Table 3.

Hierarchical regression coefficients for predictors of anxiety (n = 98)

Step	Predictors	Current anxiety (HADS)
		B	Standard error	β	P	∆R2
1	Baseline anxiety (HADS)	0.694	0.078	0.672	< 0.001***	0.452***
2	Demographics					0.045*
	Baseline anxiety (HADS)	0.660	0.082	0.640	< 0.001***
	Age	− 0.064	0.031	− 0.192	0.044*
	Gender	− 0.449	0.710	− 0.048	0.529
	Living with children ≤ 18 years old	0.320	0.841	0.035	0.705
3	Medical and physical wellbeing					0.020
	Baseline anxiety (HADS)	0.645	0.083	0.625	< 0.001***
	Age	− 0.070	0.032	− 0.209	0.032*
	Gender	− 1.079	0.800	− 0.114	0.181
	Living with children ≤ 18 years old	0.442	0.842	0.048	0.600
	Rheumatoid arthritis diagnosis	0.160	0.783	0.017	0.839
	Disability index (HAQ)	0.684	0.451	0.128	0.133
	Hydroxychloroquine	0.840	0.787	0.082	0.289
4	COVID-19 related					0.117***
	Baseline anxiety (HADS)	0.486	0.079	0.471	< 0.001***
	Age	− 0.030	0.029	− 0.089	0.311
	Gender	− 1.164	0.712	− 0.123	0.106
	Living with children ≤ 18 years old	0.818	0.748	0.089	0.277
	Rheumatoid arthritis diagnosis	0.027	0.695	0.003	0.969
	Disability Index (HAQ)	0.372	0.401	0.070	0.356
	Hydroxychloroquine	0.362	0.721	0.035	0.617
	COVID-19 fear	0.153	0.031	0.395	< 0.001***
	COVID-19 actions	0.182	0.273	0.048	0.506

*p < 0.05, **p < 0.01, ***p < 0.001