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. 2022 Jun 22;12:10580. doi: 10.1038/s41598-022-15004-0

Table 2.

Fixed-effects models estimating the associations between days spent outside and mental health and mental wellbeing (N = 35,301; n = 155,366).

Depressive symptoms Anxiety symptoms Life satisfaction Loneliness
Coef 95% CI P value Coef 95% CI P value Coef 95% CI P value Coef 95% CI P value
Number of days spent outside − 0.08 − 0.10, − 0.06 < 0.001 − 0.06 − 0.07, − 0.04 < 0.001 0.05 0.04, 0.06 < 0.001 0.00 − 0.00, 0.01 0.463

The models controlled for all time-invariant variables and time-varying variables including number of days respondents have had face to face contact with others for ≥ 15 min in the past 7 days, number of days respondents have had phone/video call with others for ≥ 15 min in the past 7 days, perceived social support, compliance with the government isolation guidance, and self-isolation status.

Significant values are in bold.