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. 2020 Dec 25;122:105880. doi: 10.1016/j.childyouth.2020.105880

Table 4.

COVID-19 related social stressors (CRSS), duration of home-stay and educational loss.

Variables N (n = 3997) Depressive symptoms§
PTSS§§
OR (95% CI) AOR (95% CI) OR (95% CI) AOR (95% CI)
Financial uncertainty
 Yes 1729 (77.43%) 1.19** (1.05–1.35) 1.13 (0.98–1.29) 1.05 (0.92–1.19) 0.99 (0.86–1.14)
 No 2268 (56.74%) Ref. Ref. Ref. Ref.
Fear of COVID-19 infection
 Yes 2037 (50.96%) 1.18** (1.04–1.34) 1.04 (0.90–1.19) 1.55** (1.36–1.76) 1.39** (1.21–1.61)
 No 1960 (49.04%) Ref. Ref. Ref. Ref.
Fear of death (by COVID-19)
 Yes 1172 (29.32%) 1.90** (1.65–2.18) 1.86** (1.59–2.17) 2.12** (1.85–2.44) 1.96** (1.68–2.29)
 No 2825 (70.68%) Ref. Ref. Ref. Ref.
Inadequate food supply
 Yes 752 (18.81%) 1.31** (1.11–1.53) 1.22* (1.02–1.46) 0.97 (0.82–1.14) 0.89 (0.74–1.07)
 No 3245 (81.19%) Ref. Ref. Ref. Ref.
Disease related uncertainty
 Yes 1471 (36.80%) 1.03 (0.90–1.17) 0.89 (0.77–1.03) 1.09 (0.96–1.25) 0.95 (0.82–1.10)
 No 2526 (63.20%) Ref. Ref. Ref. Ref.
Exposure to COVID-19 news on media
 Yes 1230 (30.77%) 1.13 (0.99–1.30) 0.97 (0.83–1.13) 1.13 (0.98–1.29) 0.96 (0.82–1.13)
 No 2767 (69.23%) Ref. Ref. Ref. Ref.
Duration of home stay
 <3 months 1660 (41.53%) Ref. Ref. Ref. Ref.
 >3 months 2337 (58.47%) 1.16* (1.03–1.31) 1.12 (0.99–1.28) 1.14* (1.01–1.30) 1.09 (0.96–1.25)
Educational Disruption
 I don’t know 664 (16.61%) Ref. Ref. Ref. Ref.
 Slightly 555 (13.89%) 1.05 (0.84–1.32) 1.06 (0.85–1.34) 1.15 (0.91–1.45) 1.14 (0.89–1.44)
 Moderately 1243 (31.10%) 1.19 (0.98–1.43) 1.26* (1.03–1.52) 1.40** (1.15–1.71) 1.41** (1.15–1.72)
 Severely 1030 (25.77%) 1.70** (1.39–2.07) 1.68** (1.37–2.06) 1.93** (1.57–2.36) 1.86** (1.51–2.29)
 Didn’t hamper 505 (12.63%) 1.08 (0.86–1.06) 1.11 (0.88–1.40) 0.91 (0.71–1.16) 0.93 (0.72–1.19)

Abbreviations: OR = Odds ratio; AOR = Adjusted odds ratio; CI = Confidence interval.

*

P-value < 0.05.

**

P-value < 0.01.

§

Depressive symptoms was defined as individuals who scored ≥ 10.

§§

PTSS was defined as individuals who scored ≥ 27.