Research Article

The Impact of the COVID-19 Pandemic on the Mental Health of Older Primary Care Patients and Their Family Members

Table 2

Logistic regression results for patient depression and anxiety adjusting for patient characteristics.

VariablesDepressionAnxiety
Adjusted OR (95% CI)-valueAdjusted OR (95% CI)-value

Recruited During COVID0.84 (0.67, 1.06)0.1340.85 (0.62, 1.17)0.328
Age0.98 (0.96, 1.00)0.0740.98 (0.96, 1.01)0.159
Sex
Male0.78 (0.62, 0.97)0.0250.84 (0.62, 1.13)0.247
Race
African american0.82 (0.58, 1.16)0.2730.66 (0.41, 1.05)0.078
White (reference)1.001.00
Other0.71 (0.27, 1.86)0.4890.24 (0.03, 1.88)0.175
Education
High school or less1.40 (1.00, 1.96)0.0522.13 (1.35, 3.35)0.001
Some college or college degree1.27 (0.97, 1.65)0.0791.48 (1.01, 2.17)0.047
Postgraduate (reference)1.001.00
Income
Comfortable0.21 (0.11, 0.37)<0.0010.23 (0.13, 0.44)<0.001
Just enough to make ends meet0.43 (0.23, 0.80)0.0080.44 (0.23, 0.85)0.015
Not enough to make ends meet (reference)1.001.00
Recruitment Setting
Rural0.72 (0.52, 1.00)0.0490.72 (0.46, 1.13)0.152
Suburban0.98 (0.75, 1.26)0.8490.86 (0.61, 1.22)0.398
Urban (reference)1.001.00

Note. (PHQ-9 score of ≥5); (GAD-7 score ≥5).