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. 2022 May 5;10:116. doi: 10.1186/s40359-022-00819-3

Table 5.

Association of mental health burdens with home quarantine related characteristics

Variables Depression Anxiety Stress
OR (95% CI) AOR (95% CI) OR (95% CI) AOR (95% CI) OR (95% CI) AOR (95% CI)
Plays outdoor games
No Reference Reference Reference Reference Reference
Yes 0.51 (0.30–0.85)* 0.62 (0.34–1.15) 0.82 (0.49–1.35) 0.48 (0.28–0.84)* 0.58 (0.30–1.13)
Plays indoor games
No Reference Reference Reference
Yes 0.64 (0.38–1.06) 0.67 (0.42–1.06) 0.68 (0.42–1.09)
Duration of watching television
Not at all Reference Reference Reference Reference
Less than an hour 1.29 (0.36–4.58) 0.93 (0.54–1.60) 0.45 (0.26–0.80)*** 0.42 (0.21–0.82)*
1 to 3 h 0.56 (0.17–1.86) 1.30 (0.73–2.30) 0.96 (0.54–1.70) 0.89 (0.45–1.77)
More than 3 h 0.45 (0.13–1.46) 0.99 (0.41–2.36) 0.74 (0.30–1.79) 1.29 (0.44–3.77)
Duration of studying
Not at all Reference Reference Reference
Less than an hour 1.29 (0.36–4.58) 0.96 (0.33–2.77) 1.01 (0.35–2.93)
1 to 3 h 0.56 (0.17–1.86) 0.81 (0.29–2.25) 0.58 (0.20–1.62)
More than 3 h 0.45 (.13–1.46) 0.84 (0.30–2.33) 0.42 (0.15–1.17)
Duration of internet use
Less than an hour Reference Reference Reference Reference
1 to 3 h 2.11 (0.84–5.31) 1.22 (0.42–3.52) 1.14 (0.45–2.86) 1.41 (0.53–3.78)
More than 3 h 2.51 (1.05–6.01)* 1.18 (0.43–3.23) 1.36 (0.57–3.25) 1.71 (0.67–4.35)
Uses internet for social networking
No Reference Reference Reference Reference Reference
Yes 3.17 (1.69–5.94)*** 1.97 (0.91–4.26) 1.59 (0.85–2.97) 2.03 (1.03–4.01)* 2.23 (0.92–5.40)
Uses internet for online gaming
No Reference Reference Reference
Yes 0.74 (0.46–1.18) 0.79 (0.51–1.23) 0.64 (0.41–1.01)
Uses internet for other entertainments
No Reference Reference Reference Reference
Yes 2.37 (1.29–4.34)** 2.31 (1.08–4.93)* 1.40 (0.77–2.55) 1.66 (0.88–3.15)
Spends time on a hobby
No Reference Reference Reference
Yes 0.77 (0.44–1.37) 0.75 (0.44–1.27) 0.73 (0.43–1.23)
Does household chores
No Reference Reference Reference Reference
Yes 0.72 (0.39–1.34) 1.23 (0.70–2.15) 0.41 (0.23–0.73)** 0.53 (0.27–1.05)
Duration of sleep at night
No sleep Reference Reference Reference
Inadequate sleep 0.51 (.05–4.52) 0.56 0(.10–3.20) 0.40 (0.07–2.27)
Adequate sleep 0.34 (.03–3.01) 0.43 (0.07–2.40) 0.29 (0.05–1.66)
Change in food habit
No change Reference Reference Reference Reference Reference Reference
Eats more or less than usual 3.45 (2.12–5.60)*** 3.23 (1.86–5.61)*** 1.82 (1.16–2.86)** 1.54 (0.95–2.50) 2.72 (1.68–4.38)*** 2.52(1.42–4.48)**
Communication with friends
As usual Reference Reference Reference Reference Reference Reference
Less than usual 2.34 (1.38–3.95)*** 2.54 (1.38–4.69)** 2.28 (1.37–3.78)*** 2.34 (1.37–4.01)** 2.52 (1.48–4.28)** 2.59 (1.37–4.90)**
More than usual 1.54 (.78–3.03) 1.82 (.84–3.91) 1.86 (0.96–3.60) 2.15 (1.07–4.33)* 2.18 (1.10–4.32)* 2.83 (1.26–6.34)*
Frequency of going out
Never or very rarely Reference Reference Reference Reference
Sometimes 0.91 (0.43–1.94) 0.68 (0.34–1.39) 0.40 (0.19–0.81)* 0.40 (0.106-.97)*
Frequently 0.35 (0.07–1.56) 0.20 0(.03–1.12) 0.18 (0.03–1.00) 0.17 (0.02–1.45)
Attends online classes
No Reference Reference Reference Reference Reference
Yes 0.45 (0.21–0.95)* 0.63 (0.27–1.47) 0.66 (0.36–1.21) 0.47 (0.26–0.88)* 0.68 (0.32–1.41)
Wants school/college to reopen
No Reference Reference Reference
Yes 0.75 (0.46–1.21) 0.93 (0.59–1.45) 0.77 (0.49–1.21)

Only the variables with significant p value from bivariate analyses were included in the adjusted analysis

OR odds ratio, AOR adjusted odds ratio, CI confidence interval

p value: < 0.05*; < 0.01**; < 0.001***