Table 2.

Association of the history of contact and sense of coherence with the development of psychological distress.

	Total		GHQ < 3		GHQ ≥ 3
	No. cases	% of total	No. cases	% line	No. cases	% line	Statistical χ2	p-Value
	495	100	170	34.3	325	65.7
	499	1.00	172	34.47	327	65.53
Contact record
Contact upper to 15 min and <2 m with infected person
No	306	61.3	106	34.6	200	65.4	.010	0.910
Yes/doesn’t know	193	38.7	66	34.2	127	65.8
Casual contact with infected person
No	229	45.9	75	32.8	154	67.2	.553	0.457
Yes/doesn’t know	270	54.1	97	35.9	173	64.1
Any contact with a person or material suspected of being infected
No	179	35.9	63	35.2	116	64.8	.065	0.798
Yes/doesn’t know	320	64.1	109	34.1	211	65.9
Infected family member
No	380	76.4	135	35.5	245	64.5	.789	0.374
Yes/doesn’t know	119	23.8	37	31.1	82	68.9
Infected peer*
No	137	30.7	46	33.6	91	66.4	.296	0.587
Yes/doesn’t know	309	69.3	112	36.2	197	63.8
Quarantined for having symptoms or having had risk contact*
No	454	96.4	161	35.5	293	64.5	1.036	0.309
Yes	17	3.6	4	23.5	13	76.5
Diagnostic tests performed
No	335	67.13	113	33.7	222	66.3	.246	0.620
Yes/doesn’t know	164	32.87	59	36.0	105	64.0
Sense of coherence
Comprehensibility (SOC_C)
Low	148	29.90	14	9.5	134	90.5	85.508	<.001
Intermediate	245	49.49	89	36.3	156	63.7
High	102	20.61	67	65.7	35	34.3
Manageability (SOC_M)
Low	156	31.52	25	16.0	131	84.0	60.797	<.001
Intermediate	244	49.29	84	34.4	160	65.6
High	95	19.19	61	64.2	34	35.8
Meaningfulness (SOC_S)
Low	140	28.28	27	19.3	113	80.7	39.819	<.001
Intermediate	247	49.90	81	32.8	166	67.2
High	108	21.82	62	57.4	46	42.6
SOC
Low	130	26.26	15	11.5	115	88.5	71.241	<.001
Intermediate	244	49.29	80	32.8	164	67.2
High	121	24.44	75	62.0	46	38.0

^*Total cases do not correspond because information is not collected in all subjects.