Table 4.

Hierarchical regression coefficients for predictors of depression (n = 99)

Step	Predictors	Current depression (HADS)
		B	Standard error	Β	P	∆R2
1	Baseline depression (HADS)	0.713	0.083	0.659	< 0.001***	0.434***
2	Demographics					0.022
	Baseline depression (HADS)	0.742	0.085	0.686	< 0.001***
	Age	− 0.030	0.025	− 0.108	0.242
	Gender	− 0.896	0.593	− 0.118	0.134
	Living with children ≤ 18 years old	− 0.077	0.692	− 0.010	0.911
3	Medical and physical wellbeing					0.016
	Baseline depression (HADS)	0.691	0.092	0.638	< 0.001***
	Age	− 0.033	0.026	− 0.121	0.206
	Gender	− 1.354	0.661	− 0.179	0.043*
	Living with children ≤ 18 years old	0.033	0.697	0.004	0.962
	Rheumatoid arthritis diagnosis	0.253	0.658	0.033	0.701
	Disability index (HAQ)	0.623	0.405	0.143	0.127
	Hydroxychloroquine	0.042	0.666	0.005	0.950
4	COVID-19 related					0.020
	Baseline depression (HADS)	0.676	0.094	0.625	< 0.001***
	Age	− 0.024	0.028	− 0.087	0.392
	Gender	− 1.565	0.667	− 0.207	0.021*
	Living with children ≤ 18 years old	0.083	0.703	0.011	0.906
	Rheumatoid arthritis diagnosis	0.156	0.657	0.021	0.813
	Disability index (HAQ)	0.530	0.405	0.122	0.195
	Hydroxychloroquine	0.162	0.686	0.020	0.814
	COVID-19 fear	0.019	0.029	0.062	0.504
	COVID-19 actions	0.368	0.261	0.121	0.162

*p < 0.05, **p < 0.01, ***p < 0.001