Table 2.

Association of GP contact with depressive symptoms among residents

Variables Depressive symptom prevalent	Total n (%)	GP contact
		No n (%)	Yes n (%)
				Baseline (before lockdown)	n=3153	n=2704	n=449
No	2722 (86.3)	2329 (86.1)	393 (87.5)
Yes	431 (13.7)	375 (13.9)	56 (12.5)
Model 1 OR (95% CI), P		Ref	0.96 (0.70 to 1.29), 0.77
Model 2 OR (95% CI), P		Ref	0.94 (0.70 to 1.28), 0.71
Prevalent lockdown	n=3153	n=2704	n=449
No	2517 (79.8)	2135 (79.0)	382 (85.1)
Yes	636 (20.2)	569 (21.0)	67 (14.9)
Model 1 OR (95% CI), P		Ref	0.68 (0.52 to 0.90), 0.007
Model 2 OR (95% CI), P		Ref	0.67 (0.51 to 0.88), 0.004
Model 3 OR (95% CI), P		Ref	0.67 (0.51 to 0.89), 0.005
Incident*	n=2722	n=2329	n=393
No	2210 (81.2)	1873 (80.4)	337 (85.8)
Yes	512 (18.8)	456 (19.6)	56 (14.2)
Model 1 OR (95% CI), P		Ref	0.70 (0.52 to 0.95), 0.02
Model 2 OR (95% CI), P		Ref	0.68 (0.51 to 0.93), 0.02

Model 1: Adjusted for age, sex, educational attainment, marital status.

Model 2: Further adjusted for NCDs.

Model 3: Further adjusted for depressive symptoms at baseline.

Data of sociodemographic characteristics and NCDs among residents are from the baseline survey.

Data of GP contact with residents are from the follow-up survey during COVID-19 lockdown.

Data of depressive symptoms from baseline and follow-up surveys.

*Individuals who reported no depressive symptoms at baseline but reported depressive symptoms at the follow-up interview in April 2020.

GP, general practitioner; NCD, non-communicable disease.