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Table 5 Binary and multivariable logistic regression of associations between depression, loneliness, anxiety, and anxious depression and demographic factors of participants

From: Prevalence of loneliness and association with depressive and anxiety symptoms among retirees in Northcentral Nigeria: a cross-sectional study

 

Depression

Total sample (n = 1099)

Model 1

 

Model 2

 

Variables

Depressed

n (%)

Non-depressed

n (%)

COR (95% CI)

P-value

AOR (95% CI)

P-value

Age

 60–69 Years

136 (23.8)

118 (22.3)

1.00

 

1.00

 

 70–74 years

292 (51.1)

224 (42.4)

1.13 (0.84,1.53)

0.424

1.18 (0.82, 1.71)

0.369

  ≥ 75 years

143 (25.1)

186 (35.2)

0.67 (0.48, 0.93)

0.016

0.73 (0.49, 1.10)

0.131

Gender

 Male

281 (49.2)

317 (60.0)

1.00

 

1.00

 

 Female

290 (50.8)

211 (40.0)

1.55 (1.22, 1.97)

<  0.000

1.49 (1.09, 2.00)

0.011

Residence

 Urban

339 (59.4)

288 (54.5)

1.00 (ref)

 

1.00

 

 Rural

232 (40.6)

240 (45.5)

0.82 (0.46, 0.73)

0.107

1.01 (0.74, 1.40)

0.941

Education level

 Pry education

81 (14.2)

125 (23.7)

1.00

 

1.00

 

 Sec. education

176 (30.8)

204 (38.6)

1.33 (0.94, 1.88)

0.104

2.24 (1.40, 3.57)

0.001

 Tertiary education

314 (55.0)

199 (37.7)

2.44 (1.75, 3.39)

0.000

3.82 (2.37, 6.16)

<  0.000

Marital Status

 Single

97 (17.0)

81 (15.3)

1.00

 

1.00a

 

 Div./Separated

109 (19.1)

117 (22.2)

0.78 (0.53, 1.15)

0.211

–

–

 Married

298 (52.2)

293 (55.5)

0.85 (0.61, 1.19)

0.341

–

–

 Widowed

67 (11.7)

37 (7.0)

1.51 (0.57, 1.08)

0.104

–

–

Monthly Income (pension or earnings)

  < #10,000

203 (35.6)

199 (37.7)

1.00

 

1.00b

 

 #10,000-#19,000

261 (45.7)

252 (47.7)

1.02 (0.78, 1.32)

0.909

–

–

 #20,000 - #29,000

68 (11.9)

53 (10.0)

1.26 (0.84, 1.89)

0.272

–

–

 #30,000 & above

39 (6.8)

24 (4.5)

1.59 (0.92, 2.75)

0.094

–

–

Loneliness

 Not lonely

437 (76.5)

422 (79.9)

1.00

 

1.00

 

 Lonely

134 (23.5)

106 (20.1)

1.24 (0.89, 1.74)

0.027

1.19 (0.84, 1.69)

0.036

Anxiety

 Non-anxious

345 (60.4)

450 (85.2)

1.00

 

1.00

 

 Anxious

226 (39.6)

78 (14.8)

0.05 (0.02, 0.16)

<  0.000

0.06 (0.017, 0.176)

<  0.000

Anxious depression

 Non-anxious depressed

348 (60.9)

526 (99.6)

1.00

 

1.00

 

 Anxious depressed

223 (39.1)

2 (0.4)

0.03 (0.01, 0.02)

<  0.000

314.58 (508.05, 1941.70)

<  0.000

  1. Note. Depressed, DASS 21-D score ≥ 21; Anxious, DASS 21-A score ≥ 21; Anxious depressed, DASS 21-D score ≥ 21 + DASS 21-A score ≥ 21;1.00 indicates the reference variables; COR Crude Odd Ratio; CI Confidence Interval; Sec. Secondary; Pry Primary; Div Divorced; Model 1: unadjusted bivariate associations between depression and loneliness, anxiety, anxious depression and demographic factors of participants; Model 2: associations between depression and loneliness, anxiety, anxious depression adjusting for participants’ demographic variables. In model 2, only variables with p ≤ 0.20 were entered into the multivariable logistic regression; Marital statusaand monthly incomebwere not included in Model 2
  2. ** p < 0.001; * p < 0.05