR: Odds ratio, CI: Confidence interval, GAD: Generalized Anxiety Disorder