Table 3.

Mean scores for psychological distress parameters

	Cases	Controls	P	Israeli Standard †
Anxiety*	1.32	1.27	0.425	0.85
(SD)	(0.8)	(0.7)
Depression*	1.02	0.89	0.04	0.70
(SD)	(0.8)	(0.7)
Happiness & Optimism**	4.9	5.4	0.00	--
(SD)	(1.5)	(1.2)

† Gilbar and Ben Zur 2002(²²).

* Scale: 0 (Low) – 4 (High).

** Scale: 1 (Low) – 7 (High)