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Table 2 Group differences between healthy controls and former inpatients during the pandemic (age and sex needed not to be controlled for in these analyses, because these variables differed not significantly between control and MDD group)

From: Primary emotions as predictors for fear of COVID-19 in former inpatients with Major Depressive Disorder and healthy control participants

 

Control

MDD

df

t

pBH

95% CI for mean difference

d

n

M (SD)

n

M (SD)

Lower

Upper

Depression severity

49

4.96(4.86)

44

23.68(14.80)

51.31

−8.01

< .001

−23.41

−14.03

−1.70

Fear of COVID-19

49

9.78(3.18)

44

13.27(6.65)

60.19

−3.18

.004

−5.70

−1.30

−0.67

Suppression (t2)

49

3.37(1.35)

44

4.25(1.44)

88.32

−3.03

.005

−1.45

−0.30

−0.63

Reappraisal (t2)

49

4.55(1.10)

44

4.01(1.57)

76.23

1.89

.102

−0.03

1.10

0.40

Fear of infecting others

49

2.37(1.27)

44

2.61(1.40)

87.28

−0.89

.508

− 0.80

0.31

−0.18

Financial hardships

49

1.78(0.99)

44

1.82(1.15)

85.29

−0.19

.894

− 0.49

0.40

−0.04

Fear of unemployment

49

1.74(1.06)

44

1.66(1.03)

90.32

0.35

.809

−0.36

0.51

0.07

Stress due to social distancing

49

2.76(1.20)

44

2.98(1.52)

81.75

−0.78

.549

− 0.79

0.35

−0.16

Stress due to restrictions with respect to leisure time activities

49

2.78(1.18)

44

2.77(1.61)

78.02

0.01

.993

−0.59

0.59

0.00

Psychological strain due to other circumstances

49

1.90(1.25)

44

3.59(1.34)

88.22

−6.30

< .001

−2.23

−1.16

−1.31

  1. Note. pBH refers to p-values (two-tailed) controlled for FDR. MDD group of former inpatients suffering from Major Depressive Disorder, COVID-19 coronavirus disease 2019