Table 2.
Participant characteristics in relation to anxiety, depression and stress (n = 974).
| Characteristics | Anxiety |
p-value | Depression |
p-value | Stress |
p-value | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Present | Absent | Present | Absent | Present | Absent | ||||
| n (%) |
624 (64.1) |
350 (35.9) |
714 (73.3) |
260 (26.7) |
676 (69.4) |
298 (30.6) |
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| Age (years), n (%) | |||||||||
| ≤24 | 318 (67.2) | 155 (32.8) | 0.045 | 370 (78.2) | 103 (21.8) | 0.001 | 335 (70.8) | 138 (29.2) | 0.350 |
| >24 |
306 (61.1) |
195 (38.9) |
344 (68.7) |
157 (31.3) |
341 (68.1) |
160 (31.9) |
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| Sex, n (%) | |||||||||
| Male | 447 (60.2) | 296 (39.8) | <0.001 | 523 (70.4) | 220 (29.6) | <0.001 | 497 (66.9) | 246 (33.1) | 0.002 |
| Female |
177 (76.6) |
54 (23.4) |
191 (82.7) |
40 (17.3) |
179 (77.5) |
52 (22.5) |
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| Marital Status, n (%) | |||||||||
| Married | 177 (60.8) | 114 (39.2) | 0.169 | 192 (66.0) | 99 (34.0) | 0.001 | 191 (65.6) | 100 (34.4) | 0.096 |
| Single |
447 (65.4) |
236 (34.6) |
522 (76.4) |
161 (23.6) |
485 (71.0) |
198 (29.0) |
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| Residence, n (%) | |||||||||
| Urban | 485 (64.8) | 264 (35.2) | 0.460 | 559 (74.6) | 190 (25.4) | 0.106 | 523 (69.8) | 226 (30.2) | 0.575 |
| Rural |
139 (62.1) |
85 (37.9) |
155 (69.2) |
69 (30.8) |
152 (67.9) |
72 (32.1) |
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| Education, n (%) | |||||||||
| SSC and below SSC | 37 (63.8) | 21 (36.2) | 0.778 | 48 (82.8) | 10 (17.2) | 0.119 | 37 (63.8) | 21 (36.2) | 0.585 |
| HSC and undergraduate | 135 (66.2) | 69 (33.8) | 155 (76.0) | 49 (24.0) | 140 (68.6) | 64 (31.4) | |||
| Graduate and above |
452 (63.5) |
260 (36.5) |
511 (71.8) |
201 (28.2) |
499 (70.1) |
213 (29.9) |
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| Occupation, n (%) | |||||||||
| Government job | 37 (52.9) | 33 (47.1) | 0.073 | 47 (67.1) | 23 (32.9) | 0.001 | 41 (58.6) | 29 (41.4) | 0.034 |
| Non-government job | 104 (58.4) | 74 (41.6) | 113 (63.5) | 65 (36.5) | 113 (63.5) | 65 (36.5) | |||
| Housewife | 22 (75.9) | 7 (24.1) | 24 (82.8) | 5 (17.2) | 22 (75.9) | 7 (24.1) | |||
| Business | 26 (61.9) | 16 (38.1) | 25 (59.5) | 17 (40.5) | 29 (69.0) | 13 (31.0) | |||
| Student | 322 (66.1) | 165 (33.9) | 376 (77.2) | 111 (22.8) | 342 (70.2) | 145 (29.8) | |||
| Unemployed | 96 (69.6) | 42 (30.4) | 110 (79.7) | 28 (20.3) | 109 (79.0) | 29 (21.0) | |||
| Othersa |
17 (56.7) |
13 (43.3) |
19 (63.3) |
11 (36.7) |
20 (66.7) |
10 (33.3) |
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| Health care worker, n (%) | |||||||||
| Yes | 71 (67.0) | 35 (33.0) | 0.508 | 77 (72.6) | 29 (27.4) | 0.870 | 106 (68.9) | 33 (31.1) | 0.899 |
| No |
553 (63.7) |
315 (36.3) |
637 (73.4) |
231 (26.6) |
603 (69.5) |
265 (30.5) |
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| Income, n (%) | |||||||||
| ≤30000 taka | 321 (64.8) | 174 (35.2) | 0.460 | 362 (73.1) | 133 (26.9) | 0.651 | 339 (68.5) | 156 (31.5) | 0.827 |
| >30000 taka |
241 (62.4) |
145 (37.6) |
277 (71.8) |
109 (28.2) |
267 (69.2) |
119 (30.8) |
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| Job Status, n (%) | |||||||||
| Full time job | 112 (57.1) | 84 (42.9) | 0.043 | 126 (64.3) | 70 (35.7) | 0.008 | 125 (63.8) | 71 (36.2) | 0.201 |
| Part time job | 35 (66.0) | 18 (34.0) | 42 (79.2) | 11 (20.8) | 35 (68.0) | 18 (34.0) | |||
| Lost job during lockdown | 45 (76.3) | 14 (23.7) | 48 (81.4) | 11 (18.6) | 44 (74.6) | 15 (25.4) | |||
| Not applicable |
432 (64.9) |
234 (35.1) |
498 (74.8) |
168 (25.2) |
472 (70.9) |
194 (29.1) |
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| Business status, n (%) | |||||||||
| Ongoing business | 17 (54.8) | 14 (45.2) | 0.583 | 18 (58.1) | 13 (41.9) | 0.257 | 23 (74.2) | 8 (25.8) | 0.848 |
| Business closed for now | 42 (65.6) | 22 (34.4) | 47 (73.4) | 17 (26.6) | 42 (65.6) | 22 (34.4) | |||
| Lost investment | 7 (77.8) | 2 (22.2) | 6 (66.7) | 3 (33.3) | 6 (66.7) | 3 (33.3) | |||
| Not applicable |
558 (64.1) |
312 (35.9) |
643 (73.9) |
227 (26.1) |
676 (69.4) |
298 (30.6) |
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| Source of information regarding COVID-19, n (%) | |||||||||
| 398 (63.5) | 229 (36.5) | 0.607 | 464 (74.0) | 163 (26.0) | 0.508 | 447 (71.3) | 180 (28.7) | 0.086 | |
| Other media | 226 (65.1) | 121 (34.9) | 250 (72.0) | 97 (28.0) | 229 (66.0) | 118 (34.0) | |||
p-value determined by Chi-square test.
Definitions: Anxiety- Present: GAD-7 ≥5, Absent: GAD-7 <5; Depression- Present: PHQ-9 ≥5, Absent: PHQ-9 <5; Stress- Present: PSS ≥14, Absent: PSS< 14.
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Other jobs include-intern, house tutor, day laborer, filmmaker, painter, freelancer, and self-employed physician.