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. 2020 Nov 5;86(3):e54–e60. doi: 10.1097/QAI.0000000000002564

TABLE 2.

Physical and Mental Health Symptoms in PLWH Sheltering-In-Place, April 2020

Total Population, n = 49 African American, n = 17 Latinx, n = 18 Caucasian, n = 14
Any medical symptom 69% 71% 72% 64%
Any COVID-19-related respiratory symptom 41% 36% 44% 43%
 SOB 18% 12% 28% 14%
 Dry cough 24% 24% 22% 29%
 Productive cough 8.2% 0% 17% 7.1%
Any COVID-19-related constitutional symptom 61% 59% 67% 57%
 Loss of taste or smell 8.2% 12% 11% 0%
 Headache 18% 18% 17% 21%
 Fever 4.1% 0% 5.6% 7.1%
 Rhinorrhea 18% 18% 22% 14%
 Sore throat 8.2% 18% 5.6% 0%
 Sneezing 20% 18% 22% 21%
 Myalgia 18% 5.8% 28% 21%
 Arthralgia 24% 35% 22% 14%
 Chest pain 2.0% 5.9% 0% 0%
 Diarrhea 6.1% 0% 11% 7.1%
Any symptoms on PHQ-2 45% 29% 50% 57%
Threshold for depressive disorder PHQ-2 4.1% 0% 5.6% 7.1%
Median PHQ-2 score 0 [0, 2] 0 [0, 1] 0.5 [0, 2] 1 [0, 2]
Any symptoms on GAD-2 43% 18% 56% 57%
Threshold for anxiety disorder GAD-2 14% 5.9% 22% 14%
Median GAD-2 score 0 [0, 2] 0 [0, 0] 1 [0, 2.25] 1 [0, 2.00]