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Table 2 Risk factors for anxiety

From: Depression, anxiety, and suicidal ideation among Vietnamese secondary school students and proposed solutions: a cross-sectional study

Characteristics

Anxiety

Univariate logistic regression

Multivariate logistic regression

Yes n (%)

No n (%)

OR (95% CI)

p

OR (95% CI)

p

Being abused by parents, or other adults in the household* (n = 1152)

      

No

223 (21.4)

819 (78.6)

-

-

-

-

Yes

39 (35.5)

71 (64.5)

2.02 (1.33-3.06)

0.001

1.58 (1.02-2.45)

0.043

Being abused by teachers or other staff members at school* (n = 1150)

      

No

175 (20.4)

681 (79.6)

-

-

-

-

Yes

88 (29.6)

209 (70.4)

1.64 (1.22-2.21)

0.001

1.46 (1.06-2.00)

0.019

Educational stress (n = 1148)

      

Low stress

44 (13.3)

288 (86.7)

-

-

-

-

Medium stress

66 (16.8)

328 (83.2)

1.32 (0.87-1.99)

0.191

1.31 (0.87-2.00)

0.193

High stress

153 (36.3)

269 (63.7)

3.72 (2.56-5.41)

<0.001

3.49 (2.39-5.09)

<0.001

Total (1155)

263 (22.8)

892 (77.2)

    
  1. *Participants were physically or emotionally abused by parents or other adults in the household, or by teachers or other staffs at school in the past 12 months. The Odds ratios with a CI not including 1.00 (before round-off) are given in bold.