Table 1.

Psychological distress: general health questionnaire GHQ-12.

	Non-Health Workers (N = 1089)	Non-Health Workers Working Away from Home (N = 492)	Non-Health Workers Working from Home (N = 597)	Students’ T	p-value
Item	M (SD)	M (SD)	M (SD)
1. Have you been able to concentrate on what you were doing?	2.64 (0.73)	2.64 (0.70)	2.64 (0.75)	0.083	0.934
2. Have your worries made you lose much sleep?	2.50 (0.95)	2.58 (0.96)	2.44 (0.94)	−2.368	0.018
3. Have you felt like you are performing an important role in life?	2.09 (0.78)	2.06 (0.78)	2.12 (0.78)	1.197	0.232
4. Have you felt able to make decisions?	2.15 (0.66)	2.16 (0.66)	2.15 (0.66)	−0.371	0.711
5. Have you felt constantly overwhelmed and under pressure?	2.67 (0.90)	2.72 (0.90)	2.63 (0.89)	−1.661	0.097
6. Have you felt like you cannot overcome difficulties?	2.09 (0.90)	2.12 (0.92)	2.07 (0.89)	−0.895	0.371
7. Have you been able to enjoy your daily activities?	2.74 (0.90)	2.77 (0.93)	2.71 (0.87)	−1.195	0.232
8. Have you been able to properly cope with your problems?	2.26 (0.63)	2.28 (0.65)	2.24 (0.61)	−0.882	0.378
9. Have you felt unhappy or depressed?	2.41 (0.99)	2.48 (1.01)	2.35 (0.96)	−2.161	0.031
10. Have you lost self-confidence?	1.71 (0.86)	1.71 (0.86)	1.72 (0.87)	0.189	0.850
11. Have you thought you are a useless person?	1.36 (0.72)	1.37 (0.73)	1.36 (0.71)	−0.208	0.835
12. Do you feel reasonably happy considering the circumstances?	2.16 (0.73)	2.20 (0.74)	2.13 (0.71)	−1.581	0.114
GHQ-12 (scoring based on 12)	4.51 (3.42)	4.61 (3.39)	4.44 (3.45)	−0.826	0.409
Cut-off point ≥ 3		N (%)
YES	709 (65.1)	331 (67.3)	378 (63.3)	1.862	0.172
NO	380 (34.9)	161 (32.7)	219 (36.7)