Consequences of COVID-19 pandemics on the mental well-being of general population of Pakistan

Middle East Current Psychiatry

Table 3 Predictors of depression using Center of Epidemiologic Study-Depression among respondents after the first wave of COVID-19

Variable	B	95% CI		Sig
Variable	B	LL	UL	Sig
Constant	5.94	3.134	8.745	0.001
History of psychiatric illness	− 0.714	− 5.393	3.965	0.764
Know someone to have COVID	− 1.421	− 4.132	1.29	303
Duration of quarantine	1.088	0.137	2.04	0.025
Death due to COVID-19	2.18	1.228	3.132	0.001
Impact of event	0.501	0.435	0.566	0.001
R² = .482

Multiple linear regression analysis showing that history of psychiatric illness, duration of quarantine, death due to COVID-19, and impact of life events explained 69% variance for depression [F (5,314) = 58.544, p < .001]