Table 2.
Multivariate regression of association between demographic characteristics and source of information with clinically significant depressive and anxiety symptoms during COVID-19 pandemic in Iranian population
| Variables | Depression | Anxiety | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Beta | OR (CI 95%) | P. value | Beta | OR (CI 95%) | P. value | |
| Higher age | − 0.030 | 0.970 (0.963–0.977) | < 0.001 | − 0.024 | 0.976 (0.970–0.982) | < 0.001 |
| Gender (male/female) | − 0.454 | 0.635 (554–0.728) | < 0.001 | − 0.362 | 0.696 (0.618–0.783) | < 0.001 |
| Marital status (single/married) | 0.293 | 1.340 (1.161–1.547) | < 0.001 | 0.057 | 1.059 (0.932–1.204) | 0.379 |
| Higher educational level | 0.071 | 1.074 (0.967–1.192) | 0.182 | − 0.047 | 0.954 (0.872–1.045) | 0.313 |
| Living location (home/apartment or dorm) | − 0.086 | 0.918 (0.809–1.041) | 0.180 | − 0.074 | 0.928 (0.830–1.038) | 0.192 |
| Positive history of travel | 0.072 | 1.075 (0.933–1.238) | 0.318 | − 0.051 | 0.950 (0.835–1.080) | 0.434 |
| Source of information (non-user/user) | ||||||
| Television/radio | − 0.026 | 0.975 (0.864–1.100) | 0.679 | − 0.032 | 0.969 (0.870–1.079) | 0.561 |
| Social media/internet | − 0.006 | 1.006 (0.854–1.185) | 0.946 | − 0.012 | 0.988 (0.854–1.143) | 0.869 |
| Family or friends | 0.010 | 0.990 (0.873–1.123) | 0.878 | 0.070 | 1.072 (0.959–1.198) | 0.220 |
| Scientific articles or journals | 0.231 | 1.260 (1.108–1.433) | < 0.001 | 0.126 | 1.135 (1.013–1.271) | 0.030 |
| Physicians and nurses | − 0.041 | 0.960 (0.838–1.101) | 0.560 | 0.005 | 1.005 (0.891–1.135) | 0.933 |