TABLE 2.

The relationship between COVID-19 awareness and depressive and anxiety symptoms.

Variables	n	%	Depressive symptoms			Anxiety symptoms			Suicidal ideation
			n	%	P	n	%	P	n	%	P
COVID-19 knowledge					<0.001			<0.001			<0.001
Very unfamiliar	128	1.1	66	51.6		45	35.2		23	18.0
Unfamiliar	1,606	14.4	674	42.0		440	27.4		132	8.2
Medium level	4,713	42.3	1,836	39.0		1,203	25.5		361	7.7
Familiar	3,777	33.9	1,290	34.2		908	24.0		226	6.0
Very familiar	909	8.2	253	27.8		171	18.8		68	7.5
Preventive and control measures					<0.001			<0.001			<0.001
Very inconsistent	202	1.8	68	33.7		53	26.2		22	10.9
Inconsistent	462	4.1	196	42.4		462	27.1		42	9.1
Neutral	899	8.1	409	45.5		304	33.8		103	11.5
Consistent	5,909	53.1	2,300	38.9		2,536	26.0		449	7.6
Very consistent	3,661	32.9	1,146	31.3		749	20.5		194	5.3
Projections of COVID-19 trend					<0.001			<0.001			<0.001
Very pessimistic	99	0.9	49	49.5		42	42.4		19	19.2
Pessimistic	734	6.6	397	54.1		306	41.7		101	13.8
Neutral	2,660	23.9	1,162	43.7		823	30.9		266	10.0
Optimistic	6,434	57.8	2,209	34.3		1,410	21.9		373	5.8
Very optimistic	1,206	10.8	302	25.0		186	15.4		51	4.2