Assessment of factors associated with depression and anxiety among pwMS in Saudi Arabia

BMC Neurology

Table 4 Results of multiple linear regression for depression and anxiety

Variables	Categories	Depression		Anxiety
Variables	Categories	Coefficient (S.E)	p-value	Coefficient (S.E)	p-value
Age groups Ref. 18 – 29	30 – 39	– 0.10 (0.44)	0.826	–0.88 (0.57)	0.114
	40 -49	– 0.13 (0.58)	0.829	–0.79 (0.78)	0.279
	\(\ge\) 50	0.75 (1.0)	0.470	–0.30 (1.45)	0.817
Sex Ref. female	Male	0.87^a (0.40)	0.033	0.68 (0.53)	0.184
Marital status Ref. married	Not married	0.17 (0.40)	0.670	0.34 (0.51)	0.492
Nationality Ref. Saudi	Non-Saudi	– 0.02 (0.52)	0.963	–0.19 (0.64)	0.772
Region Ref. central	Eastern	0.01 (0.54)	0.982	–0.86 (0.75)	0.205
	Western	0.91 (0.52)	0.078	1.95^a (0.61)	0.003
	Northern	– 0.91 (0.67)	0.176	–0.99 (0.75)	0.237
	Southern	-–0.45 (0.92)	0.625	2.05^a (1.19)	0.038
Education Ref. university	Secondary	1.34^a (0.48)	0.005	0.79 (0.59)	0.185
Education Ref. university	Diploma	- 1.35^a (0.56)	0.017	–0.38 (0.61)	0.591
Work Status Ref. employed	Not employed	1.22^a (0.39)	0.002	1.32^a (0.49)	0.008
Physical activity Ref. No	Yes	–1.79^a (0.39)	< 0.001	–2.17^a (0.49)	< 0.001
Last MS relapse Ref. 3 – 6 months	7 – 12	– 0.37 (0.48)	0.447	–0.11 (0.61)	0.861
	13 – 18	– 0.31 (0.89)	0.729	0.59 (1.30)	0.593
	\(>\) 18	– 0.84 (0.44)	0.059	–1.15^a (0.57)	0.040
Years after diagnosis of MS	-	0.04 (0.03)	0.245	-0.015 (0.04)	0.738
Fatigue	-	0.58^a (0.10)	< 0.001	0.45 (0.13)	< 0.001
Constant	-	0.46 (1.3)	0.729	3.38^a (1.67)	0.042

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