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. 2021 Jan 26;11:75. doi: 10.1038/s41398-021-01196-y

Table 2.

Independent correlates of depression, anxiety, and combined depression and anxiety in older patients with psychiatric disorder.

Variable Depressiona Anxietya Combined depression and anxietya
P OR 95%CI P OR 95%CI P OR 95%CI
Rural area 0.18 1.29 0.88–1.89 0.27 1.20 0.86–1.68 0.08 1.36 0.95–1.93
Having severe physical diseases 0.20 1.35 0.85–2.15 0.02 1.57 1.05–2.35 0.05 1.49 0.98–2.26
Poor treatment adherenceb 0.20 1.25 0.88–1.78 <0.01 1.50 1.11–2.03 0.02 1.42 1.03–1.95
Difficulty attending psychiatric hospitalb 0.08 1.38 0.95–1.99 0.08 1.33 0.96–1.84 0.06 1.37 0.97–1.91
Primary psychiatric diagnoses
 Major depressive disorder Ref. Ref. Ref.
 Schizophrenia 0.88 0.95 0.51–1.77 0.19 0.67 0.37–1.22 0.04 0.50 0.26–0.97
 Organic mental disorder 0.12 0.57 0.28–1.16 0.44 0.78 0.41–1.47 0.23 0.66 0.34–1.29
 Othersc <0.01 0.50 0.35–0.71 0.06 0.74 0.54–1.01 <0.01 0.53 0.38–0.73
Education years 0.67 0.99 0.94–1.03 0.25 0.97 0.93–1.01 0.61 0.98 0.94–1.03
ISI total score <0.01 1.29 1.24–1.34 <0.01 1.15 1.12–1.18 <0.01 1.19 1.16–1.23
Pain score <0.01 1.14 1.03–1.25 <0.01 1.11 1.02–1.20 <0.01 1.15 1.06–1.25

Values in bold indicate <0.05.

CI confidential interval, COVID-19 Coronavirus Disease 2019, ISI Insomnia Severity Index, OR odds ratio, Ref. reference group.

aResidences were controlled as covariate.

bObservation period was during the COVID-19 outbreak.

cOnly psychiatric diagnoses with the percentage of >5% are presented separately; those with percentage of <5% were included in “others”.