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. 2021 May 28;84:76–81. doi: 10.1016/j.sleep.2021.05.020

Table 2.

Caregiver self-reported moods.

Pre-pandemic n = 294
Median (IQR)
Pandemic n = 121
Median (IQR)
P-value
How alert do you feel? 10 (7–10) 8 (7–10) p = 0.11
How sad do you feel? 0 (0–4) 2 (0–6) p < 0.001∗
How tense do you feel? 2 (0–5) 4 (0–6) p = 0.001
How much of an effort is it to do anything? 1 (0–5) 1 (0–5) p = 0.46
How happy do you feel? 8 (6–10) 7 (5–9) p = 0.001
How weary do you feel? 2 (0–5) 5 (2–8) p < 0.001∗
How calm do you feel? 9 (6–10) 7 (5–10) p < 0.001∗
How sleepy do you feel? 5 (1–9) 5 (1–7) p = 0.23
Overall how do you feel? (0=very bad, 10=very good) 8 (7–10) 7 (6–9) p < 0.001∗

Caregiver responses to the Visual Analog Mood Scale. Pre-pandemic and pandemic responses were compared using Wilcoxon rank-sums tests. ∗ = p < 0.001.