TABLE 2.
Social and Interpersonal Effects of Stay-at-Home Orders in New York
| PTSD (N = 46) |
TE (N = 30) |
Comparison |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Characteristic | N (%) | χ2 | df | p | |
| Became ill during pandemic | 17 (37.0) | 4 (13.3) | 5.1 | 1 | 0.02 |
| Formally diagnosed COVID | 0 | 1 (3.3) | Fisher's exact test | 0.39 | |
| Hospitalized | 1 (2.2) | 0 (0.0) | Fisher's exact test | 0.12 | |
| Reports able to access doctors | 36 (78.3) | 18 (60.0) | 2.9 | 1 | 0.09 |
| Living alone | 29 (63.0) | 11 (36.7) | 5.1 | 1 | 0.02 |
| Mean ± SD | t | df | p | ||
| UCLA Loneliness Scale | 20.6 ± 12.9 | 19.5 ± 13.0 | 0.34 | 62 | 0.74 |
| Perceived Stress Score | 18.0 ± 9.1 | 18.0 ± 10.8 | −0.01 | 55 | 0.99 |
| Duke Social Support | 26.8 ± 4.1 | 27.3 ± 3.8 | −0.62 | 66 | 0.54 |
| Median (Interquartile range) | U | p | |||
| No. days since left house | 1 (0–3) | 1 (0–3) | 1089.5 | 0.48 | |
| Hours per day watching newsa | 2 (1–4.5) | 2 (1–3) | 1043.0 | 0.29 | |
| Hours per day viewing screena | 4 (2–6) | 3 (1.5–4) | 961.5 | 0.05 | |
| Times per day speak with friends | 1 (1–2) | 2 (0.5–4) | 1241.5 | 0.36 | |
a
The final N = 75 (1 subject is missing from the PTSD group).
U: Mann-Whitney U test statistic; PTSD: post-traumatic stress disorder; TE: trauma-exposed healthy comparison group.