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. 2020 Jun 12;75:282–286. doi: 10.1016/j.sleep.2020.06.011

Table 1.

Demographic and clinical characteristics of the whole sample and separately by insomnia disorder.

Variables Total sample (N = 484)
Patients with insomnia disorder (N = 207)
Patients without insomnia disorder (N = 277)
Statisticsa
n % n % n % χ2 df P
Male gender 241 49.8 84 40.6 157 56.7 12.2 1 <0.001
Married 444 91.7 196 94.7 248 89.5 4.2 1 0.042
Education (College degree and above) 193 39.9 89 43.0 104 37.5 1.5 1 0.226
General ward 394 81.4 164 79.2 230 83.0 1.1 1 0.287
Family members got infected 264 54.5 116 56.0 148 53.4 0.3 1 0.568
Colleagues got infected 58 12.0 31 15.0 27 9.7 3.1 1 0.080
Friends got infected 38 7.9 20 9.7 18 6.5 1.6 1 0.200
Getting COVID-19 related information via chatting 216 44.6 99 47.8 117 42.2 1.5 1 0.221
Getting COVID-19 related information via social media 352 72.7 163 78.7 189 68.2 6.6 1 0.010
Getting COVID-19 related information via watching television 253 52.3 99 47.8 154 55.6 2.9 1 0.090
Poor mental health statusb
141
29.1
113
54.6
28
10.1
113.5
1
<0.001

Mean
SD
Mean
SD
Mean
SD
t
df
P
Age (years) 52.5 14.3 53.0 13.8 52.1 14.6 0.7 482 0.484
PHQ-9 total score 5.1 5.2 8.6 5.2 2.5 3.5 14.6 340 <0.001
GAD-7 total score 4.0 4.7 7.2 4.9 1.6 2.6 15.1 288 <0.001
Fatigue severity 2.7 2.2 3.9 2.1 1.8 1.8 11.6 405 <0.001

COVID-19, the novel coronavirus disease; PHQ-9, Patient Health Questionnaire-9; GAD-7, Generalized Anxiety Disorder Scale-7.

a

Comparison between Insomnia disorder and Non-insomnia disorder; Bolded values P < 0.05.

b

Measured by the General Mental Health-12, and the cut-off total score for poor mental health is ≥ 8.