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. 2022 Jun 15:1–20. Online ahead of print. doi: 10.1007/s12144-022-03287-5

Table 7.

Logistic regression for predicting anxiety and depression in postpartum women during the COVID-19 pandemic

95% C.I. for EXP (B)
Predictors Beta S.E Wald df p OR Lower Upper Nagelkerke
R2
Sensitivity/Specificity
(Correctly classified)
Anxiety (GAD-7 ≥ 10) * .097 61.7/69.9 (69.0)
  Demographics
    Age -.05 .01 17.16 1  < .001 .95 .93 .97
    Primiparous (Ref. No) -.10 .11 .83 1 .363 .90 .73 1.12
  COVID-19 exposures and symptoms
    Contact with any person with confirmed infection with COVID-19 (Ref. No) -.14 .12 1.29 1 .255 .87 .69 1.10
    Symptoms or confirmed COVID-19 diagnosis (Ref. No) .19 .14 1.74 1 .187 1.21 .91 1.61
    Death of a close person due to COVID-19 (Ref. No) .58 .16 13.11 1 .000 1.79 1.31 2.44
  Lifestyles to cope with stress during the COVID-19 pandemic
    Sleeping well at night -.76 .19 16.59 1  < .001 .47 .32 .67
    Increasing time in social networks (Facebook, Instagram or others) .16 .11 2.28 1 .131 1.17 .95 1.45
    Increasing time watching or looking for news .44 .14 9.95 1 .002 1.55 1.18 2.04
    Eating fast food (sweets and chips .51 .14 14.59 1  < .001 1.67 1.28 2.18
    Increasing time reading books or doing activities as jigsaw or puzzles -.30 .15 4.08 1 .043 .74 .55 .99
    Physical exercise (intense or moderate at least three times a week) -.19 .14 1.78 1 .182 .83 .63 1.09
    Smoking or vaping .89 .30 8.64 1 .003 2.44 1.35 4.41
    Talking with health professionals more frequently .61 .29 4.40 1 .036 1.83 1.04 3.23
    Talking with mental health professional .81 .22 13.80 1  < .001 2.24 1.46 3.43
Depression (EPDS ≥ 10) ** .086 61.9/60.1 (60.8)
  Demographics
    Age -.02 .01 2.32 1 .128 .98 .96 1.01
    Primiparous (Ref. No) -.13 .10 1.58 1 .209 .88 .72 1.08
  COVID-19 exposures and symptoms
  Contact with any person with confirmed infection with COVID-19 (Ref. No) -.07 .11 .40 1 .528 .93 .75 1.16
  Symptoms or confirmed COVID-19 diagnosis (Ref. No) .23 .14 2.84 1 .092 1.26 .96 1.66
  Death of a close person due to COVID-19 (Ref. No) .47 .16 8.65 1 .003 1.60 1.17 2.18
  Lifestyles to cope with stress during the COVID-19 pandemic
    Sleeping well at night -.85 .16 26.98 1  < .001 .43 .31 .59
    Increasing time with screens (i.e., videogames, series or films) .16 .12 1.72 1 .190 1.17 .93 1.48
    Increasing time in social networks (Facebook, Instagram or others) .16 .11 2.13 1 .145 1.17 .95 1.44
    Increasing time watching or looking for news .36 .14 6.91 1 .009 1.44 1.10 1.88
    Eating fast food (sweets and chips) .45 .14 10.65 1 .001 1.56 1.20 2.05
    Eating healthier -.17 .13 1.71 1 .191 .84 .66 1.09
    Increasing time reading books or doing activities as jigsaw or puzzles -.20 .14 2.08 1 .149 .82 .62 1.074
    Physical exercise (intense or moderate at least three times a week) -.06 .13 .22 1 .641 .94 .73 1.211
    Smoking or vaping 1.03 .33 9.65 1 .002 2.79 1.46 5.340
    Talking with health professionals more frequently .55 .30 3.49 1 .062 1.74 .97 3.107
    Talking with mental health professional .77 .23 11.46 1 .001 2.16 1.38 3.378

* Omnibus Test (X2 = 136.50; df = 14, p < .001). Hosmer and Lemeshow Test (X.2 = 8.30, df = 8, sig = .405)

** Omnibus Test (X2 = 125.57; df = 16, p < .001). Hosmer and Lemeshow Test (X.2 = 2.68, df = 8, p = .953)