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

BMC Psychology

Table 4 Multinomial-logistic regression analysis of factors to severity of depression symptom

Variables	Mild		Moderate		Moderate and severe
Variables	OR (95%CI)	p	OR (95%CI)	p	OR (95%CI)	p
The recent health
Poor	Ref		Ref		Ref
Isolated	8.53E+11 (0, +~)	0.99	1.52E+5 (0.0, +~)	0.99	0.07 (0.0, +~)	0.99
Healthy	5.9E+5 (0.0, +~)	0.99	1.74E+5 (0.0, +~)	0.99	0.11 (0.0, 1.7)	0.11
The impact of COVID-19
The mental health
Yes	Ref		Ref		Ref
No	0.23 (0.08, 0.65)	0.001**	0.22 (0.05, 0.93)	0.04*	0.10 (0.02, 0.54)	0.01*
The adverse information
Yes	Ref		Ref		Ref
No	0.57 (0.23, 1.43)	0.23	0.55 (0.15, 2.04)	0.37	0.40 (0.09, 1.81)	0.24
Concerns during the pandemic: health
Yes	Ref		Ref		Ref
No	1.73 (0.75, 3.99)	0.20	1.90 (0.54, 6.70)	0.32	3.52 (0.68, 18.16)	0.13
Familiarity with psychology and related knowledge
Hardly	Ref		Ref		Ref
Somewhat	0.41 (0.04, 4.96)	0.49	1.37E+7 (0.0, +~)	0.99	5.17E−7 (0.0, +~)	0.98
Average	0.72 (0.08, 6.24)	0.76	3.55E+6 (0.0, +~)	0.99	0.21 (0.02, 2.94)	0.25
More	0.48 (0.06, 3.96)	0.50	2.41E+6 (0.0, +~)	0.99	0.16 (0.01, 1.89)	0.15
Very	0.27 (0.03, 2.30)	0.23	2.08E+6 (0.0, +~)	0.99	0.10 (0.01, 1.23)	0.07

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; +~: no upper limit; **p < 0.001; *p < 0.05, there is a significant difference between the two groups

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