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Table 3 Logistic regression analyses showing the associations of mental distress and poor self-rated health with loneliness in the fully adjusted model

From: Loneliness in the Norwegian adolescent population: prevalence trends and relations to mental and self-rated health

SURVEY YEAR

1995-97 (Young-HUNT1)

2006-08 (Young-HUNT3)

2017-19 (Young-HUNT4)

 

OR (95% CI)

P-value

OR (95% CI)

P-value

OR (95% CI)

P-value

Mental distress (HSCL < 2 vs. HSCL ≥ 2)

7.57

(6.18–9.28)

< 0.001

9.15

(7.6–11.02)

< 0.001

8.27

(6.8–10.05)

< 0.001

Self-rated health (poor vs. good)

1.91

(1.51–2.42)

< 0.001

2.06

(1.67–2.55)

< 0.001

2.0

(1.67–2.41)

< 0.001

  1. Note: OR: Odds ratio; CI: Confidence interval
  2. The analyses were adjusted for gender, age, SES, number of close friends, and civil status of parents. The variables of mental distress and self-rated health were mutually adjusted. The group ‘Rarely lonely’ (‘Very rarely or never’ + ‘Rarely’ + ‘Sometimes lonely’) was used as the reference group
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BMC Psychiatry

ISSN: 1471-244X

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