Table 4.
Association between the variables associated with history of contact and psychological distress among non-health workers.
| Non-Health Workers (N = 1089) |
Non-Health Workers Working Away From Home (N = 492) |
Non-Health Workers Working From Home (N = 597) |
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| GHQ |
GHQ |
GHQ |
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| N (%) | NO | YES | χ2 Statistics | p | N (%) | NO | YES | χ2 Statistics | p | N (%) | NO | YES | χ2 Statistics | p | |
| Contact > 15′ <2m with infected person | |||||||||||||||
| No | 800 (73.5) | 36.6 | 63.4 | 3.974 | 0.046 | 357 (72.6) | 34.2 | 65.8 | 1.243 | 0.265 | 443 (74.2) | 38.6 | 61.4 | 2.717 | 0.099 |
| Yes, or doesn’t know | 289 (26.5) | 30.1 | 69.9 | 135 (27.4) | 28.9 | 71.1 | 154 (25.8) | 31.2 | 68.8 | ||||||
| Casual contact with infected person | |||||||||||||||
| No | 706 (64.8) | 36.8 | 63.2 | 3.301 | 0.069 | 313 (63.6) | 34.2 | 65.8 | 0.835 | 0.361 | 393 (65.8) | 38.9 | 61.1 | 2.502 | 0.114 |
| Yes, or doesn’t know | 383 (35.2) | 31.3 | 68.7 | 179 (36.4) | 30.2 | 69.8 | 204 (34.2) | 32.4 | 67.6 | ||||||
| Any contact with person or material suspicious of being contaminated | |||||||||||||||
| No | 591 (54.3) | 39.3 | 60.7 | 10.819 | 0.001 | 260 (52.8) | 35.4 | 64.6 | 1.773 | 0.183 | 331 (55.4) | 42.3 | 57.7 | 10.076 | 0.002 |
| Yes, or doesn’t know | 498 (45.7) | 29.7 | 70.3 | 232 (47.2) | 29.7 | 70.3 | 266 (44.6) | 29.7 | 70.3 | ||||||
| Infected family member | |||||||||||||||
| No | 905 (83.1) | 34.9 | 65.1 | 0.001 | 0.972 | 410 (83.3) | 32.0 | 68.0 | 0.667 | 0.414 | 495 (82.9) | 37.4 | 62.6 | 0.594 | 0.441 |
| Yes, or doesn’t know | 184 (16.9) | 34.8 | 65.2 | 82 (16.7) | 36.6 | 63.4 | 102 (17.1) | 33.3 | 66.7 | ||||||