Research Article
Trust in Medical Professionals Moderates Depression in Hong Kong during COVID-19
Table 2
Results of the hierarchical logistic regression on PHQ-9 (dichotomous, 41.8% prevalence of depressive symptoms among participants).
(a) |
| | Model 1 | Model 2 | | B (SE) | Exp() 95% CI | B (SE) | Exp() 95% CI |
| | Male1 | .161 (.148) | 1.174 (.879~1.568) | -.219 (.178) | .804 (.567~1.140) | | Age | -.007 (.006) | .993 (.981~1.006) | -.012 (.008) | .988 (.973~1.003) | | Education attainment | | | | | | Lower secondary or below2 | .629 (.268) | 1.876 (1.109~3.176) | .331 (.316) | 1.392 (.749~2.586) | | Upper secondary2 | .252 (.206) | 1.286 (.858~1.928) | .307 (.243) | 1.360 (.844~2.191) | | Active economic activity status3 | -.556 (.163) | .573 (.417~.789) | -.778 (.203) | .459 (.308~.684) |
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(b) |
| | Model 2 | | (SE) | Exp()
95% CI |
| | Awareness—perceived severity of COVID-19 | .268 (.138) | 1.307 (.998~1.712) | | Awareness—concern over COVID-19 | .387 (.112) | 1.473 (1.184~1.832) | | Awareness—current experience with COVID-19 | .345 (.131) | 1.411 (1.092~1.823) | | Awareness—previous experience with past pandemics | .913 (.167) | 2.493 (1.797~3.457) | | Awareness—perceived risk of being infected by COVID-19 | -.190 (.118) | .827 (.657~1.042) | | Hassles | .510 (.133) | 1.666 (1.284~2.161) | | Trust in authority | .122 (.059) | 1.130 (1.007~1.268) | | Trust in medical professionals | -.121 (.057) | .886 (.792~.992) |
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(c) |
| | Model 1 | Model 2 |
| | Cox & Snell | .031 | .288 | | Nagelkerke | .041 | .388 |
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Note. 1Ref: female, 2ref: diploma/degree or above, 3ref: inactive economic activity status. , , and . |
