Research Article

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

Table 3

Logistic regression results for family member depression and anxiety adjusting for family member characteristics.

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

Recruited During COVID1.18 (0.92, 1.52)0.1871.04 (0.78, 1.40)0.776
Age0.99 (0.98, 1.00)0.0090.97 (0.96, 0.98)<0.001
Sex
Male0.84 (0.65, 1.10)0.2030.76 (0.55, 1.05)0.097
Race
African American0.52 (0.35, 0.78)0.0010.57 (0.37, 0.89)0.013
White (reference)1.001.00
Other1.68 (0.81, 3.48)0.1650.78 (0.29, 2.12)0.629
Education
High school or less1.47 (1.01, 2.15)0.0471.54 (0.98, 2.42)0.061
Some college or college degree1.25 (0.94, 1.67)0.1261.36 (0.96, 1.93)0.085
Postgraduate (reference)1.001.00
Income
Comfortable0.20 (0.11, 0.38)<0.0010.18 (0.10, 0.34)<0.001
Just enough to make ends meet0.54 (0.28, 1.04)0.0640.40 (0.20, 0.78)0.007
Not enough to make ends meet (reference)1.001.00
Recruitment Setting
Rural0.68 (0.48, 0.97)0.0310.56 (0.37, 0.86)0.007
Suburban0.86 (0.65, 1.13)0.2740.67 (0.48, 0.92)0.014
Urban (reference)1.001.00

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