Erratic electricity supply (Dumsor) and anxiety disorders among university students in Ghana: a cross sectional study

Table 4 Multivariable analysis of socio-demographic factors associated with the level of intensity of anxiety disorders using ordinal logistic regression

Socio-demographic factors	Level of anxiety disorders (MAD < MAD < *MAD < SAD)
Socio-demographic factors	Unadjusted POR (95 % CI)	p value	Adjusted POR (95 % CI)	p value
Frequency of light off in a week
1–4 times (ref)	1		1
More than four times	1.36 (1.23–1.49)	<0.0001	1.33 (1.20–1.46)	<0.0001
Availability of a generator in a hall
No (ref)	1		1
Yes	0.53 (0.39–0.73)	<0.0001	0.87 (0.63–1.20)	0.384
College
Basic and applied health (ref)	1		1
Education	****	<0.025	****	<0.012
Health sciences	0.70 (0.35–1.38)		0.66 (0.28–1.56)
Humanities	1.41 (0.95–2.10)		1.43 (1.30–3.48)

ref represent the reference category
MAD minimal anxiety disorder, * MAD mild anxiety disorder, **MAD moderate anxiety disorder, SAD severe anxiety disorder, POR is proportional odds ratio from the ordinal logistic regression where SAD was taken as the key outcome with reference to MAD
* MAD, and ** MAD, **** indicates that confidence interval estimates from bootstrapping were not possible

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