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Table 4 Associations (IRR, 99% CI) between demographics and the impact of COVID-19 pandemic on number, duration, and severity of symptoms, based on people aged 65 years and older (statistically significant results in bold)*

From: Health symptoms and associated factors in times of a pandemic: a population-based study

 

Number of symptoms

Duration of symptoms

Severity of symptoms

IRR

CI

IRR

CI

IRR

CI

Age

1.01

(1.00

-

1.01)

1.01

(1.01

-

1.02)

1.02

(1.02

-

1.03)

Female

1.27

(1.22

-

1.32)

1.25

(1.20

-

1.30)

1.14

(1.07

-

1.22)

COVID patients

1.26

(1.15

-

1.39)

1.20

(1.08

-

1.33)

1.17

(0.96

-

1.43)

Impact of COVID Pandemic

            

 Anxiety

1.22

(1.16

-

1.28)

1.15

(1.09

-

1.23)

1.17

(1.06

-

1.29)

 Depression

1.29

(1.21

-

1.38)

1.26

(1.17

-

1.36)

1.29

(1.15

-

1.46)

 Loneliness

1.21

(1.15

-

1.27)

1.21

(1.14

-

1.28)

1.19

(1.09

-

1.30)

 Stress

1.37

(1.29

-

1.46)

1.29

(1.21

-

1.38)

1.27

(1.14

-

1.42)

 Financial

1.07

(0.98

-

1.16)

1.03

(0.95

-

1.13)

1.06

(0.93

-

1.21)

 Delayed care

1.62

(1.24

-

2.13)

1.82

(1.31

-

2.55)

1.45

(0.78

-

2.72)

  1. *Corrected for lifestyle factors and presence of chronic diseases, full results are shown in Appendix B, Table B.2