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. 2020 Nov 24;10(11):e042696. doi: 10.1136/bmjopen-2020-042696

Table 2.

Factors associated with clinically significant symptoms of depression (PHQ-9 scores ≥10)

Females Males
18–49 years old 50 years old and above 18–49 years old 50 years old and above
Living with family versus not living with family 0.63 (0.54; 0.74) 0.71 (0.6; 0.83) 0.6 (0.45; 0.8) 0.4 (0.3; 0.53)
SEIFA quintiles
 Quintile 1 (lowest SEP)
 Quintile 2 0.8 (0.58; 1.08) 0.85 (0.63; 1.16) 0.75 (0.39; 1.45) 0.82 (0.5; 1.34)
 Quintile 3 0.66 (0.49; 0.87) 0.88 (0.66; 1.17) 0.96 (0.54; 1.7) 0.95 (0.59; 1.52)
 Quintile 4 0.78 (0.6; 1.01) 0.78 (0.58; 1.03) 0.95 (0.55; 1.64) 0.85 (0.54; 1.33)
 Quintile 5 (highest SEP) 0.62 (0.48; 0.8) 0.71 (0.55; 0.93) 0.87 (0.52; 1.45) 0.7 (0.46; 1.07)
Doing unpaid work caring for children 0.83 (0.72; 0.95) 1.33 (1.05; 1.67) 1.21 (0.82; 1.78) 1.15 (0.66; 2.03)
Doing unpaid work caring for dependent relatives 1.52 (1.21; 1.91) 1.55 (1.26; 1.91) 1.8 (1.02; 3.19) 1.47 (0.89; 2.44)
Lost job because of COVID-19 1.51 (1.25; 1.82) 1.81 (1.43; 2.28) 1.65 (1.13; 2.41) 1.69 (1.09; 2.62)
Highly worried about contracting COVID-19 (scale score ≥8) 1.77 (1.5; 2.09) 1.62 (1.37; 1.92) 2.02 (1.34; 3.04) 1.57 (1.14; 2.17)
High adverse impact of restrictions (scale score ≥8) 3.34 (2.93; 3.81) 2.81 (2.41; 3.28) 2.91 (2.2; 3.84) 4.36 (3.32; 5.72)

Bolded values are statistically significant

PHQ-9, Patient Health Questionnaire 9; SEIFA, Socio-Economic Indexes for Areas; SEP, socioeconomic position.