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. 2020 Dec 25:daaa147. doi: 10.1093/heapro/daaa147

Table 4:

Binary logistic regression analysis for factors associated with depression, anxiety and stress among the Egyptian university students during the COVID-19 pandemic

Dependent variables and significantly associated variables Adjusted OR (95% CI) p-value
Dependent variable: depression
 Sex (female) 1.67 (1.28−2.21) 0.0001
 Type of study (medical) 1.46 (1.12−1.59) 0.005
 Relative or acquaintance infected with COVID-19 1.36 (1.02−1.82) 0.04
 Suffer from a chronic disease 1.88 (1.22−2.91) 0.004
 Lack of psychological support from family 2.43 (1.72−3.45) 0.0001
 Lack of psychological support from community 1.61 (1.21−2.15) 0.001
 Lack of psychological support from university 1.51 (1.13−2.02) 0.006
 Adequate sleeping hours (6−9 h) 0.62 (0.46−0.82) 0.001
Dependent variable: anxiety
 Sex (female) 1.71 (1.33−2.19) 0.0001
 Relative or acquaintance infected with COVID-19 1.42 (1.09−1.86) 0.008
 Suffer from a chronic disease 2.06 (1.44−2.97) 0.0001
 Daily time spent to follow updates on COVID-19 pandemic 1.29 (1.04−1.62) 0.02
 Lack of support from family 1.84 (1.39−2.45) 0.0001
 Lack of support from community 1.51 (1.14−1.99) 0.004
 Adequate sleeping hours (6−9 h) 0.59 (0.47−0.76) 0.0001
Dependent variable: stress
 Sex (female) 1.81 (1.39−2.33) 0.0001
 Relative or acquaintance infected with COVID-19 1.64 (1.25−2.14) 0.0001
 Suffer from a chronic disease 1.64 (1.14−2.34) 0.007
 Lack of psychological support from family 2.67 (1.99−3.56) 0.0001
 Lack of psychological support from community 1.57 (1.18−2.09) 0.003
 Lack of psychological support from university 1.52 (1.14−2.02) 0.004
 Adequate sleeping hours (6−9 h) 0.51 (0.40−0.66) 0.0001

Dependent variables: depression score >9; anxiety score >7 and stress score >14.

OR, odds ratio, CI, confidence interval.