Table 2.
Data on self-perceived variations induced by COVID-19 pandemic divided by sex, together with comparisons between groups and psychopathological and lockdown-related correlates.
| Women (n = 479) | Men (n = 192) | Chi-square (χ2) | Predictors (OR with 95% CI) |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Psychopathological correlates assessed pre-lockdown (T0, n = 130) | Psychopathological correlates assessed in-lockdown (T1, n = 671) | Lockdown-related environmental conditions (n = 671) | ||||
| Worsened relationship with relatives | 103 (21.5) | 21 (10.9) | 10.16⁎⁎ | BSI-GSI: 3.43 [1.45–8.12]⁎⁎ | BSI-GSI: 2.30 [1.63–3.24]⁎⁎⁎ | Having a partner: 0.17 [0.07–0.41]⁎⁎⁎ |
| Being unable to see the partner: 2.78 [1.08–7.17]⁎ | ||||||
| Having a loved one with COVID-19: 2.52 [1.16–5.47]⁎ | ||||||
| Intensification of household arguments | 88 (26.0) | 13 (12.6) | 8.04⁎⁎ | BSI-GSI: 2.32 [1.59–3.39]⁎⁎⁎ | Having a partner: 0.25 [0.12–0.55]⁎⁎⁎ | |
| Living alone: 0.15 [0.03–0.70]⁎ | ||||||
| Being unable to see the partner: 2.30 [1.06–5.01]⁎ | ||||||
| Worsened quality of sleep | 228 (47.6) | 51 (26.6) | 24.97⁎⁎⁎ | BSI-GSI: 4.88 [1.90–2.51]⁎⁎ | IES-HY: 3.42 [2.20–5.30]⁎⁎⁎ | Economic damage: 2.14 [1.24–3.68]⁎⁎ |
| BSI-GSI: 1.53 [1.09–2.15]⁎ | ||||||
| Worsened sexual functioning | 161 (33.6) | 63 (32.8) | 0.04 | BSI-GSI: 3.47 [1.49–8.10]⁎⁎ | IES-HY: 1.82 [1.23–2.70]⁎⁎ | Economic damage: 3.40 [1.94–5.95]⁎⁎⁎ |
| Increased overeating | 108 (22.5) | 24 (12.5) | 8.76⁎⁎ | BSI-GSI: 5.32 [1.92–4.74]⁎⁎ | IES-AV: 1.53 [1.02–2.28]⁎ | Not having left home: 1.91 [1.03–3.55]⁎ |
| BSI-GSI: 3.78 [2.61–5.49]⁎⁎⁎ | Having a partner: 0.29 [0.13–0.63]⁎⁎ | |||||
| Being unable to see the partner: 2.33 [1.04–5.25]⁎ | ||||||
| Increased fear of getting fat | 245 (51.1) | 58 (30.2) | 24.27⁎⁎⁎ | BSI-GSI: 3.13 [1.37–7.16]⁎⁎ | IES-AV: 1.55 [1.09–2.20]⁎ | Having a partner: 0.35 [0.17–0.71]⁎⁎ |
| BSI-GSI: 3.24 [2.19–4.79]⁎⁎⁎ | Economic damage: 1.81 [1.00–3.25]⁎ | |||||
| Increased resort to drugs against stress | 17 (7.5) | 1 (1.7) | 2.58 | BSI-GSI: 4.29 [2.10–8.73]⁎⁎⁎ | Being unable to see the partner: 5.91 [1.44–24.26]⁎ | |
| Increased use of social networks | 305 (63.7) | 113 (58.9) | 1.36 | BSI-GSI: 2.84 [1.16–6.96]⁎ | IES-HY: 1.75 [1.15–2.68]⁎ | Having a partner: 0.30 [0.15–0.61]⁎⁎ |
| BSI-GSI: 1.58 [1.09–2.27]⁎ | Being unable to see the partner: 2.32 [1.15–4.68]⁎ | |||||
| Economic damage: 2.23 [1.19–4.17]⁎ | ||||||
AV = Avoidance; BSI-GSI = Brief Symptom Inventory-Global Severity Index; CI = Confidence Interval; IES = Impact of Event Scale; HY = Hyperarousal; IN = Intrusion; OR = Odds Ratio.
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p < 0.05;
⁎⁎
p < 0.01;
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p < 0.001.