Table 2.
Financial, Health Care, and Mental Health Impacts of COVID-19 by work categories
| Working Status Prior to and During the COVID-19 Shutdown | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Study Sample (%) | Did not work outside home prior to shutdown % (n) | Switched to working remotely during shutdown % (n) | Continued working outside home during shutdown % (n) | p-value | |
| N=259 | N = 59 | N = 111 | N = 89 | ||
| Financial | 29 | 20 (12/59) | 27 (30/111) | 38 (34/89) | 0.05 |
| Not Enough Money for Housing | 3 | 0 (0/59) | 2 (2/111) | 6 (5/89) | |
| Not Enough Money for Car Payment | 2 | 0 (0/59) | 3 (3/111) | 3 (3/89) | |
| Not Enough Money for Food | 3 | 3 (2/59) | 4 (4/111) | 3 (3/89) | |
| Not Enough Money for Utilities | 3 | 2 (1/59) | 2 (2/111) | 6 (5/89) | |
| Had to Use Credit Card to Cover Basic Needs | 10 | 8 (5/59) | 9 (10/111) | 11 (10/89) | |
| Lost or Reduced Income | 24 | 14 (8/59) | 22 (24/111) | 33 (29/89) | |
| Health Care | 60 | 63 (37/59) | 64 (71/111) | 52 (46/89) | 0.18 |
| Lost healthcare benefits | 1 | 2 (1/59) | 0 (0/111) | 1 (1/89) | |
| Missed/Postponed healthcare appointments | 47 | 51 (30/59) | 50 (55/111) | 40 (36/89) | |
| Unable to be with family in health emergency | 29 | 32 (19/59) | 32 (35/111) | 22 (20/89) | |
| Mental Health | 66 | 61 (36/59) | 69 (76/111) | 65 (58/89) | 0.62 |
| Isolation/Loneliness | 40 | 49 (29/59) | 41 (45/111) | 34 (30/89) | |
| Depression | 27 | 27 (16/59) | 25 (28/111) | 30 (27/89) | |
| Hopelessness | 8 | 7 (4/59) | 8 (9/111) | 10 (9/89) | |
| Anxiety | 52 | 49 (29/59) | 54 (60/111) | 52 (46/89) | |
| Thoughts and Feelings Due to COVID-19 | |||||
| Felt nervous | 45 | 29 (17/59) | 50 (55/111) | 51 (45/89) | 0.016 |
| Felt tense | 39 | 24 (14/59) | 44 (49/111) | 42 (37/89) | 0.026 |
| Worries overwhelmed me | 19 | 17 (10/59) | 17 (19/111) | 24 (21/89) | 0.45 |
| Felt fearful | 47 | 37 (22/59) | 53 (59/111) | 46 (41/89) | 0.14 |
| Felt uneasy | 60 | 59 (35/59) | 63 (70/111) | 57 (51/89) | 0.70 |
| Hard to focus on anything other than anxiety | 25 | 15 (9/59) | 27 (30/111) | 30 (27/89) | 0.11 |
| Felt like I needed help for my anxiety | 9 | 8 (5/59) | 8 (9/111) | 10 (9/89) | 0.88 |
| No change/Has not gotten worse | 17 | 20 (12/59) | 14 (16/111) | 19 (17/89) | 0.54 |
| COVID-19 Related Concerns | |||||
| Very/Afraid of getting it | 32 | 42 (25/59) | 36 (40/111) | 20 (18/89) | 0.009 |
| Very/Serious if I got it | 57 | 78 (39/50) | 55 (55/100) | 47 (37/79) | 0.002 |
| Very/Afraid household will get it | 45 | 52 (27/52) | 49 (51/104) | 37 (31/84) | 0.14 |
Note: P-values based on chi-square test of independence, comparing the three working categories: Did not work outside home prior to COVID-19, switched to working remotely, and continued working outside home.