Table 2.

Comparison of the results of the GSE survey conducted before and during the pandemic, 40 respondents

			Wilcoxon test
GSE	Mean ± SD	N	z-value	p
All respondents
before the pandemic	34.75 ± 3.38	40	-0.038	0.97
during the pandemic	34.48 ± 3.86
Respondents aged 65 years or less
before the pandemic	35.29 ± 3.34	14	-0.9063	0.3648
during the pandemic	36.14 ± 3.13
Respondents aged 66 years or more
before the pandemic	34.46 ± 3.43	26	0.5400	0.5892
during the pandemic	33.57 ± 3.97
Respondents with good health
before the pandemic	34.67 ± 3.52	24	-0.698	0.485
during the pandemic	35.17 ± 3.37
Respondents with poor health
before the pandemic	34.88 ± 3.26	16	0.417	0.667
during the pandemic	33.44 ± 5.32
One child in foster care
before the pandemic	34.46 ± 3.57	28	-0.743	0.457
during the pandemic	34.71 ± 3.45
More than one child in foster care
before the pandemic	35.42 ± 2.91	12	0.787	0.431
during the pandemic	33.92 ± 4.81
The oldest child in foster care aged 10 years or less
before the pandemic	34.92 ± 3.12	13	-0.433	0.665
during the pandemic	35 ± 3.72
The oldest child in foster care, aged 11 or more
before the pandemic	34.67 ± 3.55	27	0.189	0.85
during the pandemic	34.22 ± 3.97