Evaluation of Factors Associated with Anxiety and Depression in Chinese Visiting Scholars in the United States During the COVID-19 Pandemic Assessed by Online Questionnaires

23 September 2020 : Clinical Research

Yanjie Zhao^12ABE*, Ping Wang^3ADE, Jiangping Wu^1BD, Ruibin Wang^4DF, Qingkun Song^5ACFG

DOI: 10.12659/MSM.926602

Med Sci Monit 2020; 26:e926602

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Table 3 Multivariate ordinal logistic regression analysis of factors significantly associated with anxiety and depression.

	Anxiety *		p	Depression**		p
	OR	95%CI	p	OR	95%CI	p
Research visit with parents
Yes	1.93	1.01, 3.68	0.047	–	–	–
No	1.00	–	0.047	–	–	–
Stress in finance
Yes	–	–	–	1.86	1.14, 3.05	0.013
No	–	–	–	1.00	–	0.013
Stress in infected by COVID-19
Yes	1.72	1.04, 2.84	0.035	–	–	–
No	1.00	–	0.035	–	–	–
Stress in security
Yes	1.73	1.03, 2.92	0.038	1.84	1.10, 3.07	0.020
No	1.00	–	0.038	1.00	–	0.020
Stress in returning to China on schedule
Yes	3.00	1.51, 5.95	0.002	3.45	1.72, 6.92	<0.001
No	1.00	–	0.002	1.00	–	<0.001
^* Further adjusting age, sex, marriage status, time to the end of research visit, professional level, research visit with children, stress in resource shortage, stress in finance and stress in infected by COVID-19, ^** further adjusting time to the end of research visit, resource shortage, stress in finance and stress in infected by COVID-19.

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