Evaluation and analysis of anxiety and depression symptoms for college students during COVID-19 pandemic

BMC Psychology

Table 3 Multinomial-logistic regression analysis of the influencing factors of anxiety

Variables	Mild		Moderate
Variables	OR (95%CI)	p	OR (95%CI)	p
Gender
Female	Ref		Ref
Male	0.68 (0.30, 1.55)	0.36	0.18 (0.04, 0.81)	0.03*
Grade
Doctoral student	Ref		Ref
Postgraduate	3.25 (0.20, 53.15)	0.41	3.51E−9^①
Undergraduate	0.68 (0.06, 8.41)	0.76	0.15 (0.01, 2.18)	0.16
The first-grade college student	0.39 (0.03, 6.03)	0.50	9.84E−10 (0.00, +~)	0.99
The impact of COVID-19
The mental health
Yes	Ref		Ref
No	0.12 (0.05, 0.33)	0.001**	0.27 (0.07, 1.11)	0.07
The adverse information
Yes	Ref		Ref
No	0.79 (0.29, 2.14)	0.65	0.23 (0.06, 0.89)	0.03*
Familiarity with psychology and related knowledge
Hardly	Ref		Ref
Somewhat	2.51 (0.18, 35.57)	0.50	0.63 (0.05, 7.71)	0.72
Average	2.56 (0.22, 29.98)	0.46	0.06 (0.01, 1.10)	0.06
More	1.08 (0.97, 12.04)	0.95	0.15 (0.02, 1.40)	0.09
Very	0.35 (0.03, 4.27)	0.40	0.07 (0.01, 0.74)	0.03*

OR (95%CI) OR value (95% confidence interval). Ref: Reference level. E+: multiplied by the positive power of 10. E−: multiplied by the negative power of 10; ①: this item has only one person, no confidence interval and p value; +~ : no upper limit; **p < 0.001, *p < 0.05, there is a significant difference between the two groups

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