Table 1.
Demographic characteristics of the participants and their associations with psychosocial disorder
| Group Variables | General population | Healthcare workers | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Frequency (Valid percent) | Psychosocial disorder | Chi-square test/P value | Frequency (Valid percent) | Psychosocial disorder | Chi-square test/P value | |||
| No N (%) | Yes N (%) | No N (%) | Yes N (%) | |||||
| Gender | ||||||||
| Male | 506 (49.5) | 388 (76.7) | 118 (23.3) | 20.18 (<0.001)* | 160 (38.6) | 93 (58.1) | 67 (41.9) | 4.16 (0.04)* |
| Female | 517 (50.5) | 330 (63.8) | 187 (36.2) | 255 (61.4) | 122 (47.8) | 133 (52.2) | ||
| Age (yr.) | ||||||||
| 18–30 | 306 (29.8) | 188 (61.4) | 118 (38.6) | 16.74 (<0.001)* | 154 (37.2) | 75 (48.7) | 79 (51.3) | 4.76 (0.09) |
| 31–50 | 654 (63.7) | 480 (73.4) | 174 (26.6) | 243 (58.7) | 127 (52.3) | 116 (47.7) | ||
| 51–70 | 66 (6.4) | 52 (78.8) | 14 (21.2) | 17 (4.1) | 13 (76.5) | 4 (23.5) | ||
| Marital status | ||||||||
| Married | 857 (83.6) | 615 (71.8) | 242 (28.2) | 10.0 (0.007)* | 218 (52.9) | 119 (54.6) | 99 (45.4) | 2.93 (0.23) |
| Widowed/Divorced | 26 (2.5) | 12 (46.2) | 14 (53.8) | 91 (22.1) | 49 (53.8) | 42 (46.2) | ||
| Unmarried | 143 (13.9) | 93 (65.0) | 50 (16.3) | 103 (25.0) | 46 (44.7) | 57 (55.3) | ||
| Educational level | ||||||||
| Middle/high school | 167 (16.3) | 117 (70.1) | 50 (29.9) | 4.14 (0.39) | – | – | – | |
| Diploma | 341 (33.3) | 246 (72.1) | 95 (27.9) | 48 (11.7) | 29 (60.4) | 19 (39.6) | 7.39 (0.12) | |
| Associate degree | 84 (8.2) | 52 (61.9) | 32 (38.1) | 12 (2.9) | 10 (83.3) | 2 (16.7) | ||
| Bachelor | 302 (29.5) | 208 (68.9) | 94 (31.1) | 252 (61.0) | 122 (48.4) | 130 (51.6) | ||
| Masters | 130 (12.7) | 95 (73.1) | 35 (26.9) | 34 (8.2) | 18 (52.9) | 16 (47.1) | ||
| > Masters | – | – | – | 67 (16.2) | 35 (52.2) | 32 (47.8) | ||
| Income (Million Toman) | ||||||||
| < 1 | 385 (37.5) | 242 (62.9) | 143 (37.1) | 23.59 (<0.001)* | 17 (4.1) | 7 (41.2) | 10 (58.8) | |
| 1–2 | 346 (33.7) | 272 (78.6) | 74 (21.4) | 42 (10.1) | 32 (76.2) | 10 (23.8) | 13.38 (0.01)* | |
| 2–3 | 123 (12.0) | 89 (72.4) | 34 (27.6) | – | – | – | ||
| 3–4 | 57 (5.6) | 42 (73.7) | 15 (26.3) | 93 (22.5) | 41 (44.1) | 52 (55.9) | ||
| > 4 | – | – | – | 157 (37.8) | 83 (52.9) | 74 (47.1) | ||
| Missing values | 115 (11.2) | 75 (65.2) | 40 (34.8) | 106 (25.5) | 52 (49.1) | 54 (50.9) | ||
| Has anyone in your relatives/ friends been infected with the coronavirus? | ||||||||
| Yes | 74 (7.2) | 47 (63.5) | 27 (36.5) | 1.73 (0.19) | 101 (24.8) | 57 (56.4) | 44 (43.6) | 1.20 (0.27) |
| No | 951 (92.8) | 673 (70.8) | 278 (29.2) | 307 (75.2) | 154 (50.2) | 153 (49.8) | ||
| Do you think that you are at risk for the coronavirus? | ||||||||
| Yes | 409 (40.3) | 255 (62.3) | 154 (37.7) | 20.05 (<0.001)* | 224 (55.7) | 118 (52.7) | 106 (47.3) | 0.10 (0.76) |
| No | 607 (59.7) | 458 (75.5) | 149 (24.5) | 178 (44.3) | 91 (51.1) | 87 (48.9) | ||
| The most important concern about the coronavirus | ||||||||
| Getting sick | 92 (9.1) | 69 (75.0) | 23 (25.0) | 17.66 (0.001)* | 19 (4.6) | 9 (47.4) | 10 (52.6) | 0.42 (0.98) |
| Family getting sick | 626 (61.6) | 434 (69.3) | 192 (30.7) | 290 (70.9) | 151 (52.1) | 139 (47.9) | ||
| Death | 146 (14.4) | 87 (59.6) | 59 (40.4) | 81 (19.8) | 44 (54.3) | 37 (45.7) | ||
| Other | 46 (4.5) | 36 (78.30 | 10 (21.7) | 12 (2.9) | 6 (50.0) | 6 (50.0) | ||
| No concern | 106 (10.4) | 87 (82.1) | 19 (17.9) | 7 (1.7) | 4 (57.1) | 3 (42.9) | ||
One dollar: 25000 Toman; * p < .05