A closer look: obsessive-compulsive symptoms among intern nurses amidst COVID-19 pandemic

BMC Nursing

Table 4 A hierarchical regression analysis between OCD Symptoms Severity, fear of COVID-19, and other covariates (n=375)

	AOCS
	B	Beta	t	p	95% CI
	B	Beta	t	p	LL	UL
Step1
FCV-19S	17.874	0.515	24.185	<0.001^*	15.351	18.861
R²= 0.165, Adjusted R²= 0.164, F = 584.921, p <0.001^*
Step2
FCV-19S	17.874	0.517	24.341	<0.001^*	15.351	18.861
Residence	5.552	0.064	2.999^*	0.003^*	9.184	1.921
R²= 0.189, Adjusted R²= 0.188, F = 298.396, p <0.001^*
Step3
FCV-19S	17.874	0.517	24.398	<0.001^*	15.351	18.861
Residence	5.787	0.066	3.129	0.002^*	9.415	2.159
Frequency of COVID-19 infection	2.280	0.059	2.771	0.006^*	0.666	3.894
R²= 0.232, Adjusted R²= 0.231, F = 202.308, p <0.001^*
Step4
FCV-19S	16.952	0.511	23.935	<0.001^*	15.351	18.861
Residence	5.492	0.063	2.968	0.003^*	9.122	1.862
Frequency of COVID-19 infection	2.243	0.058	2.730	0.006^*	0.631	3.855
No. of infected family members	2.832	0.053	2.481	0.013^*	0.593	5.071
R²= 0.275, Adjusted R²= 0.273, F = 153.752, p <0.001^*

AOCS: Short Version of Arabic Obsessive-Compulsive Scale
F (ANOVA)
R2: Coefficient of determination
B: Unstandardized Coefficients
Beta: Standardized Coefficients
t: t-test
LL Lower limit, UL Upper Limit, FCV-19S: Fear of COVID-19 Scale
^*: Statistically significant value at p ≤ 0.01
^aDependent variable (Obsessive Compulsive Symptoms Severity)
^bIndependent variable (Fear of COVID-19, residency, Frequency of COVID-19 infection, and No. of infected family members)

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