Moderating effect of people-oriented public health services on depression among people under mandatory social isolation during the COVID-19 pandemic: a cross-sectional study in China

Table 2 Main and interaction effects on depression (N = 340)

	Model 1		Model 2		Model 3		Model 4
	b	p	b	p	b	p	b	p
Intercept	2.46	<.001***	2.27	<.001***	2.39	<.001***	2.28	<.001***
Main effects
Perceived susceptibility (PSU)	1.04	.005**	1.63	<.001***	.99	.008**	.95	.01*
Perceived severity (PSE)	.16	.47	.16	.48	.62	.05	.18	.41
Perceived tones of media coverage (PTM)	−.46	.02*	−.43	.03*	−.46	.02*	−.96	<.001***
People-oriented public health services (PPH)	−.60	.11	−.47	.20	−.54	.14	−.40	.29
Moderating effects
PSU *PPH			−1.33	.01*
PSE *PPH					−.79	.04*
PTM *PPH							.87	.006**
Covariates
Age	−.04	.09	−.04	.14	−.04	.09	−.04	.08
Sex	.54	.19	.53	.19	.54	.19	.46	.26
Education	−.03	.91	.02	.94	.00	.99	−.03	.92
Monthly income	.08	.60	.07	.67	.08	.62	.08	.58
Time spent on news	−.02	.91	−.07	.75	−.01	.96	.01	.95
Time of Isolation	−.02	.56	−.02	.51	−.02	.47	−.03	.43
Venues of social isolation	.24	.60	.34	.45	.19	.67	.28	.52
Infection status of family	5.64	.03*	5.78	.02*	5.65	.02*	5.51	.03*
Isolation status of family	−.04	.93	−.01	.99	−.09	.84	−.09	.84
Status of separation from family/ friends	−.62	.16	−.63	.15	−.54	.22	−.65	.14
Online social support	.42	.13	.41	.13	.39	.15	.38	.16
Adjusted R square	.065		.081		.074		.084

Note: Model 1 examined the main effects of perceived susceptibility, perceived severity, perceived tones of media coverage, and people-oriented public health services on depression. Model 2 examined the effects of the interaction between perceived susceptibility and people-oriented public health services on depressive symptoms. Model 3 examined the effects of the interaction between perceived severity and people-oriented public health services on depression. Model 4 assessed the effects of the interaction between perceived tone of media coverage and people-oriented public health services on depressive symptoms

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