Table 2 The relationships between psychological distress, being blamed, and the timing of infection.
| Â | Crude | Adjusted | Interaction | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
IRR | 95% CI | p | IRR | 95% CI | p | IRR | 95% CI | p | ||||
Timing of infection | ||||||||||||
 Early waves of COVID-19 | 1 |  |  |  | 1 |  |  |  | 1 |  |  |  |
 Later waves of COVID-19 | 0.55 | 0.52 | 0.58 | < 0.001 | 0.58 | 0.55 | 0.62 | < 0.001 | 0.58 | 0.54 | 0.62 | < 0.001 |
Being blamed | ||||||||||||
 No | 1 |  |  |  | 1 |  |  |  | 1 |  |  |  |
 Yes | 1.74 | 1.62 | 1.86 | < 0.001 | 1.62 | 1.51 | 1.74 | < 0.001 | 1.56 | 1.45 | 1.68 | < 0.001 |
Being blamed × the timing of the infection |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | 1.39 | 1.10 | 1.75 | 0.007 |