Table 4.
Predictors of moderate-to-extremely severe depression, anxiety and stress in respondents stranded abroad during COVID-19 (n=956)
| Variables | Depression | Anxiety | Stress | ||||||
| OR | 95% CI | P value | OR | 95% CI | P value | OR | 95% CI | P value | |
| Age (years) | 0.005 | 0.030 | 0.007 | ||||||
| 18–29* | |||||||||
| 30–49 | 0.535 | 0.366 to 0.780 | 0.646 | 0.461 to 0.906 | 0.644 | 0.452 to 0.917 | |||
| 50–69 | 0.542 | 0.350 to 0.839 | 0.563 | 0.375 to 0.845 | 0.579 | 0.383 to 0.873 | |||
| >69 | 0.303 | 0.097 to 0.945 | 0.767 | 0.238 to 2.407 | 0.174 | 0.046 to 0.660 | |||
| Perceived risk of COVID-19 | 0.026 | 0.003 | 0.003 | ||||||
| Not applicable | 1.595 | 0.384 to 6.627 | 1.608 | 0.433 to 5.840 | 2.317 | 0.573 to 9.368 | |||
| Low risk* | |||||||||
| Moderate risk | 1.099 | 0.723 to 1.672 | 0.700 | 0.456 to 1.076 | 1.042 | 0.691 to 1.571 | |||
| High risk | 1.617 | 1.147 to 2.279 | 1.364 | 0.973 to 1.912 | 1.708 | 1.223 to 2.387 | |||
| Time stranded | <0.001 | <0.001 | 0.003 | ||||||
| No wait | 0.893 | 0.399 to 1.997 | 0.697 | 0.308 to 1.579 | 0.936 | 0.421 to 2.082 | |||
| <1 month | 0.357 | 0.174 to 0.735 | 0.332 | 0.149 to 0.738 | 0.459 | 0.224 to 0.940 | |||
| 1–2 months | 0.396 | 0.201 to 0.781 | 0.420 | 0.208 to 0.849 | 0.475 | 0.242 to 0.932 | |||
| 2–3 months | 0.587 | 0.313 to 1.101 | 0.571 | 0.303 to 1.078 | 0.702 | 0.377 to 1.308 | |||
| 3–5 months* | |||||||||
| >5 months | 1.281 | 0.770 to 2.129 | 0.984 | 0.601 to 1.610 | 1.062 | 0.647 to 1.743 | |||
| Homelessness, ref no | 1.522 | 0.947 to 2.444 | 0.082 | 1.392 | 0.920 to 2.105 | 0.118 | 1.186 | 0.767 to 1.834 | 0.444 |
| Employment change, ref no | 1.405 | 1.040 to 1.900 | 0.027 | 1.569 | 1.177 to 2.092 | 0.002 | 1.564 | 1.171 to 2.090 | 0.002 |
| Financial stress, ref no | 1.501 | 1.103 to 2.041 | 0.010 | 1.728 | 1.268 to 2.345 | <0.001 | 1.682 | 1.246 to 2.269 | <0.001 |
OR, log OR controlling for other variables in the model; EXP (B), adjusted OR; p, probability value (statistically significant <0.05).
*Reference variable.