Table 1.
Descriptive statistics (means, standard deviation) and group comparisons.
| Measure |
Group without masks (n – 33) M (SD) |
Group with masks (n – 26) M (SD) |
t(p) |
|---|---|---|---|
| Age | 21.36 (2.09) | 22.35 (3.12) | −1.38 (.175) |
| Body mass index | 21.56 (2.64) | 21.13 (2.98) | 0.59 (.560) |
| Questionnaires | |||
| BSI-18 | 13.30 (8.06) | 14.00 (7.84) | −0.33 (.740) |
| BSI_SOM | 2.42 (2.09) | 3.04 (3.47) | −0.84 (.403) |
| BSI_DEP | 5.42 (4.29) | 6.00 (3.57) | −0.55 (.584) |
| BSI_ANX | 5.45 (3.59) | 4.96 (3.56) | 0.53 (.601) |
| SIAS | 32.76 (11.56) | 32.00 (12.70) | 0.24 (.812) |
| BFNE_R | 41.15 (10.12) | 40.62 (9.83) | 0.21 (.839) |
|
Baseline SBP (mmHg) |
121.88 (12.86) | 118.12 (10.42) | 1.21 (.231) |
| DBP (mmHg) | 77.61 (9.50) | 73.69 (8.53) | 1.64 (.106) |
| HR (bpm) | 79.91 (15.01) | 78.62 (11.56) | 0.36 (.718) |
| Arousal | 3.61 (1.60) | 2.73 (1.56) | 2.11 (.039) |
| Valence | 7.12 (.99) | 6.81 (1.20) | 1.10 (.277) |
Footnote: BSI-18: Brief Symptom Inventory-18; BSI_SOM: BSI-Subscale Somatization; BSI_DEP: BSI-Subscale Depression; BSI_ANX: BSI-Subscale Anxiety; SIAS: Social Interaction Anxiety Scale; BFNE_R: Brief Fear of Negative Evaluation – Revised; SBP: Systolic blood pressure; DBP: Diastolic blood pressure; HR: Heart rate.