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. 2023 Jul 17;24(4):675–679. doi: 10.5811/westjem.59068

Table 2.

Effect of COVID-19 pandemic on each social determinant of health domain.

Social Determinant of Health Domain (SDoH) Adverse SDoH, n (%) No Adverse SDoH, n (%) P-value
Education n = 160 n = 254
COVID-19 Impacted 111 (69.38) 125 (49.21) <.0001
COVID-19 not impacted 49 (30.63) 129 (50.79)
Food n = 146 n = 268
COVID-19 impacted 117 (80.14) 119 (44.40) <.0001
COVID-19 not impacted 29 (19.86) 149 (55.60)
Employment n = 128 n = 286
COVID-19 impacted 107 (83.59) 129 (45.10) <.0001
COVID-19 not impacted 21 (16.41) 157 (54.90)
Utilities n = 96 n = 318
COVID-19 impacted 77 (80.21) 159 (50.00) <.0001
COVID-19 not impacted 19 (19.79) 159 (50.00)
Living Situation n = 85 n = 329
COVID-19 impacted 69 (81.18) 167 (50.76) <.0001
COVID-19 not impacted 16 (18.82) 162 (49.24)
Transportation n = 83 n = 331
COVID-19 impacted 65 (78.31) 171 (51.66) <.0001
COVID-19 not impacted 18 (21.69) 160 (48.34)
Medicines n = 74 n = 340
COVID-19 impacted 62 (83.78) 174 (51.18) <.0001
COVID-19 not impacted 12 (16.22) 166 (48.82)
Caregiving n = 37 n = 377
COVID-19 impacted 32 (86.49) 204 (54.11) <.0001
COVID-19 not Impacted 5 (13.51) 173 (45.89)

COVID-19, coronavirus 2019.