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. 2021 Sep 13;23(9):e31295. doi: 10.2196/31295

Table 2.

Univariate analysis of factors associated with longitudinal perceived stress.

Factor Effect estimate P value
Baseline resilience –0.84 <.001
Baseline optimism –0.34 <.001
Baseline emotional support –0.62 <.001
Baseline quality of life –0.71 <.001
Longitudinal quality of life –0.80 <.001
Baseline anxiety or depression 1.27 <.001
Baseline BMI 0.07 .001
Male gender –0.94 .002
Mean New York City case count per period 0.82 .004
No positive COVID-19 nasal PCRa at baseline 0.91 .11
2 weeks post positive COVID-19 nasal PCR test –0.18 .62
4 weeks post positive COVID-19 nasal PCR test –0.82 .01
2 weeks post positive COVID-19 antibody test –0.36 .19
4 weeks post positive COVID-19 antibody test –0.10 .71
Any period post positive COVID-19 nasal PCR test –0.85 .04
2 weeks post positive COVID-19 PCR or antibody test –0.25 .28
Any period post positive COVID-19 antibody test –0.26 .36
Weight 0.02 .04
Age –0.03 .047
Baseline asthma 0.89 .045
Baseline heart disease 3.37 .19
Baseline hypertension –0.34 .58
Baseline diabetes –0.20 .85
Mean symptomatic days per period 0.32 .07
Staff vs clinical nontrainee –0.03 .81
Staff vs clinical trainee 0.43 .15
Clinical vs clinical trainee 0.60 .17
Any period post positive COVID-19 PCR or antibody test –0.47 .07
Height –0.03 .08
Mean days traveled per period –0.09 .58
Days left home per period –0.05 .08
No immune-suppressing medication at baseline –1.80 .17
No childcare needs at baseline –0.39 .23
Smoking at baseline 0.53 .20
Mean days hospitalized per period –1.66 .27
Mean days treating COVID-19–positive patients per period 0.22 .28
Number of days left home –0.02 .30
Asian vs Black 0.02 .97
Asian vs other –0.34 .47
Black vs other –0.36 .55
White vs Asian 0.01 .99
White vs Black 0.03 .96
White vs other –0.34 .45
No positive COVID-19 antibody test at baseline 0.03 .69
Days caring for patients with COVID-19 0.01 .73
Interacted with 1-3 people outside the home per day 0.01 .97
Interacted with 4-9 people outside the home per day 0.01 .96
Interacted with ≥10 people outside the home per day –0.11 .64
Mean days quarantined per period –0.20 .80
Total symptomatic days per period 0.01 .85
Days working weighted based on patient exposure 0.03 .69
Days hospitalized per period 0.07 .88
Days quarantined per period –0.03 .90
Mean number of days the participant left the house per period 0.03 .90
Mean working days during this period 0.02 .88
Sum of the severity of COVID-19 symptoms per period –0.001 .96
Mean severity of COVID-19 symptoms this period 0.08 .14

aPCR: polymerase chain reaction.