Table 4.
Relationship between socio-clinical factors and quality-of-life of the respondents as per generalized structural equations model analysis.
| Variables | Coef. (95% CI) for a higher QOL score | p -value |
|---|---|---|
| Sexual dysfunctiona | 0.05 (−1.24, 1.35) | 0.935 |
| Depressionb | –3.92 (–4.61, –3.24) | 0.000 |
| Anxietyb | 0.18 (−0.51, 0.88) | 0.606 |
| Stressb | –3.01 (–3.99, –2.04) | 0.000 |
| Agec | 0.03 (−0.06, 0.11) | 0.550 |
| Sexa | 1.20 (−0.37, 2.78) | 0.135 |
| Marital statusd | 1.12 (−0.32, 2.56) | 0.127 |
| Income lossb | –0.93 (–1.36, –0.50) | 0.000 |
| Lost joba | 5.71 (3.72, 7.69) | 0.000 |
| Maintaining COVID protocola | −1.10 (−2.69, 0.49) | 0.174 |
| Presence of any comorbiditya | –2.81 (–4.36, –1.27) | 0.000 |
| Monthly family incomeb | 0.43 (−0.09, 0.94) | 0.107 |
| Smoking statusa | 1.10 (−0.10, 2.29) | 0.071 |
| Educational levele | −0.66 (−1.55, 0.24) | 0.150 |
Coef., coefficient of regression equations; CI, confidence interval; QOL, quality of life.
These variables were measured dichotomously. For sex, “male” was the reference category, while in the case of lost job, presence of comorbidities, and smoking status, the reference categories were “did not lose job,” “absence of any comorbidity,” and “non-smoker,” respectively. “No sexual dysfunction' was the reference category for sexual dysfunction.
Probit linkage used for ordinal level of measurement for these variables with assumption of homogeneity of risk. The reference categories for Depression, Anxiety, Stress are the “Normal” groups. For Monthly family income and Income loss, the reference categories were, “ ≤ 3,000 Rupees per month” and “No Change,” respectively.
Age was taken in a continuous scale of measurement assuming Gaussian distribution and using identity linkage.
For marital status, Divorced, Separated, and Widow categories were merged into “previously married” category yielding three nominal level categories, viz., unmarried, currently married, and previously married. For this variable, also uniformity of risk was assumed, and the coefficient was calculated taking “Unmarried” group as reference.
Secondary and higher-secondary categories were combined into “below graduation” category, which was the reference category.
The bold values indicate statistically significant.