Table 5.
Association between contact history variables in the past 14 days and psychological distress during the COVID-19 pandemic (n = 2120).
| Psychological Distress | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| n (%) | No (n = 908) |
Yes (n = 1212) |
χ2 | p | Effect Size | |
| Close contact with an individual with confirmed infection with COVID-19 | ||||||
| No | 1354 (63.9) | 73.0 | 57.0 | 57.618 | <0.001 | 0.165 |
| Yes or does not know | 766 (36.1) | 27.0 | 43.0 | |||
| Casual contact with an individual with confirmed infection with COVID-19 | ||||||
| No | 1333 (62.9) | 70.7 | 57.0 | 41.690 | <0.001 | 0.140 |
| Yes or does not know | 787 (37.1) | 29.3 | 43.0 | |||
| Contact with any person or material suspicious of being infected with COVID-19 | ||||||
| No | 1208 (57.0) | 66.5 | 49.8 | 58.953 | <0.001 | 0.167 |
| Yes or does not know | 912 (43.0) | 33.5 | 50.2 | |||
| Any infected family member | ||||||
| No | 1933 (91.2) | 93.6 | 89.4 | 11.691 | 0.001 | 0.074 |
| Yes or does not know | 187 (8.8) | 6.4 | 10.6 | |||