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Table 2 Factors associated with anxiety and depression

From: Anxiety and depression in the post-pandemic era: concerns about viral mutation and re-outbreak

 

GAD-7 score

PHQ-9 score

Mean (SD)

Median [Min, Max]

P value

Mean (SD)

Median [Min, Max]

P value

Virus situation

 Asymptomatic carrier(N = 11)

3.09 (2.59)

3.00 [0, 7.00]

0.152

2.00 (2.90)

1.00 [0, 9.00]

0.0838

 Infection and symptoms(N = 42)

2.90 (4.30)

1.00 [0, 18.0]

 

4.60 (5.89)

2.00 [0, 24.0]

 

 Not infected(N = 265)

3.62 (3.83)

2.00 [0, 21.0]

 

4.71 (4.66)

4.00 [0, 27.0]

 

Gender

 Male(N = 70)

2.90 (4.28)

1.50 [0, 21.0]

0.0231

4.36 (5.50)

2.50 [0, 27.0]

0.249

 Female(N = 248)

3.67 (3.72)

3.00 [0, 21.0]

 

4.67 (4.60)

4.00 [0, 24.0]

 

Group

 medical personnel(N = 103)

3.42 (3.47)

3.00 [0, 14.0]

0.219

4.70 (4.56)

5.00 [0, 19.0]

0.228

 others(N = 97)

3.45 (3.98)

2.00 [0, 21.0]

 

4.52 (5.01)

3.00 [0, 27.0]

 

 patient(N = 53)

2.94 (3.98)

1.00 [0, 18.0]

 

4.06 (5.48)

2.00 [0, 24.0]

 

 Support staff(N = 65)

4.17 (4.14)

3.00 [0, 20.0]

 

5.00 (4.32)

5.00 [0, 21.0]

 

Isolation

 no(N = 262)

3.47 (3.64)

2.00 [0, 21.0]

0.52

4.48 (4.57)

4.00 [0, 24.0]

0.687

 yes(N = 56)

3.68 (4.79)

2.00 [0, 21.0]

 

5.14 (5.79)

3.50 [0, 27.0]

 

Friend Infection

 no(N = 292)

3.64 (3.94)

2.00 [0, 21.0]

0.0339

4.78 (4.86)

4.00 [0, 27.0]

0.00631

 yes(N = 26)

1.96 (2.36)

1.00 [0, 7.00]

 

2.50 (3.64)

0.500 [0, 13.0]

 

Unsettling

 no(N = 220)

2.83 (3.17)

2.00 [0, 14.0]

 < 0.001

4.06 (4.18)

3.00 [0, 19.0]

0.016

 yes(N = 98)

5.02 (4.75)

4.00 [0, 21.0]

 

5.81 (5.82)

4.00 [0, 27.0]

 

Economic difficulties

 no(N = 198)

2.79 (3.25)

2.00 [0, 21.0]

 < 0.001

3.91 (4.13)

3.00 [0, 21.0]

0.00336

 yes(N = 120)

4.68 (4.47)

4.00 [0, 21.0]

 

5.73 (5.58)

5.00 [0, 27.0]

 
  1. Economic difficulties: Has the outbreak had a significant impact on your family's financial resources? Isolation: Have you ever lived alone for more than two weeks because of the outbreak? Unsettling: Do you feel disturbed and uncomfortable because of the reduced contact and communication with people close to you due to the outbreak?
  2. Abbreviations: PHQ-9 Patient health questionnaire-9, GAD-7 Generalized anxiety disorder-7, SD Standard deviation