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. 2021 Sep 30;6:37. doi: 10.1186/s41256-021-00211-5

Table 3.

Predictors of mental health problems and health-related behaviors during COVID-19 (N = 2685)

variables Mental health problems Health-related behaviors
Y = Depression Y = Anxiety Y = Home quarantine Y = Mask-wearing Y = Disinfection Y = Temperature-taking
Odds ratio (95% CI) Odds ratio (95% CI) Odds ratio (95% CI) Odds ratio (95% CI) Odds ratio (95% CI) Odds ratio (95% CI)
Exposure to health education videos 0.977 (0.938, 1.019) 1.008 (0.973, 1.049) 1.019 (0.978, 1.066) 1.149*** (1.089, 1.213) 1.256*** (1.189, 1.327) 1.365*** (1.280, 1.456)
Perceived Social Support Scale 0.977*** (0.969.0.986) 0.978*** (0.970, 0.986) 1.012** (1.004, 1.021) 1.009 (1.00, 1.018) 1.015** (1.006, 1.024) 1.013** (1.003, 1.023)
Posttraumatic Growth Inventory 0.977** (0.963, 0.990) 0.984* (0.972, 0.996) 0.993 (0.979, 1.006) 1.018* (1.004, 1.033) 1.024** (1.009, 1.0390 1.027** (1.011, 1.043)
Age 0.966*** (0.957, 0.976) 0.979*** (0.970, 0.989) 0.993 (0.983, 1.003) 1.032*** (1.019, 1.045) 1.031*** (1.019, 1.044) 1.013* (1.000, 1.025)
Gender (ref: Female) 1.097 (0.921, 1.308) 1.075 (0.911, 1.268) 0.624*** (0.515, 0.756) 1.581*** (1.286, 1.944) 0.953 (0.776, 1.169) 0.986 (0.788, 1.233)
Current living area (ref. extremely high risk)
 High risk 0.798 (0.497, 1.282) 0.855 (0.549, 1.333) 0.685 (0.390, 1.204) 1.505 (0.920, 2.462) 1.047 (0.627, 1.750) 0.927 (0.527, 1.630)
 Moderate-high risk 0.670 (0.420, 1.069) 0.690 (0.445, 1.070) 0.658 (0.377, 1.148) 1.774* (1.088, 2.891) 1.151 (0.693, 1.912) 1.015 (0.581, 1.771)
 Moderate risk 0.999 (0.633, 1.578) 1.036 (0.676, 1.587) 0.773 (0.447, 1.336) 2.417*** (1.498, 3.900) 1.793* (1.087, 2.956) 1.543 (0.890, 2.676)
 Mild-moderate risk 1.109 (0.618, 1.989) 1.039 (0.608, 1.776) 0.637 (0.335, 1.211) 2.106* (1.118, 3.969) 1.540 (0.817, 2.904) 1.269 (0.632, 2.547)
 Primary source of information (ref. Unreliable) 0.786* (0.641, 0.966) 0.759** (0.629, 0.916) 1.209 (0.986, 1.483) 0.821 (0.645, 1.046) 1.130 (0.904, 1.413) 0.964 (0.751, 1.237)

*p < 0.05; **p < 0.01, ***p < 0.001