Table 2.
Determinants of fear of COVID-19 among front-line health care workers via bivariate and multivariate linear regression models (n = 2299).
| Variables | FCoV-19S | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bivariate | Multivariate | |||
| B (95% CI) | p | B (95% CI) | p | |
| Age, year | ||||
| 21–40 | Reference | Reference | ||
| 41–60 | 0.21 (−0.33, 0.75) | 0.444 | 0.30 (−0.26, 0.85) | 0.297 |
| Gender | ||||
| Women | Reference | Reference | ||
| Men | −1.10 (−1.56, −0.65) | <0.001 | −0.72 (−1.20, −0.24) | 0.003 |
| Marital status | ||||
| Never married | Reference | Reference | ||
| Ever married | 0.87 (0.37, 1.38) | 0.001 | 0.88 (0.36, 1.39) | 0.001 |
| Ability to pay for medication | ||||
| Very or fairly difficult | Reference | Reference | ||
| Very or fairly easy | −0.63 (−1.06, −0.20) | 0.004 | −0.28 (−0.72, 0.15) | 0.199 |
| Social status | ||||
| Low | Reference | Reference | ||
| Middle or high | −0.56 (−1.19, 0.07) | 0.084 | −0.19 (−0.83, 0.45) | 0.554 |
| Type of health care personnel | ||||
| Others | Reference | Reference | ||
| Nurse | −0.08 (−0.57, 0.42) | 0.765 | −0.11 (−0.62, 0.39) | 0.659 |
| Doctor | −1.89 (−2.44, −1.33) | <0.001 | −1.63 (−2.20, −1.06) | <0.001 |
| Epidemic containment experience | ||||
| No | Reference | Reference | ||
| Yes | −0.29 (−0.72, 0.14) | 0.188 | −0.31 (−0.75, 0.12) | 0.158 |
| BMI, kg/m2 | ||||
| <25.0 kg/m2 | Reference | Reference | ||
| ≥25.0 kg/m2 | −0.60 (−1.27, 0.06) | 0.074 | −0.31 (−0.98, 0.36) | 0.360 |
| Comorbidity | ||||
| None | Reference | Reference | ||
| One or more | 0.36 (−0.55, 1.28) | 0.435 | 0.22 (−0.69, 1.14) | 0.631 |
| S-COVID−19-S * | ||||
| No | Reference | Reference | ||
| Yes | 0.62 (0.02, 1.23) | 0.044 | 0.51 (−0.09, 1.11) | 0.098 |
| HL, One-point increment | −0.08 (−0.11, −0.05) | <0.001 | ||
| eHEALS, One-point increment | −0.03 (−0.08, 0.01) | 0.125 | ||
| DDL, One-point increment | −0.06 (−0.08, −0.03) | <0.001 | −0.04 (−0.07, −0.02) | 0.001 |
| HES, One-point increment | −0.11 (−0.16, −0.07) | <0.001 | −0.10 (−0.15, −0.06) | <0.001 |
Abbreviations: FCoV-19S, fear of COVID-19 scale; B, unstandardized regression coefficient; CI, confidence interval; BMI, body mass index; S-COVID-19-S, suspected coronavirus disease-2019 symptoms; HL, health literacy; eHEALS, eHealth literacy scale; DDL, digital healthy diet literacy; HES, health eating score. * Suspected coronavirus disease-2019 symptoms include fever, cough, dyspnea, myalgia, fatigue, sputum production, confusion, headache, sore throat, rhinorrhea, chest pain, hemoptysis, diarrhea, and nausea/vomiting.