Table 2.
Results of univariate logistic regression analysis to detect risk factors for depression and anxiety during the COVID-19 pandemic
| Variables | Depression |
Anxiety |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| OR | 95% CI | p | OR | 95% CI | p | ||
| Sociodemographic characteristics | |||||||
| Sex, female | 1.605 | 1.120–2.111 | <0.001*** | 1.424 | 1.129–1.795 | 0.003** | |
| School level, middle school | 1.224 | 0.887–1.689 | 0.219 | 0.948 | 0.731–1.229 | 0.687 | |
| Religious, yes | 1.133 | 0.839–1.530 | 0.416 | 1.079 | 0.835–1.395 | 0.560 | |
| Academic achievement level, poor | 1.151 | 0.808–1.640 | 0.435 | 1.373 | 1.016–1.855 | 0.039* | |
| Academic achievement level, average | 1.178 | 0.845–1.643 | 0.334 | 1.342 | 1.008–1.786 | 0.044* | |
| Underlying mental illness, yes | 1.783 | 0.368–8.634 | 0.472 | 0.065 | 4.351–0.534 | 0.557 | |
| Underlying physical illness, yes | 1.506 | 0.843–2.690 | 0.167 | 0.729 | 2.110–1.240 | 0.427 | |
| COVID-19 infection and quarantine experience | |||||||
| Personal infection experience, yes | 1.241 | 0.144–10.67 | 0.844 | 0.754 | 0.088–6.472 | 0.797 | |
| Experience of infected acquaintances, yes | 1.355 | 0.510–3.600 | 0.542 | 1.198 | 0.508–2.826 | 0.680 | |
| Personal quarantine experience, yes | 1.134 | 0.631–2.039 | 0.674 | 1.328 | 0.814–2.165 | 0.256 | |
| Experience of quarantine of acquaintances, yes | 1.034 | 0.747–1.431 | 0.839 | 1.194 | 0.911–1.563 | 0.199 | |
| Questionnaire items related to changes in daily life patterns during the COVID-19 pandemic | |||||||
| Convenience food intake, increased | 1.125 | 0.846–1.496 | 0.419 | 1.104 | 0.866–1.407 | 0.424 | |
| Sleeping time, increased | 0.975 | 0.723–1.316 | 0.869 | 1.106 | 0.861–1.420 | 0.431 | |
| TV watching time, increased | 1.365 | 1.011–1.841 | 0.042* | 1.411 | 1.093–1.821 | 0.008** | |
| Internet usage, increased | 1.226 | 0.931–1.615 | 0.146 | 0.981 | 0.775–1.242 | 0.874 | |
| PC or smartphone usage, increased | 1.143 | 0.868–1.506 | 0.341 | 1.065 | 0.842–1.134 | 0.600 | |
| Exercise, increased | 0.844 | 0.585–1.217 | 0.363 | 1.141 | 0.852–1.526 | 0.376 | |
| Questionnaire items related to psychosocial stress associated with COVID-19 | |||||||
| Fear of COVID-19 infection, score | 1.736 | 1.485–2.028 | <0.001*** | 1.786 | 1.563–2.040 | <0.001*** | |
| Academic-related stress, score | 1.157 | 1.030–1.300 | 0.014* | 1.167 | 1.057–1.289 | 0.002** | |
| Stress caused by changes in eating and sleeping patterns, score | 1.112 | 0.982–1.259 | 0.094 | 1.055 | 0.949–1.172 | 0.324 | |
| Stress caused by changes in daily activities, score | 1.117 | 0.986–1.265 | 0.083 | 1.091 | 0.983–1.121 | 0.102 | |
| Psychiatric scales | |||||||
| UCLA Loneliness Scale-3, score | 1.041 | 0.953–1.138 | 0.369 | 0.996 | 0.992–1.075 | 0.909 | |
| Perceived Stress Scale-10, score | 1.031 | 1.007–1.056 | 0.011* | 1.009 | 0.989–1.029 | 0.396 | |
| Korean version of the Gratitude Questionnaire-6, score | 0.967 | 0.944–0.991 | 0.006** | 0.997 | 0.977–1.018 | 0.776 | |
p<0.05;
p<0.01;
p<0.001.
OR, odds ratio; CI, confidence interval