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. 2021 Mar 26;12:638985. doi: 10.3389/fpsyg.2021.638985

Table 1.

Demographic characteristics of participants.

Variable Total (N, %) General public (N, %) General medical staffs (N, %) Front-line health care workers (N, %) CPV (N, %) Quarantined people (N, %) χ2 P-value
Overall 3,303 (100.0) 2,413 (73.1) 255 (7.7) 204 (6.2) 316 (9.6) 115 (3.5)
Gender 89.24 <0.001
Male 1,346 (40.8) 1,006 (41.7) 59 (23.1) 53 (26.0) 182 (57.6) 46 (40.0)
Female 1,957 (59.2) 1,407 (58.3) 196 (76.9) 151 (74.0) 134 (42.4) 69 (60.0)
Age 66.42 <0.001
18–30 1,456 (44.1) 1,089 (45.1) 96 (37.6) 75 (36.8) 150 (47.5) 46 (40.0)
31–40 981 (29.7) 661 (27.4) 106 (41.6) 86 (42.2) 91 (28.8) 37 (32.2)
41–50 484 (14.7) 343 (14.2) 40 (15.7) 30 (14.7) 52 (16.5) 19 (16.5)
51–60 206 (6.2) 168 (7.0) 6 (2.4) 11 (5.4) 16 (5.1) 5 (4.3)
>60 176 (5.3) 152 (6.3) 7 (2.7) 2 (1.0) 7 (2.2) 8 (7.0)
Marital status 18.89 0.001
Single/divorced/widowed 1,255 (38.0) 948 (39.3) 70 (27.5) 64 (31.4) 130 (41.1) 43 (37.4)
Married 2,048 (62.0) 1,465 (60.7) 185 (72.5) 140 (68.6) 186 (58.9) 72 (62.6)
Education 188.50 <0.001
High school or below 1,167 (35.3) 977 (40.5) 16 (6.3) 23 (11.3) 94 (29.7) 57 (49.6)
College or above 2,136 (64.7) 1,436 (59.5) 239 (93.7) 181 (88.7) 222 (70.3) 58 (50.4)
Living status 35.24 <0.001
Alone 358 (10.8) 232 (9.6) 31 (12.2) 30 (14.7) 50 (15.8) 15 (13.0)
Live with family member 2,733 (82.7) 2,049 (84.9) 204 (80.0) 157 (77.0) 232 (73.4) 91 (79.1)
Live with friend 212 (6.4) 132 (5.5) 20 (7.8) 17 (8.3) 34 (10.8) 9 (7.8)
Self-rated health 15.99 0.043
Excellent 2,646 (80.1) 1,923 (79.7) 207 (81.2) 162 (79.4) 262 (82.9) 92 (80.0)
Very good 504 (15.3) 371 (15.4) 45 (17.6) 36 (17.6) 38 (12.0) 14 (12.2)
Good/general/poor 153 (4.6) 119 (4.9) 3 (1.2) 6 (2.9) 16 (5.1) 9 (7.8)
Hubei exposed after December 1, 2019 89.97 <0.001
No 3,043 (92.1) 2,270 (94.1) 232 (91.0) 159 (77.9) 289 (91.5) 93 (80.9)
Yes 260 (7.9) 143 (5.9) 23 (9.0) 45 (22.1) 27 (8.5) 22 (19.1)
Family or friends engaged in front-line health care work 202.26 <0.001
No 2,996 (90.7) 2,273 (94.2) 204 (80.0) 139 (68.1) 272 (86.1) 108 (93.9)
Yes 307 (9.3) 140 (5.8) 51 (20.0) 65 (31.9) 44 (13.9) 7 (6.1)
Confirmed cases nearby 29.83 <0.001
No 3,215 (97.3) 2,371 (98.3) 245 (96.1) 188 (92.2) 302 (95.6) 109 (94.8)
Yes 88 (2.7) 42 (1.7) 10 (3.9) 16 (7.8) 14 (4.4) 6 (5.2)
Cared about the COVID-19 epidemic 7.99 0.092
Non-care 204 (6.2) 163 (6.8) 10 (3.9) 6 (2.9) 20 (6.3) 5 (4.3)
Care 3,099 (93.8) 2,250 (93.2) 245 (96.1) 198 (97.1) 296 (93.7) 110 (95.7)
Daily attention to epidemic information (hour) 54.66 <0.001
<1 1,700 (51.5) 1,323 (54.8) 118 (46.3) 77 (37.7) 131 (41.5) 51 (44.3)
1–3 1,157 (35.0) 802 (33.2) 102 (40.0) 81 (39.7) 132 (41.8) 40 (34.8)
>3 446 (13.5) 288 (11.9) 35 (13.7) 46 (22.5) 53 (16.8) 24 (20.9)
Anxiety# 21.66 <0.001
No 2,970 (89.9) 2,193 (90.9) 235 (92.2) 177 (86.8) 272 (86.1) 93 (80.9)
Yes 333 (10.1) 220 (9.1)b 20 (7.8)a 27 (13.2) 44 (13.9) 22 (19.1)ab
Depression# 29.49 <0.001
No 2,298 (69.6) 1,673 (79.3) 208 (81.6) 148 (72.5) 201 (63.6) 68 (59.1)
Yes 1,005 (30.4) 740 (30.7)c 47 (18.4)c 56 (27.5) 115 (36.4)c 47 (40.9)c
#

Multiple comparison of anxiety and depression of five type in participants, using Bonferroni-corrected P-value (0.05/10 = 0.005).

a

General medical staffs VS Quarantined people, p < 0.005;

b

General public VS Quarantined people, p < 0.005;

c

General medical staffs VS General public, CPV, Quarantined people, p < 0.005.