Table 2.
Factors associated with fear of COVID-19 in military personnel, bivariate analysis.
| Variables | Fear of COVID | p* | |
|---|---|---|---|
| No (n=424) n(%) | Yes (n=101) n(%) | ||
| Age (years)*** | 21(19-31) | 25(20-36) | 0.004** |
| Gender | 0.329 | ||
| Female | 16(72.7) | 6(27.3) | |
| Male | 408(81.1) | 95(18.9) | |
| Marital status | 0.312 | ||
| Single | 321(82.3) | 69(17.7) | |
| Married | 91(77.8) | 26(22.2) | |
| Domestic partner | 8(66.7) | 4(33.3) | |
| Divorced | 4(66.7) | 2(33.3) | |
| Religion | 0.035 | ||
| None | 72(90.0) | 8(10.0) | |
| Catholic | 288(80.2) | 71(19.8) | |
| Non-Catholic | 64(74.4) | 22(25.6) | |
| Having children | 106(76.3) | 33(23.7) | 0.116 |
| Alcoholism | 62(68.9) | 28(31.1) | 0.002 |
| Smoking | 20(57.1) | 15(42.9) | <0.001 |
| Comorbidity | |||
| Hypertension* | 38(76.0) | 12(24.0) | 0.369 |
| Diabetes | 7(70.0) | 3(30.0) | 0.383 |
| BMI (categorized) | 0.993 | ||
| underweight/normal | 253(81.1) | 59(18.9) | |
| Overweight | 140(81.4) | 32(18.6) | |
| Obesity | 27(81.8) | 6(18.2) | |
| Personal mental health history | 0.110 | ||
| No | 420(81.1) | 98(18.9) | |
| Yes | 4(57.1) | 3(42.9) | |
| Family mental health history | 0.013 | ||
| No | 410(81.7) | 92(18.3) | |
| Yes | 14(60.9) | 9(39.1) | |
| Having sought mental health support | 0.271 | ||
| No | 392(81.3) | 90(18.7) | |
| Yes | 32(74.4) | 11(25.6) | |
| Confidence in the government to manage COVID-19 | 0.154 | ||
| Yes | 239(83.0) | 49(17.0) | |
| No | 185(78.1) | 52(21.9) | |
| How long have you been working? | 0.015 | ||
| 1 to 6 months | 113(84.3) | 21(15.7) | |
| 7 to 12 months | 64(78.1) | 18(22.0) | |
| 13 to 18 months | 78(70.9) | 32(29.1) | |
| 19 months or more | 158(85.0) | 28(15.1) | |
| Food insecurity | 0.828 | ||
| No | 215(81.1) | 50(18.9) | |
| Yes | 209(80.4) | 51(19.6) | |
| Physical activity | 0.121 | ||
| Low | 46(71.9) | 18(28.1) | |
| moderate | 32(86.5) | 5(13.5) | |
| High | 346(81.6) | 78(18.4) | |
| Eating disorder | <0.001 | ||
| No | 394(83.7) | 77(16.4) | |
| Yes | 30(55.6) | 24(44.4) | |
| Resilience | 0.007 | ||
| low | 227(76.7) | 69(23.3) | |
| high | 197(86.0) | 32(14.0) | |
*P-value of categorical variables calculated with the Chi-squared test.
**P-value of categorical-numerical variables calculated with the U test (Mann-Whitney).
***Median - interquartile range.Bold values highlight statistically significant p-values associated with the variables.