Table 2.
Perceived psychological distress due to COVID-19
| Background characteristics | Moderate/severe psychological distress | N | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Restlessness (%) | Fearfulness (%) | Anxiety and worry (%) | Sadness (%) | ||
| Sex | |||||
| Male | 17.7 | 16.9 | 34.6 | 27.7 | 1400 |
| Female | 20.0 | 21.3 | 37.3 | 31.4 | 614 |
| Age group | |||||
| Less than 25 years | 20.7 | 24.4 | 39.5 | 35.0 | 266 |
| 25–30 years | 18.2 | 16.1 | 35.5 | 30.1 | 572 |
| 31–35 years | 17.6 | 18.1 | 35.5 | 28.2 | 476 |
| 36–40 years | 21.8 | 20.5 | 40.7 | 30.4 | 312 |
| Above 40 years | 15.5 | 15.5 | 28.1 | 22.4 | 388 |
| Marital status | |||||
| Unmarried | 20.4 | 18.3 | 37.5 | 32.6 | 608 |
| Married | 17.6 | 18.2 | 34.5 | 27.2 | 1406 |
| Children under 2 years and pregnancy in the household | |||||
| Pregnancy only | 18.5 | 20.2 | 35.3 | 26.9 | 119 |
| Children under 2 years only | 20.0 | 17.1 | 39.7 | 30.0 | 350 |
| Pregnancy and children under 2 years | 21.4 | 19.3 | 37.9 | 33.6 | 140 |
| Neither | 17.7 | 18.2 | 34.1 | 28.3 | 1405 |
| Current residence | |||||
| Own house | 16.7 | 17.4 | 31.3 | 26.3 | 1277 |
| Rented room/house | 21.4 | 19.7 | 42.6 | 33.2 | 737 |
| Occupation | |||||
| Agriculture/labour/household work | 32.6 | 26.4 | 54.4 | 40.4 | 193 |
| Service | 13.8 | 15.9 | 30.9 | 25.0 | 724 |
| Business | 24.4 | 20.7 | 31.1 | 31.7 | 164 |
| Health worker | 13.3 | 14.5 | 28.0 | 22.4 | 407 |
| Student | 23.4 | 22.3 | 41.7 | 38.1 | 278 |
| Other | 19.8 | 18.5 | 41.5 | 29.4 | 248 |
| Family monthly income | |||||
| Less than 10,000 | 32.7 | 29.0 | 54.7 | 44.1 | 245 |
| 10,000–20,000 | 22.1 | 21.5 | 48.6 | 37.3 | 475 |
| 20,001–50,000 | 14.1 | 15.7 | 30.3 | 26.7 | 753 |
| Above 50,000 | 14.8 | 14.0 | 22.2 | 17.6 | 541 |
| Province | |||||
| Province 1 | 19.1 | 18.0 | 38.8 | 30.9 | 178 |
| Province 2 | 27.2 | 32.5 | 51.7 | 41.7 | 151 |
| Bagmati Province (only Capital city) | 17.7 | 16.6 | 35.5 | 27.4 | 752 |
| Bagmati Province (excluding Capital city) | 14.0 | 12.1 | 31.8 | 24.7 | 215 |
| Gandaki Province | 17.4 | 20.3 | 32.6 | 28.0 | 207 |
| Province 5 | 20.8 | 22.0 | 26.6 | 31.4 | 159 |
| Karnali Province | 23.1 | 23.6 | 35.2 | 34.1 | 182 |
| Sudurpashchim Province | 12.9 | 8.8 | 35.2 | 20.0 | 170 |
| Ecological zone | |||||
| Hill/mountain | 12.6 | 16.9 | 35.0 | 28.1 | 1341 |
| Terai | 20.1 | 21.0 | 36.3 | 30.3 | 673 |
| Total | 18.4 | 18.2 | 35.4 | 28.8 | 2014 |
Only the percentage of individuals having distress has been included in the table