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. 2021 Jan 5;135:37–46. doi: 10.1016/j.jpsychires.2020.12.067

Table 2.

Comparison of rates of severe anxiety between the quarantined and non-quarantined groups.

Characteristics Rate in Non-QG (STAI-S, %) Rate in QG (STAI-S, %) χ2 P OR(95%CI) Rate in Non-QG (STAI-T, %) Rate in QG (STAI-T,%) χ2 P OR(95%CI)
Total 5.5(48/869) 11.6(112/968) 21.119 <0.001 0.446(0.314–0.634) 6.7(59/869) 8.3(80/968) 1.425 0.233 0.809(0.570–1.147)
Sum 8.7(160/1837) † 7.6(139/1837) †
Age(Y)
18–25 5.6(5/89) 10.5(6/57) 0.273 0.506(0.147–1.743) 7.9(7/89) 12.3(7/57) 0.377 0.610(0.202–1.841)
26–39 5.7(32/561) 10.3(58/361) <0.001 0.316,(0.201–0.498) 7.3(41/561) 11.9(43/361) 0.018 0.583(0.372–0.914)
40–59 5.4(11/204) 8.5(44/516) 0.154 0.611(0.309–1.209) 5.4(11/204) 5.4(28/516) 0.264 1.545(0.717–3.332)
≥60 0(0/15) 11.8(4/34) 0.412 NA 0(0/15) 5.9(2/34) 0.860 NA
Gender
Female 5.9(43/734) 10.2(79/778) <0.001 0.472(0.320–0.695) 7.1(52/734) 6.6(51/778) 0.683 1.087(0.728–1.622)
Male 3.7(5/135) 17.4(33/190) <0.001 0.183(0.069–0.482) 5.2(7/135) 15.3(29/190) 0.004 0.304(0.129–0.716)
Marital status
Unmarried 4.3(5/115) 17.4(19/109) 0.002 0.215(0.077–0.599) 8.6(10/115) 13.8(15/109) 0.229 0.597(0.256–1.392)
Married 5.6(41/738) 10.6(83/785) <0.001 0.498(0.337–0.734) 6.5(48/738) 7.4(58/785) 0.498 0.872(0.587–1.296)
Divorced or widowed 12.5(2/16) 13.5(10/74) 1.000 0.914(0.180–4.641) 6.3(1/16) 9.5(7/74) 1.000 0.638(0.073–5.582)
Income
Low 6.3(23/363) 14.8(49/322) <0.001 0.377(0.224–0.634) 8.0(29/363) 9.3(30/322) 0.536 0.845(0.495–1.442)
Middle 5.4(13/241) 9.9(43/434) 0.042 0.518(0.273–0.985) 4.6(11/241) 5.1(22/434) 0.125 0.581(0.288–1.172)
High 4.5(12/264) 9.4(20/212) 0.034 0.457(0.218–0.958) 7.2(19/264) 8(17/212) 0.736 0.890(0.450–1.757)
Education
High school or below 6.5(17/262) 12.0(23/192) 0.018 0.464(0.243–0.885) 9.5(25/262) 12.0(23/192) 0.264 0.707(0.384–1.302)
College or Bachelor 5.9(27/455) 4.4(31/711) 0.001 0.477(0.304–0.750) 18.2(83/455) 7.5(53/711) 0.680 0.908(0.573–1.437)
Master or Doctor 2.6(4/152) 0(0/65) 0.442 NA 3.3(5/152) 0(0/65) 0.324 NA
Occupation
Employees of institutions or government 4.2(15/354) 3.5(21/599) 0.567 1.218(0.619–2.394) 18(64/354) 7.2(43/599) 0.458 0.815(0.476–1.398)
Other employees or retired or students 6.4(33/515) 10.3(38/369) 0.001 0.458(0.288–0.729) 9.3(48/515) 10.0(37/369) 0.163 0.715(0.445–1.148)
Health status
Very healthy 0.6(2/327) 1.4(3/211) 0.386 0.429,(0.071–2.587) 1.2(4/327) 1.9(4/211) 0.718 0.644(0.159–2.603)
Relatively good 2/398 7/541 4/398 11/541
Moderate or bad 144 216 144 216

Notes. STAI-S, State-Trait Anxiety Inventory-State; STAI-T, State-Trait Anxiety Inventory-Trait; QG, quarantined group; Non-QG, non-quarantined group; Y, year; NA, not applicable; CI, confidence interval; OR, odds ratio. P values < 0.05 are in bold typeface. † Sum of the two groups.