Table 4.

IES-R-K score change before and after exposure to MERS-CoV (N = 44)

IES-R-K	N	Before	After	t	P-value
Hyperarousal	44	0.68 ± 2.39	0.91 ± 1.84	−0.57	0.6
Intrusion	44	0.98 ± 2.87	1.93 ± 2.97	−1.88	0.07
Avoidance	44	1.93 ± 4.69	3.32 ± 4.11	−1.90	0.06
Sleep disturbance, emotional numbing, and dissociation	44	0.82 ± 2.40	2.52 ± 2.61	−4.52	< 0.001
Sleep disturbance	44	0.34 ± 1.36	0.82 ± 1.80	−1.87	0.07
Emotional numbing	44	0.27 ± 0.85	1.16 ± 1.18	− 4.66	< 0.001
Dissociation	44	0.20 ± 0.67	0.55 ± 0.93	−2.71	0.01
Total	44	3.16 ± 9.02	9.69 ± 10.50	−4.73	< 0.001

Data expressed as mean (standard deviation)

Cases with missing values were excluded from the analysis