TABLE 4.
Factors associated with quality of life and depressive symptoms in Peruvian university students during the COVID-19 pandemic.
| Variables | Quality of life |
Depressive symptoms |
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| Crude | p | Full | p | Crude | p | Full | p | |
| β (IC95%) | β (IC95%) | β (IC95%) | β (IC95%) | |||||
| Age | ||||||||
| 16–21 | REF | REF | ||||||
| 22–27 | −3.4 (−6.5; −0.3) | 0.032 | −2.3 (−5.0; 0.4) | 0.101 | 0.51 (−0.2; 1.2) | 0.170 | −0.1 (−0.6; 0.6) | 0.986 |
| 28–65 | −0.29 (−3.2; 2.6) | 0.846 | −2.0 (−4.8; 0.8) | 0.164 | −0.76 (−1.5; −0.1) | 0.034 | −0.6 (−1.3; 0.2) | 0.120 |
| Sex | ||||||||
| Female | REF | REF | ||||||
| Male | 7.0 (4.5; 9.4) | 0.000 | 3.2 (1.1; 5.4) | 0.004 | −1.7 (−2.3; −1.1) | 0.000 | −0.7 (−1.3; −0.2) | 0.011 |
| Marital status | ||||||||
| Singer/separated/widowed/divorced | REF | REF | ||||||
| Married/partner | 1.7 (−1.2; 4.5) | 0.239 | – | – | −1.1 (−1.7; −0.4) | 0.002 | −0.5 (−1.2; 0.1) | 0.112 |
| Occupation | ||||||||
| Study and work | REF | REF | ||||||
| Only study | −2.0 (−4.5; 0.5) | 0.118 | −0.7 (−3.0; 1.7) | 0.565 | 0.8 (0.2; 1.4) | 0.006 | 0.4 (−0.1; 0.9) | 0.145 |
| Places of residence | ||||||||
| Ancash | REF | REF | ||||||
| Ayacucho | −3.5 (−6.8; −0.2) | 0.040 | −2.1 (−4.8; 0.8) | 0.151 | 0.9 (0.1; 1.7) | 0.039 | 0.8 (0.1; 1.5) | 0.022 |
| Lima | 4.0 (0.1; 7.9) | 0.043 | 0.6 (−2.8; 4.1) | 0.719 | −1.6 (−2.5; −0.6) | 0.001 | −0.7 (−1.5; 0.2) | 0.116 |
| Piura | 3.6 (0.0; 7.3) | 0.049 | 0.1 (−3.0; 3.3) | 0.933 | −1.6 (−2.5; −0.8) | 0.000 | −1.1 (−1.8; −0.3) | 0.005 |
| Went out of the house during quarantine | ||||||||
| No | REF | REF | ||||||
| Yes | −3.2 (−5.7; −0.7) | 0.012 | −0.9 (−3.1; 1.2) | 0.396 | 1.1 (0.5; 1.7) | 0.000 | 0.7 (0.2; 1.2) | 0.006 |
| Decreasing family financial income in quarantine | ||||||||
| No | REF | REF | ||||||
| Yes | −8.1 (−11.6; −4.6) | 0.000 | −3.4 (−6.5; −0.3) | 0.034 | 1.9 (0.8; 2.9) | 0.000 | 0.7 (−0.2; 1.6) | 0.141 |
| Lives alone | ||||||||
| No | REF | REF | ||||||
| Yes | −2.1 (−7.1; 3.0) | 0.420 | – | – | 0.8 (−0.4; 2.0) | 0.179 | 0.5 (−0.6; 1.5) | 0.383 |
| Family member with chronic disease | ||||||||
| No | REF | REF | ||||||
| Yes | −8.7 (−11.2; −6.1) | 0.000 | 3.7 (−6.1; 1.4) | 0.002 | 2.4 (1.8 – 3.0) | 0.000 | 1.5 (1.0; 2.1) | 0.000 |
| Depressives symptoms+/quality of life++ | −2.1 (−2.3; −1.9) | 0.000 | −2.0 (−2.2; −1.8) | 0.000 | −0.1 (−0.2; −0.1) | 0.000 | −0.1 (−0.2; −0.1) | 0.000 |
+Depressives Symptoms was obtained from the Patient Health Questionnaire-9 (PHQ-9) total score. ++Quality of life was obtained from the Visual Analog Scale (EQ-VAS).