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Table 4 Associated factors of high-level of anxiety among all participants (n = 3988)

From: High-level of anxiety and depressive symptoms among patients with general medical conditions and community residents: a comparative study

Explanatory variables

Anxiety

(AOR) 95% CI

P-value

Yes n (%)

No n (%)

 Age

 18–24

74 (7.6)

898 (92.4)

1.00

 

 25–34

68 (5.8)

1102 (94.2)

.88 (.62, 1.26)

.490

 35–44

78 (8.8)

810 (91.2)

1.42 (.99, 2.03)

.051

 45 and more

131 (13.7)

827 (86.3)

2.03 (1.47, 2.80)

<.0001

Living circumstance

 Alone

29 (11.9)

214 (88.1)

1.57 (1.01, 2.44)

.047

 With family

322 (8.6)

3423 (91.4)

1.00

 

Relative Wealth

 Low

117 (11.7)

904 (88.5)

.45 (.26, .78)

.004

 Average

216 (7.5)

2645 (92.5)

.72 (.40, 1.28)

.261

 High

18 (17.0)

88 (83.0)

1.00

 

Social support

 Low

86 (15.2)

480 (84.8)

1.00

 

 Moderate

219 (7.8)

2604 (92.2)

.51 (.38, .67)

<.0001

 Strong

46 (7.7)

553 (92.3)

.43 (.29, .64)

<.0001

Sample

 Health center

172 (12.6)

1191 (87.4)

2.1 (1.67, 2.64)

<.0001

 Community

179 (6.8)

2446 (93.2)

1.00

 

Physical/verbal abuse

 Yes

232 (11.8)

1728 (88.2)

2.1 (1.63, 2.65)

<.0001

 No

119 (5.9)

1909 (94.1)

1.00

 

Parental death at childhood age

 Yes

53 (7.0)

703 (93.0)

.69 (.50, .94)

.02

 No

298 (9.2)

2934 (90.8)

1.00

 

Family history of mental illness

 Yes

74 (14.3)

444 (85.7)

1.67 (1.25, 2.23)

.001

 No

277 (8.0)

3193 (92.0)

1.00

 
  1. AOR (Adjusted odds ratio), 1.00 (reference)