Anxiety and Depression in Patients with Permanent Atrial Fibrillation: Prevalence and Associated Factors

Table 6

Effect of patients’ characteristics on the levels of depression.

Characteristics	Depression levels (reference category: low levels)
	Moderate levels		High levels
	OR (95% CI)	value	OR (95% CI)	value
Age
≤60	Ref. cat.	—	Ref. cat.	—
61–70	1.92 (0.60–6.15)	0.273	1.07 (0.32–3.58)	0.911
>70	3.22 (0.94–11.09)	0.064	2.71 (0.87–8.39)	0.084
Informed of the state of their health
Very	Ref. cat.	—	Ref. cat.	—
Enough	7.24 (2.45–21.44)	0.001	0.98 (0.32–3.04)	0.973
Less/not at all	1.68 (0.28–10.08)	0.573	3.77 (1.04–13.71)	0.044
Years having the disease
<1	Ref. cat.	—	Ref. cat.	—
2–5	1.35 (0.45–4.03)	0.588	0.53 (0.13–2.12)	0.368
6–10	0.66 (0.15–2.98)	0.590	6.31 (2.10–19.00)	0.001
Relations with medical staff
Very good	Ref. cat.	—	Ref. cat.	—
Good	1.52 (0.53–4.39)	0.441	5.18 (1.70–15.77)	0.004
Moderate/bad	—	—	1.84 (0.31–10.87)	0.502
Other diseases
Yes	Ref. cat.	—	Ref. cat.	—
No	1.84 (0.66–5.13)	0.241	1.06 (0.42–2.67)	0.903

Data are not presented because the sample size was too small to assess the effect; low-level score: 0–7; moderate-level score: 8–10; high-level score: 11–21.