Table 3.

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

			Wilcoxon test
GDS	Mean ± SD	N	z-value	p
All respondents
before the pandemic	2.88 ± 2.13	40	0.07	0.94
during the pandemic	3.05 ± 2.89
Respondents aged 65 years or less
before the pandemic	2.07 ± 1.21	14	1.4606	0.1441
during the pandemic	1.57 ± 1.5
Respondents aged 66 years or more
before the pandemic	3.31 ± 2.40	26	-0.8163	0.4143
during the pandemic	3.85 ± 3.16
Respondents with good health
before the pandemic	2.38 ± 1.79	24	0.996	0.319
during the pandemic	2.13 ± 2.07
Respondents with poor health
before the pandemic	3.63 ± 2.42	16	-0.808	0.419
during the pandemic	4.44 ± 3.43
One child in foster care
before the pandemic	2.82 ± 1.91	28	0.965	0.334
during the pandemic	2.61 ± 2.59
More than one child in foster care
before the pandemic	3 ± 2.66	12	-1.467	0.142
during the pandemic	4.08 ± 3.4
The oldest child in foster care aged 10 years or less
before the pandemic	3.54 ± 2.67	13	2.15	0.0313
during the pandemic	2.77 ± 2.59
The oldest child in foster care, aged 11 or more
before the pandemic	2.56 ± 1.78	27	-1.246	0.213
during the pandemic	3.19 ± 3.06