Table 2.

A comparison of SF‐12 life quality and depression, anxiety, stress levels, and state of being impacted by COVID‐19 pandemic among research participants (n = 2037)

		Depression, Anxiety, and Stress Scale			SF‐12 Life quality
		Depression	Anxiety	Stress	PCS	MCS
	n (%)	$\stackrel{\circledR }{\mathbf{X}}$± SD	$\stackrel{\circledR }{\mathbf{X}}$± SD	$\stackrel{\circledR }{\mathbf{X}}$± SD	$\stackrel{\circledR }{\mathbf{X}}$± SD	$\stackrel{\circledR }{\mathbf{X}}$± SD
State of fear due to COVID‐19 pandemic
Yes	1560 (76.6)	6.00 ± 4.18	3.85 ± 3.24	6.14 ± 3.78	71.94 ± 20.71	49.29 ± 24.28
No	477 (23.4)	4.36 ± 4.02	2.14 ± 2.48	4.17 ± 3.64	76.50 ± 18.78	62.61 ± 24.58
Significance*		p = .001	p = .001	p = .001	p = .001	p = .001
Impact of home confinement on mental health
Positive	267 (13.1)	4.62 ± 3.63	3.41 ± 3.02	5.22 ± 3.58	73.53 ± 20.86	58.73 ± 24.99
Negative	1139 (55.9)	6.64 ± 4.34	4.00 ± 3.28	6.63 ± 3.82	70.42 ± 20.59	44.59 ± 23.52
Neutral	631 (31.0)	4.20 ± 3.62	2.47 ± 2.74	4.16 ± 3.44	77.44 ± 18.94	63.85 ± 22.29
Significance**		p = .001	p = .001	p = .001	p = .001	p = .001
Having undergone COVID‐19 test personally or by his/her relatives
Yes	57 (2.8)	6.33 ± 4.45	4.45 ± 3.87	6.07 ± 3.62	71.18 ± 22.83	49.72 ± 26.08
No	1980 (97.2)	5.60 ± 4.19	3.42 ± 3.14	5.67 ± 3.84	73.06 ± 20.29	52.49 ± 24.96
Significance*		p = .194	p = .015	p = .443	p = .496	p = .411
Having undergone COVID‐19 test personally or by his/her relatives, and COVID‐19 test result positive
Yes	49 (2.4)	6.38 ± 4.79	4.65 ± 4.15	6.36 ± 4.61	66.92 ± 24.09	47.40 ± 26.73
No	1988 (97.6)	5.60 ± 4.18	3.42 ± 3.13	5.66 ± 3.82	73.15 ± 20.25	52.53 ± 24.94
Significance*		p = .196	p = .007	p = .208	p = .034	p = .156
Paying attention to warnings to fight against COVID‐19 pandemic
I never pay attention	18 (0.9)	6.27 ± 5.05	3.27 ± 3.28	5.61 ± 5.16	73.63 ± 19.78	51.11 ± 26.74
I rarely pay attention	103 (5.1)	6.25 ± 4.67	3.35 ± 2.99	5.70 ± 4.14	72.65 ± 20.94	55.38 ± 26.09
I do pay attention	939 (46.1)	5.34 ± 3.89	2.99 ± 2.67	5.32 ± 3.50	71.48 ± 19.43	54.94 ± 23.77
I do pay attention at all times	977 (48.0)	5.80 ± 4.40	3.90 ± 3.54	6.02 ± 4.05	68.28 ± 23.83	49.69 ± 25.72
Significance**		p = .035	p = .001	p = .001	p = .437	p = .001
Need for psychological support in this period
Yes	543 (26.7)	8.68 ± 4.47	5.90 ± 3.74	8.68 ± 3.84	64.73 ± 22.09	36.23 ± 21.56
No	1494 (73.3)	4.50 ± 3.48	2.56 ± 2.37	4.59 ± 3.20	76.01 ± 18.82	58.29 ± 23.52
Significance*		p = .001	p = .001	p = .001	p = .001	p = .001
Total	2037 (100)	5.62 ± 4.20	3.45 ± 3.16	5.68 ± 3.84	73.00 ± 20.36	52.41 ± 24.99

Abbreviations: MCS, mental component summary; PCS, physical component summary.

^*Independent groups t test, p < .05.

^**ANOVA test.