Table 3. Comparison of psychosocial factors obtained by the Depression, Anxiety and Stress Scale (DASS-21) among groups during the COVID-19 pandemic. Average, standard deviation (SD), confidence interval (CI), lower limit (LL) and upper limit (UL) minimum and maximum, and statistical significance (p).
| DASS-21 | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Stress symptoms | |||||
| Group | Average (SD) | CI 95% | Minimum | Maximum | |
| LL | L | ||||
| G1 (n=208) | 13.35 (7.77) | 12.28 | 14.41 | 0 | 40 |
| G2 (n=401) | 12.07 (7.66) | 11.32 | 12.82 | 0 | 40 |
| G3 (n=32) | 13.38 (7.86) | 10.54 | 16.21 | 0 | 38 |
| Total (n=641) | 12.55 (7.72) | 11.95 | 13.15 | 0 | 40 |
| p* | 0.127 | ||||
| Anxiety symptoms | |||||
| Group | Average (SD) | CI 95% | Minimum | Maximum | |
| LL | UL | ||||
| G1 (n=208) | 6.39 (6.13) | 5.56 | 7.23 | 0 | 32 |
| G2 (n=401) | 5.50 (5.94) | 4.91 | 6.08 | 0 | 34 |
| G3 (n=32) | 5.56 (5.09) | 3.72 | 7.40 | 0 | 18 |
| Total (n=641) | 5.79 (5.97) | 5.33 | 6.25 | 0 | 34 |
| p* | 0.208 | ||||
| Depression symptoms | |||||
| Group | Average (SD) | CI 95% | Minimum | Maximum | |
| LL | UL | ||||
| G1 (n=208) $ | 8.07 (6.85) | 7.13 | 9.00 | 0 | 34 |
| G2 (n=401) $ | 6.62 (6.87) | 5.94 | 7.29 | 0 | 42 |
| G3 (n=32) | 7.25 (7.01) | 4.72 | 9.78 | 0 | 28 |
| Total (n=641) | 7.12 (6.89) | 6.59 | 7.66 | 0 | 42 |
| p* | 0.048 | ||||
*
Oneway ANOVA $ Mann Whitney (groups in which there was a statistically significant difference among them).
G1: quarantined. G2: outpatient care/practice. G3: frontline in hospitals. Significance level p (<0.05).