Table 2.
Relationship between baseline DASS-21 scores with COVID-19 variables, before the intervention study was conducted.
| Stress | Anxiety | Depression | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| COVID-19 Zone level | Red | 21.75 ± 3.14 | 7.13 ± 5.28 | 8.5 ± 2.2 |
| Orange | 17.24 ± 2.75 | 7.25 ± 3.41 | 8.63 ± 3.5 | |
| Yellow | 14.4 ± 3.74 | 6.5 ± 1.83 | 7.2 ± 4.8 | |
| Green | 8.96 ± 6.32 | 6.58 ± 2.74 | 4.84 ± 5.85 | |
| Chi-Squared test | 0.03* | 0.39 | 0.36 | |
| Following-up on COVID-19 news | Very often | 12.81 ± 4.23 | 7.14 ± 4.85 | 7.5 ± 2.5 |
| Somewhat often | 11.6 ± 2.34 | 6.61 ± 1.7 | 8.6 ± 1.96 | |
| Not very often | 11.82 ± 4.74 | 5.21 ± 2.69 | 7.63 ± 1.7 | |
| Never | – | – | – | |
| Chi-Squared test | 0.21 | 0.57 | 0.37 |
N = 30, M ± SD, *p < 0.05.