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. 2021 Jun 10;7(7):e713. doi: 10.1097/TXD.0000000000001171

TABLE 4.

COVID-19 impact, by transplant status

Impact Category and Subcategory SOTRs Non-SOTRs P
N 1308 (44.7%) 1617 (55.3%)
Daily activities
 Wearing a mask in public 1180 (95.2%) 1447 (94.3%) 0.3
 Practicing social distancing 1145 (92.3%) 1377 (89.7%) 0.02
 Staying home as much as possible 1097 (88.5%) 1353 (88.1%) 0.8
 Not leaving home at all (in quarantine) 152 (12.3%) 116 (7.6%) <0.001
Life circumstances
 Working fewer h 166 (47.8%) 196 (41.3%) 0.07
 Loss of job 108 (31.1%) 140 (29.5%) 0.6
 Loss of financial support, not job related 74 (21.3%) 107 (22.5%) 0.7
 Loss of childcare 23 (6.6%) 45 (9.5%) 0.2
 Loss of housing 5 (1.4%) 14 (2.9%) 0.2
Access to medical care
 Difficulty attending healthcare appointments 338 (84.9%) 425 (84.0%) 0.7
 Difficulty paying for basic items (eg, food and clothing) 125 (36.0%) 206 (43.4%) 0.04
 Difficulty obtaining medications 84 (21.1%) 111 (21.9%) 0.8
 Difficulty affording medical care 43 (10.8%) 83 (16.4%) 0.02
 Difficulty accessing a device for virtual healthcare 39 (9.8%) 88 (17.4%) <0.01
 Loss of health insurance 21 (6.1%) 27 (5.7%) 0.9
 Gain of health insurance (eg, Medicaid) 9 (2.6%) 22 (4.6%) 0.1
Coronavirus Anxiety Scale
 Score ≥ 5 102 (8.1%) 126 (8.1%) >0.9
 Score ≥ 9 24 (1.9%) 33 (2.1%) 0.8

COVID-19, coronavirus disease 2019; SOTR, solid organ transplant recipient.