Table 2.
Multi-logistic regression: Multiple logistic regression analysis of factors associated with anxiety among Jazan population during Covid-19 pandemic.
| Characteristics | OR | 95% CI |
P-Value∗ | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Lower | Upper | |||
| Age group | ||||
| More than 40 | 0.47 | 0.26 | 0.84 | 0.011 |
| Gender | ||||
| Female | 2.01 | 1.29 | 3.12 | 0.002 |
| Diagnosed with Covid-19 | 5.46 | 1.24 | 24.04 | 0.025 |
| BMI | ||||
| Between (18.5–24.9) | 1.13 | 0.75 | 1.68 | 0.549 |
| Between (25–29.9) | 0.90 | 0.56 | 1.45 | 0.689 |
| 30 or above | 1.56 | 0.93 | 2.62 | 0.086 |
| Chronic diseases including chest diseases | 1.60 | 1.08 | 2.37 | 0.017 |
| Previous mental illnesses | 3.07 | 1.38 | 6.82 | 0.006 |
| Smoking status | ||||
| Smokes or X-smoker | 2.58 | 1.51 | 4.39 | 0.000 |
| Employment status | ||||
| Public sector-Private sector – Free businesses | 0.64 | 0.43 | 0.97 | 0.035 |
| Retired or Not-working | 0.89 | 0.60 | 1.30 | 0.561 |
| Standard of Living level | ||||
| Moderate | 0.53 | 0.36 | 0.77 | 0.001 |
| High | 0.46 | 0.27 | 0.76 | 0.003 |
| Knowledge of COVID-19 | ||||
| General understanding (score 4 points) | 0.95 | 0.68 | 1.32 | 0.772 |
| High understanding (score ≥5 points) | 0.54 | 0.31 | 0.94 | 0.031 |
| Time spent focusing on the COVID-19 | ||||
| 1–2 h | 1.62 | 1.09 | 2.39 | 0.015 |
| ≥3 h | 4.32 | 2.57 | 7.25 | 0.000 |