TABLE 3.
Anxiety and Depression Scores in Relations to Reported Perceptions, Support, and Worries
| Women (n = 663) | Men (n = 234) | |||||||||||||
| Mean | SD | Median | Rank Correlation (P-Value) | Mean | SD | Median | Rank Correlation (P-Value) | |||||||
| HADS Anx | HADS Dep | HADS Anx | HADS Dep | |||||||||||
| Perception of work during recent week of epidemic (completely disagree = 0, completely agree = 100) | ||||||||||||||
| My hours of work are about the same | 52 | 34 | 52 | –0.04 | 0.30 | –0.03 | 0.38 | 51 | 33 | 52 | 0.05 | 0.4 | 0.07 | 0.3 |
| My work tasks are about the same | 52 | 30 | 52 | 0.03 | 0.39 | –0.01 | 0.83 | 51 | 30 | 52 | 0.07 | 0.3 | 0.08 | 0.3 |
| Where you will find support (no support at all = 0, very strong support = 100) | ||||||||||||||
| My immediate family | 80 | 26 | 91 | –0.19 | <0.0001 | –0.19 | <0.0001 | 81 | 27 | 93 | –0.19 | 0.003 | –0.20 | 0.002 |
| My co-workers | 55 | 29 | 50 | –0.19 | <0.0001 | –0.16 | <0.0001 | 51 | 30 | 49 | –0.05 | 0.4 | –0.09 | 0.2 |
| My employer | 48 | 30 | 43 | –0.16 | <0.0001 | –0.17 | <0.0001 | 46 | 30 | 43 | –0.12 | 0.07 | –0.16 | 0.02 |
| My doctor | 43 | 29 | 45 | –0.12 | 0.002 | –0.12 | 0.002 | 43 | 27 | 45 | –0.06 | 0.3 | –0.09 | 0.2 |
| Federal Government | 22 | 20 | 23 | –0.12 | 0.001 | –0.12 | 0.002 | 26 | 22 | 23 | –0.08 | 0.2 | –0.05 | 0.4 |
| City of Philadelphia | 37 | 24 | 36 | –0.05 | 0.24 | –0.09 | 0.02 | 35 | 23 | 36 | 0.04 | 0.6 | 0.06 | 0.4 |
| Department of Public Health (City) | 39 | 25 | 39 | –0.06 | 0.14 | –0.1 | 0.007 | 40 | 25 | 39 | 0.02 | 0.7 | –0.03 | 0.6 |
| My religious community | 38 | 28 | 38 | –0.14 | 0.0004 | –0.17 | <0.0001 | 38 | 28 | 38 | –0.02 | 0.8 | –0.005 | 0.9 |
| Social services organization | 25 | 22 | 26 | –0.07 | 0.09 | –0.08 | 0.03 | 26 | 22 | 26 | 0.06 | 0.4 | 0.03 | 0.6 |
| My neighbours | 42 | 27 | 42 | –0.07 | 0.08 | –0.06 | 0.1 | 41 | 25 | 42 | –0.05 | 0.4 | –0.10 | 0.1 |
| My worker union | 15 | 18 | 15 | –0.06 | 0.15 | –0.08 | 0.05 | 17 | 20 | 15 | 0.06 | 0.3 | 0.06 | 0.3 |
| Other | 65 | 20 | 64 | –0.04 | 0.31 | –0.02 | 0.7 | 63 | 18 | 64 | –0.04 | 0.5 | –0.18 | 0.01 |
| Worries about the COVID-19 epidemic (not at all worried = 0, very worried = 100) | ||||||||||||||
| I will be infected | 62 | 27 | 62 | 0.24 | <0.0001 | 0.21 | <0.0001 | 57 | 28 | 60 | 0.25 | 0.0001 | 0.18 | 0.01 |
| I will infect my family | 63 | 32 | 68 | 0.24 | <0.0001 | 0.18 | <0.0001 | 57 | 31 | 61 | 0.28 | <0.0001 | 0.15 | 0.02 |
| I will not be able to cope with the work | 42 | 29 | 37 | 0.28 | <0.0001 | 0.18 | <0.0001 | 33 | 25 | 37 | 0.25 | 0.0001 | 0.25 | 0.00 |
| I will become poor | 42 | 31 | 40 | 0.25 | <0.0001 | 0.20 | <0.0001 | 38 | 27 | 40 | 0.35 | <0.0001 | 0.30 | <0.0001 |
| I will be short of food | 32 | 26 | 31 | 0.22 | <0.0001 | 0.16 | <0.0001 | 29 | 23 | 31 | 0.30 | <0.0001 | 0.23 | 0.00 |
| I will be short of medicines | 31 | 26 | 31 | 0.17 | <0.0001 | 0.12 | 0.002 | 29 | 23 | 31 | 0.25 | 0.0001 | 0.31 | <0.0001 |
| I will fail myself and my family | 42 | 30 | 40 | 0.31 | <0.0001 | 0.20 | <0.0001 | 36 | 26 | 40 | 0.31 | <0.0001 | 0.30 | <0.0001 |
| I will be confined at home and not able to leave | 49 | 29 | 48 | 0.24 | <0.0001 | 0.19 | <0.0001 | 41 | 28 | 48 | 0.15 | 0.02 | 0.14 | 0.04 |
Anx, anxiety; Dep, depression.