TABLE 2.

Depression, Anxiety, and Stress Levels Stratified by the COVID-19 Status of the Participant

		COVID-19
DASS-21	Total	Negative	Positive	P-Value
Total (N)	224	192	32	–
Depression
Depression score	6 [2–12]	6 [2–11]	7 [2–15]	0.333
Normal (0–9)	67.9% (152)	68.8% (132)	62.5% (20)	0.148
Mild (10–13)	11.6% (26)	12.5% (24)	6.3% (2)
Moderate (14–20)	13.8% (31)	13% (25)	18.8% (6)
Severe (21–27)	4.9% (11)	3.6% (7)	12.5% (4)
Extremely severe (28+)	1.8% (4)	2.1% (4)	0% (0)
Anxiety
Anxiety score	4 [0–8]	4 [0–8]	6 [2–11]	0.011∗
Normal (0–7)	72.3% (162)	74.5% (143)	59.4% (19)	0.004∗
Mild (8–9)	7.6% (17)	7.3% (14)	9.4% (3)
Moderate (10–14)	12.5% (28)	12% (23)	15.6% (5)
Severe (15–19)	3.6% (8)	4.2% (8)	0% (0)
Extremely severe (20+)	4% (9)	2.1% (4)	15.6% (5)
Stress
Stress score	10 [4–16]	10 [4–14]	12 [6–22]	0.083
Normal (0–14)	73.7% (165)	76% (146)	59.4% (19)	0.001∗
Mild (15–18)	11.6% (26)	12.5% (24)	6.3% (2)
Moderate (19–25)	9.8% (22)	6.3% (12)	31.3% (10)
Severe (26–33)	4.5% (10)	4.7% (9)	3.1% (1)
Extremely Severe (34+)	0.4% (1)	0.5% (1)	0% (0)

COVID-19, Coronavirus disease; DASS-21, Depression, Anxiety and Stress - 21 (DASS-21) scale.

^∗Significant at 5%.