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. 2021 Feb 13;25(4):2197–2204. doi: 10.1007/s11325-021-02312-4

Table 2.

Association between symptoms and four questionnaire score in all participants

Symptoms ISI (cutoff = 15) PHQ-9 (cutoff = 10) GAD-7 (cutoff = 10) PSQI (cutoff = 5)
< 15
N = 241
≥ 15
N = 131
P value < 10
N = 204
≥ 10
N = 168
P value < 10
N = 239
≥ 10
N = 133
P value < 5
N = 80
≥ 5
N = 292
P value
Fever 32 (13.3%) 25 (19.1%) 0.185 20 (9.8%) 37 (22%) 0.004 30 (12.6%) 27 (20.3%) 0.087 10 (12.5%) 47 (16.1%) 0.297
Chills 63 (26.1%) 58 (44.3%) 0.002 44 (21.6%) 77 (45.8%) < 0.001 61 (25.5%) 60 (45.1%) 0.004 15 (18.8%) 106 (36.3%) 0.006
Cough 78 (32.4%) 64 (48.9%) 0.007 60 (29.4%) 82 (48.8%) 0.003 77 (32.2%) 65 (48.9%) 0.013 25 (31.3%) 117 (40.1%) 0.258
Dyspnea 73 (30.3%) 62 (47.3%) 0.004 53 (26%) 82 (48.8%) < 0.001 69 (28.9%) 66 (49.6%) 0.001 20 (25%) 115 (39.4%) 0.010
Nausea 36 (14.9%) 41 (31.3%) 0.001 23 (11.3%) 54 (32.1%) < 0.001 31 (13%) 46 (34.6%) 0.002 10 (12.5%) 67 (22.9%) 0.121
Diarrhea 30 (12.4%) 50 (38.2%) < 0.001 19 (9.3%) 61 (36.3%) < 0.001 32 (13.4%) 48 (36.1%) < 0.001 9 (11.3%) 71 (24.3%) 0.043
Anorexia 52 (21.6%) 48 (36.6%) 0.003 35 (17.2%) 65 (38.7%) < 0.001 53 (22.2%) 47 (35.3%) 0.026 11 (13.8%) 89 (30.5%) 0.004
Abdominal pain 36 (14.9%) 49 (37.4%) < 0.001 31 (15.2%) 54 (32.1%) 0.001 39 (16.3%) 46 (34.6%) 0.001 9 (11.3%) 76 (26%) 0.044
Rhinorrhea 55 (22.8%) 41 (31.3%) 0.225 39 (19.1%) 57 (33.9%) 0.014 51 (21.3%) 45 (33.8%) 0.074 13 (16.3%) 83 (28.4%) 0.039
Nasal congestion 46 (19.1%) 40 (30.5%) 0.032 34 (16.7%) 52 (31%) 0.003 44 (18.4%) 42 (31.6%) 0.003 9 (11.3%) 77 (26.4%) 0.006
Anosmia 21 (8.7%) 23 (17.6%) 0.006 14 (6.9%) 30 (17.9%) 0.001 19 (7.9%) 25 (18.8%) 0.007 6 (7.5%) 38 (13%) 0.190
Weight loss 22 (9.1%) 21 (16%) 0.143 12 (5.9%) 31 (18.5%) < 0.001 18 (7.5%) 25 (18.8%) 0.007 6 (7.5%) 37 (12.7%) 0.201
Chest pain 54 (22.4%) 46 (35.1%) 0.026 38 (18.6%) 62 (36.9%) < 0.001 55 (23%) 45 (33.8%) 0.065 8 (10%) 92 (31.5%) < 0.001
Myalgia 63 (26.1%) 72 (55%) < 0.001 46 (22.5%) 89 (53%) < 0.001 64 (26.8%) 71 (53.4%) < 0.001 17 (21.3%) 118 (40.4%) 0.001
Fatigue 103 (42.7%) 96 (73.3%) < 0.001 77 (37.7%) 122 (72.6%) < 0.001 98 (41%) 101 (75.9%) < 0.001 27 (33.8%) 172 (58.9%) 0.001
positive Corona-virus RT-PCR 21 (8.7%) 14 (10.7%) 0.869 13 (6.4%) 22 (13.1%) 0.134 15 (6.27%) 20 (15.0%) 0.027 4 (5%) 31 (10.6%) 0.178

P values < 0.05 are statistically significant

P values are based on the Cochran-Mantel-Haenszel test were confounded by age and sex

ISI Insomnia Severity Index, PHQ-9 Patient’s Health Questionnaire-9, GAD-7 Generalized Anxiety Disorder-7, PSQI Pittsburgh’s Sleep Quality Index