Table 6.
Parameter estimates of the predictors of students’ anxiety levels during COVID-19.
| Parameter | B | Std. Error | 95% Wald CI | Hypothesis Test | Exp(B) | 95% Wald CI Exp(B) | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Lower | Upper | Wald Chi-Square | df | Sig. | Lower | Upper | ||||
| (Intercept) | 0.684 | 0.2949 | 0.106 | 1.262 | 5.376 | 1 | 0.020 | 1.981 | 1.112 | 3.532 |
| Age | ||||||||||
| 20–24 years | −0.039 | 0.0710 | −0.178 | 0.100 | 0.303 | 1 | 0.582 | 0.962 | 0.837 | 1.105 |
| 25–29 years | 0.227 | 0.0781 | 0.074 | 0.380 | 8.464 | 1 | 0.004 * | 1.255 | 1.077 | 1.463 |
| 30–34 years (ref) | 0 a | 1 | ||||||||
| Sex | ||||||||||
| Male | 0.101 | 0.0619 | −0.020 | 0.223 | 2.688 | 1 | 0.101 | 1.107 | 0.980 | 1.249 |
| Female (ref) | 0 a | 1 | ||||||||
| Religion | ||||||||||
| Christian | 0.284 | 0.2770 | −0.259 | 0.827 | 1.052 | 1 | 0.305 | 1.329 | 0.772 | 2.287 |
| Muslim | 0.310 | 0.2781 | −0.235 | 0.855 | 1.241 | 1 | 0.265 | 1.363 | 0.790 | 2.351 |
| Traditionalist | 0.263 | 0.2933 | −0.312 | 0.838 | 0.804 | 1 | 0.370 | 1.301 | 0.732 | 2.311 |
| Atheist (ref) | 0 a | 1 | ||||||||
| COVID-19 information platforms | ||||||||||
| Professional platforms | −0.243 | 0.0646 | −0.369 | −0.116 | 14.086 | 1 | 0.001 * | 0.785 | 0.691 | 0.891 |
| Television (TV) | −0.191 | 0.0677 | −0.324 | −0.058 | 7.969 | 1 | 0.005 * | 0.826 | 0.724 | 0.943 |
| Newspaper/magazines | −0.025 | 0.0754 | −0.173 | 0.123 | 0.109 | 1 | 0.742 | 0.975 | 0.842 | 1.131 |
| Radio | 0.166 | 0.0656 | 0.038 | 0.295 | 6.436 | 1 | 0.011 * | 1.181 | 1.039 | 1.343 |
| Social media (ref) | 0 a | 1 | ||||||||
| Years at the university | ||||||||||
| 1 year or less | −0.057 | 0.1553 | −0.362 | 0.247 | 0.137 | 1 | 0.711 | 0.944 | 0.696 | 1.280 |
| 2 years | 0.106 | 0.0793 | −0.049 | 0.261 | 1.786 | 1 | 0.181 | 1.112 | 0.952 | 1.299 |
| 3 years | 0.061 | 0.0759 | −0.088 | 0.210 | 0.650 | 1 | 0.420 | 1.063 | 0.916 | 1.234 |
| 4 years (ref) | 0 a | 1 | ||||||||
| Feeling of certainty about safety | ||||||||||
| Uncertain | 0.329 | 0.0632 | 0.205 | 0.453 | 27.119 | 1 | <0.001 * | 1.390 | 1.228 | 1.573 |
| Certain (ref) | 0 a | 1 | ||||||||
| Availability of PPEs | ||||||||||
| Not available | −0.041 | 0.0567 | −0.152 | 0.070 | 0.521 | 1 | 0.470 | 0.960 | 0.859 | 1.073 |
| Available (ref) | 0 a | 1 | ||||||||
| Comfortability in school | ||||||||||
| Not comfortable | 0.026 | 0.0614 | −0.094 | 0.146 | 0.178 | 1 | 0.673 | 1.026 | 0.910 | 1.157 |
| Comfortable (ref) | 0 a | 1 | ||||||||
| Adequacy of COVID-19 education | ||||||||||
| Not educated | −0.003 | 0.0679 | −0.136 | 0.130 | 0.001 | 1 | 0.969 | 0.997 | 0.873 | 1.139 |
| Educated (ref) | 0 a | 1 | ||||||||
| Workplace prepared for cases | ||||||||||
| Workplace prepared | −0.299 | 0.0583 | −0.413 | −0.184 | 26.249 | 1 | <0.001 * | 0.742 | 0.662 | 0.832 |
| Workplace not prepared (ref) | 0 a | 1 | ||||||||
| (Scale) | 0.400 b | 0.0224 | 0.358 | 0.446 | ||||||
Dependent variable: anxiety level; Model: (intercept), age, sex, religion, COVID-19 information platforms, years in university, certainty about personal safety, availability of PPEs, comfortable about safety, adequacy of COVID-19 education, adequacy of preparation to manage COVID-19 cases; * significant at p < 0.05 level. a set to zero parameter; b fixed at the displayed value.