Table 2.
Comparison of the Depression, Anxiety and Stress feature of the participants according to the COVID-19 peaks.
| Variable | Group |
t/χ2 | df | p | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Peak(n = 1051) | Peak(n = 1409) | ||||
| DASS-21 Depression Score; mean±SD | 5.64 ± 3.85 | 6.52 ± 4.41 | t = -5.311 | 2398 | <0.001* |
| Depression Severity; n (%) | χ2 = 28.368 | 4 | <0.001* | ||
| Normal | 437 (41.6) | 506 (35.9) | |||
| Mild | 209 (19.9) | 236 (16.7) | |||
| Moderate | 289 (27.5) | 414 (29.4) | |||
| Severe | 69 (6.6) | 146 (10.4) | |||
| Extremely severe | 47 (4.5) | 107 (7.6) | |||
| DASS-21 Anxiety Score; mean±SD | 3.28 ± 3.02 | 4.37 ± 3.48 | t = -8.244 | 2402 | <0.001* |
| Anxiety Severity; n (%) | χ2 = 69.390 | 4 | <0.001* | ||
| Normal | 671 (63.8) | 680 (48.3) | |||
| Mild | 164 (15.6) | 234 (16.6) | |||
| Moderate | 129 (12.3) | 253 (18.0) | |||
| Severe | 34 (3.2) | 116 (8.2) | |||
| Extremely severe | 53 (5.0) | 126 (8.9) | |||
| DASS-21 Stress Score; mean±SD | 5.47 ± 3.23 | 6.91 ± 3.82 | t = -10.056 | 2418 | <0.001* |
| Stress Severity; n (%) | χ2 = 103.298 | 4 | <0.001* | ||
| Normal | 838 (79.7) | 860 (61.0) | |||
| Mild | 97 (9.2) | 220 (15.6) | |||
| Moderate | 99 (9.4) | 251 (17.8) | |||
| Severe | 13 (1.2) | 58 (4.1) | |||
| Extremely severe | 4 (0.4) | 20 (1.4) | |||
| DASS-21 Total Score; mean±SD | 14.40 ± 8.80 | 17.81 ± 10.55 | t = -8.719 | 2427 | <0.001* |
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:p ≤ 0.05, DASS-21: Depression-Anxiety-Stress Scale-21, t: Student-T test, χ2: Pearson Chi-Square test.