Table 1.
Severity categories of mental health during and before the COVID-19 pandemic
| Severity categories | Before the epidemic, n (%) (n = 2126) (A) | During the epidemic, n (%) (n = 2126) | χ2 | P | Post hoca | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| No direct contact with patients with suspected or confirmed COVID-19 (n = 1755) (B) | Direct contact with patients with suspected or confirmed COVID-19 (n = 371) (C) | |||||
| Severity of depression (PHQ-9) | 124.139 | <0.001 | ||||
| No depression | 1521 (71.5) | 1071 (61.0) | 170 (45.8) | A > B > C | ||
| Mild depression | 488 (23.0) | 516 (29.4) | 146 (39.4) | A < B < C | ||
| Moderate depression | 74 (3.5) | 122 (7.0) | 35 (9.4) | A < B, C | ||
| Severe depression | 43 (2.0) | 46 (2.6) | 20 (5.4) | A, B < C | ||
| Severity of anxiety (GAD-7) | 54.210 | <0.001 | ||||
| No anxiety | 1664 (78.3) | 1279 (72.9) | 238 (64.2) | A > B > C | ||
| Mild anxiety | 394 (18.5) | 380 (21.7) | 99 (26.7) | A < B, C | ||
| Moderate anxiety | 27 (1.3) | 54 (3.1) | 17 (4.6) | A < B, C | ||
| Severe anxiety | 41 (1.9) | 42 (2.4) | 17 (4.6) | A < C | ||
| Severity of insomnia (ISI) | 29.232 | <0.001 | ||||
| No insomnia | 1486 (69.9) | 1186 (67.6) | 211 (56.9) | A, B > C | ||
| Mild insomnia | 537 (25.3) | 453 (25.8) | 127 (34.2) | A, B < C | ||
| Moderate insomnia | 90 (4.2) | 104 (5.9) | 29 (7.8) | A, B < C | ||
| Severe insomnia | 13 (0.6) | 12 (0.7) | 4 (1.1) | |||
PHQ-9, Patient Health Questionnaire-9; GAD-7, Generalized Anxiety Disorder-7; ISI, Insomnia Severity Index.
a.
Bonferroni correction.