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. 2021 Feb 19;63(5):e283–e293. doi: 10.1097/JOM.0000000000002179

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.