Table 6.
Relationship Between Participants’ Precautionary Measures and the Psychological Impact/Adverse Mental Health Status of COVID-19 Quarantine (n = 214)
| Variables | N (%) | Psychological Distress (IES-R) | Stress (DASS) | Anxiety (DASS) | Depression (DASS) | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Yes | No | p | Yes | No | p | Yes | No | p | Yes | No | p | ||
| How participants have protected themselves from COVID-19 | |||||||||||||
| Avoided sharing of utensils during meals | |||||||||||||
| Yes | 122 (57.0%) | 37 (30.3%) | 85 (69.7%) | 0.390 | 30 (24.6%) | 92 (75.4%) | 0.669 | 29 (23.8%) | 93 (76.2%) | 0.351 | 37 (30.3%) | 85 (69.7%) | 0.392 |
| No | 92 (43.0%) | 23 (25.0%) | 69 (75.0%) | 25 (27.2%) | 67 (72.8%) | 17 (18.5%) | 75 (81.5%) | 33 (35.9%) | 59 (64.1%) | ||||
| Avoided handshakes | |||||||||||||
| Yes | 187 (87.4%) | 53 (28.3%) | 134 (71.7%) | 0.794 | 51 (27.3%) | 136 (72.7%) | 0.166 | 41 (21.9%) | 146 (78.1%) | 0.687 | 60 (32.1%) | 127 (67.9%) | 0.608 |
| No | 27 (12.6%) | 7 (25.9%) | 20 (74.1%) | 4 (14.8%) | 23 (85.2%) | 5 (18.5%) | 22 (81.5%) | 10 (37.0%) | 17 (63.0%) | ||||
| Social distancing | |||||||||||||
| Yes | 181 (84.6%) | 56 (30.9%) | 125 (69.1%) | 0.027 | 50 (27.6%) | 131 (72.4%) | 0.132 | 43 (23.8%) | 138 (76.2%) | 0.059 | 59 (32.6%) | 122 (67.4%) | 0.934 |
| No | 33 (15.4%) | 4 (12.1%) | 29 (87.9%) | 5 (15.2%) | 28 (84.8%) | 3 (9.1%) | 30 (90.9%) | 11 (33.3%) | 22 (66.7%) | ||||
| Washing and disinfecting hands | |||||||||||||
| Yes | 206 (96.3%) | 59 (28.6%) | 147 (71.4%) | 0.319 | 54 (26.2%) | 152 (73.8%) | 0.384 | 45 (21.8%) | 161 (78.2%) | 0.528 | 69 (33.5%) | 137 (66.5%) | 0.214 |
| No | 8 (3.7%) | 1 (12.5%) | 7 (87.5%) | 1 (12.5%) | 7 (87.5%) | 1 (12.5%) | 7 (87.5%) | 1 (12.5%) | 7 (87.5%) | ||||
| Used a face mask | |||||||||||||
| Yes | 182 (85.0%) | 56 (30.8%) | 126 (69.2%) | 0.034 | 48 (26.4%) | 134 (73.6%) | 0.591 | 42 (23.1%) | 140 (76.9%) | 0.179 | 59 (32.4%) | 123 (67.6%) | 0.828 |
| No | 32 (15.0%) | 4 (12.5%) | 28 (87.5%) | 7 (21.9%) | 25 (78.1%) | 4 (12.5%) | 28 (87.5%) | 11 (34.4%) | 21 (65.6%) | ||||
| Did nothing | |||||||||||||
| Yes | 3 (1.4%) | 0 (0.0%) | 3 (100.0%) | 0.276 | 0 (0.0%) | 3 (100.0%) | 0.305 | 0 (0.0%) | 3 (100.0%) | 0.361 | 0 (0.0%) | 3 (100.0%) | 0.224 |
| No | 211 (98.6%) | 60 (28.4%) | 151 (71.6%) | 55 (26.1%) | 156 (73.9%) | 46 (21.8%) | 165 (78.2%) | 70 (33.2%) | 141 (66.8%) | ||||
Note: Bolded p-values are significant.