Skip to main content

Table 4 Association the demographic characteristics, general health and health related quality of life with the fear of control

From: Predictors of fear control related to COVID-19 among older population: an investigation on COVID-19 risk perception and health related quality of life during the pandemic

 

Danger control N (%)

Fear control N (%)

Odds Ratio

(95% CI)

P

Adjusted Odds Ratioa

(95% CI)

P

291 (83.1)

59 (16.9)

    

Sex

     

0.025

 Male

180 (61.9)

28 (47.5)

Ref

 

Ref

 Female

111 (38.1)

31 (52.5)

1.80 (1.02,3.15)

0.042

1.57 (1.05,2.34)

Age (year)

     

0.761

 60–70

208 (71.5)

42 (71.2)

Ref

 

Ref

 >  = 71

83 (28.5)

17 (28.8)

1.01 (0.55,1.88)

0.984

1.12 (0.55,2.57)

Marital status

     

0.938

 Married

  

Ref

 

Ref

 Single/Widowed/

divorced

  

1.32 (0.62,2.82)

0.475

1.04 (0.40,2.71)

Education

 Illiterate

78 (27.1)

28 (47.5)

6.46 (1.46,28.61)

0.014

7.38 (1.42,38.35)

0.017

 Elementary

65 (22.6)

18 (30.5)

4.98 (1.09,22.71)

0.038

4.50 (0.90,22.65)

0.068

 School degree

52 (18.1)

7 (11.9)

2.42 (0.48,12.34)

0.287

2.14 (0.38, 11.93)

0.386

 Diploma

57 (19.8)

4 (6.8)

1.26 (0.21,7.25)

0.793

1.67 (0.27,10.43)

0.580

 University

36 (12.5)

2 (3.4)

Ref

 

Ref

Economic status

 Poor

119 (39.9)

26 (44.1)

1.52 (0.80,2.88)

0.202

1.31 (0.47, 0.63)

0.469

 Good

40 (13.7)

14 (23.7)

2.43 (1.12,5.28)

 

0.025

0.029

 Intermediate

132 (45.4)

19 (32.2)

Ref

 

Ref

 

Hypertension

     

0.224

 Yes

92 (31.8)

23 (39)

1.37 (0.77, 2.44)

0.289

1.57 (0.75, 3.23)

 No

197 (68.2)

36 (61.0)

Ref

 

Ref

Diabetes

 Yes

74 (25.6)

15 (25.4)

0.99 (0.52, 1.88)

0.977

0.71 (0.31,1.58)

0.394

 No

215 (74.4)

44 (74.6)

Ref

 

Ref

 

CAD

 Yes

46 (15.9)

9 (15.3)

0.95 (0.44, 2.07_

0.899

1.10 (0.42, 2.83)

0.850

 No

243 (84.1)

50 (84.7)

Ref

 

Ref

 

History of getting COVID-19

 Yes

35 (12)

12 (20.3)

0.53 (0.26, 1.11)

0.092

1.52 (0.59.3.89)

0.382

 No

256 (88)

47 (79.7)

Ref

 

Ref

 

History of COVID-19 in family members

     

0.305

 Yes

47 (16.2)

15 (25.4)

0.57 (0.29, 1.10)

0.092

1.59 (0.65, 3.88)

 No

244 (83.8)

44 (74.6)

Ref

 

Ref

 

Mean (SD)

Mean (SD)

    

Physical Function

84. (26.7)

86.6 (23.9)

1.00 (0.98,1.02)

0.493

1.01 (0.99,1.03)

0.233

Role-Physical

19.1 (37.4)

14.4 (35.1)

1.00 (0.99,1.01)

0.371

0.98 (0.97,1.00)

0.075

Body Pain

81.0 (22.5)

74.3 (22.6)

0.98 (0.97,0.99)

0.039

0.97 (0.94,0.99)

0.041

General Health

57.5 (13.1)

52.9 (13.5)

0.97 (0.95,0.99)

0.016

0.96 (0.93,0.98)

0.032

Vitality

66.9 (16.5)

62.0 (17.3)

0.98 (0.96,0.99)

0.042

0.98 (0.95,1.01)

0.211

Social Functioning

78.0 (21.9)

73.2 (20.2)

0.99 (0.98.1.00)

0.128

1.02 (0.98,1.04)

0.312

Role Emotional

23.8 (41.8)

22.0 (39.4)

0.99 (0.98,1.00)

0.760

0.99 (0.97,1.02)

0.116

Mental Health

69.7 (14.0)

63.2 (15.0)

0.94 (0.90,0.97)

 < 0.001

0.95 (0.91,0.98)

0.005

Physical Health

61.5 (8.6)

57.8 (9.1)

0.96 (0.93,0.98)

0.004

0.94 (0.90,0.98)

0.026

Total SF-36

60.1 (6.6)

56.1 (7.4)

0.92 (0.88,0.96)

 < 0.001

0.94 (0.89,0.98)

0.024

Social dysfunction

17.1 (1.8)

16.7 (2.4)

0.93 (0.82,1.05)

0.247

0.71 (0.47,1.08)

0.110

Anxiety Depression

11.4 (1.3)

11.3 (1.6)

0.95 (0.78,1.15)

0.595

1.51 (0.83,2.40)

0.177

Loss of confidence

5.7 (0.67)

5.6 (0.84)

0.86 (0.60,1.25)

0.441

0.94 (0.30,2.93)

0.912

Total GHQ

34.2 (3.7)

33.7 (4.7)

0.97 (0.90,1.04)

0.364

1.00 (0.92,1.09)

0.951

  1. aCorrectly classified = 83.48% and ROC curve = 0.74 for multivariable logistic regression model