TABLE 4.

Factors associated with respondents’ mental health during the COVID‐19 pandemic (N = 281)

	Anxiety Coefficient	95%CI	P‐value	Depression Coefficient	95%CI	P‐value
Nursing	‐0.089	‐1.98, 0.43	0.207	‐0.009	‐1.17, 1.03	0.90
Perceived vulnerability (PVD)	0.05	‐0.58, 1.43	0.403	‐0.027	‐1.12, 0.71	0.656
Nursing × PVD	‐0.035	‐1.99, 1.24	0.648	0.094	‐0.57, 2.39	0.227
Adjusted R‐square	0.416			0.405

Abbreviation: CI, confidence interval.

Note: Anxiety was evaluated using Japanese version of Hospital Anxiety and Depression Scale‐Anxiety. Depression was evaluated using Japanese version of Hospital Anxiety and Depression Scale‐Depression. Perceived vulnerability was evaluated using Japanese version of Perceived Vulnerability to Disease Scale. Covariates of the linear regression models included age, sex, lifestyle (appetite, exercise, sleep, gaming, internet, and alcohol), social support (finance and family), and coping style of emotion‐oriented, task‐oriented, avoidance‐oriented, as measured by the Japanese version of the Coping Inventory for Stressful Situations. Anxiety: F = 10.964, P < 0.01, R² < 0.458, Adjusted R²< 0.416. The forced entry procedure was employed to select the model based on age, appetite, exercise, finance, game, family, internet, PVD, alcohol, nursing, sex, sleep, emotion‐oriented (CISS), task‐oriented (CISS), and avoidance‐oriented (CISS), which showed statistical differences in levels of anxiety (total score of HADS‐A). Depression: F = 10.515, P < 0.01, R² = 0.447, Adjusted R²= 0.405. The forced entry procedure was employed to select the model based on age, appetite, exercise, finance, game, family, internet, PVD, alcohol, nursing, sex, sleep, emotion‐oriented (CISS), task‐oriented (CISS), and avoidance‐oriented (CISS), which showed statistical differences in levels of depression (total score of HADS‐D).