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Table 1 Socio-demographic characteristics (n = 830)

From: Depression, post-traumatic stress, anxiety, and fear of COVID-19 in the general population and health-care workers: prevalence, relationship, and explicative model in Peru

  

General population (n = 640)

Health-care workers (n = 190)

n

%

n

%

Age

18 to 19

20

3.1%

0

0.0%

20 to 29

180

28.1%

38

20.0%

30 to 39

190

29.7%

85

44.7%

40 to 49

103

16.1%

32

16.8%

50 to 59

94

14.7%

17

8.9%

60 to more

53

8.3%

18

9.5%

Sex

Men

217

33.9%

68

35.8%

Women

423

66.1%

122

64.2%

Civil Status

Married

260

40.6%

85

44.7%

Divorced

56

8.8%

15

7.9%

Single

317

49.5%

89

46.8%

Widowed

7

1.1%

1

0.5%

Educational level

Primary

1

0.2%

0

0.0%

Secondary

81

12.7%

0

0.0%

Technical

109

17.0%

3

1.6%

University

449

70.2%

187

98.4%

Employment status

Formal employment

381

59.5%

176

92.6%

Informal employment

88

13.8%

8

4.2%

Unemployed

171

26.7%

6

3.2%

Do you have a religion?

No

211

33.0%

47

24.7%

Yes

429

67.0%

143

75.3%

Diagnosis of a mental health problem

No

553

86.4%

162

85.3%

Yes

87

13.6%

28

14.7%

Number of inseparable symptoms of COVID-19a

None

435

68.0%

132

69.5%

1

135

21.1%

40

21.1%

2

40

6.3%

14

7.4%

3 to more

30

4.7%

4

2.1%

Depression

No

514

80.3%

167

87.9%

Yes

126

19.7%

23

12.1%

Anxiety

No

547

85.5%

174

91.6%

Yes

93

14.5%

16

8.4%

Stress

No

514

80.3%

170

89.5%

Yes

126

19.7%

20

10.5%

  1. aCough, fatigue, muscle pain, headache, or diarrhea