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. 2021 Oct 11;43(Suppl 3):iii34–iii42. doi: 10.1093/pubmed/fdab321

Table 3.

Factors associated with depression, stress, and anxiety scales scores in the multivariate analysis

Depression Stress Anxiety
Variable Mean SD P-value Mean SD P-value Mean SD P-value
Country <0.001 <0.001 <0.001
 Afghanistan 9.7 7.8 10.4 6.5 9.4 7.6
 Egypt 17.0 10.1 18.2 9.4 14.4 9.0
 Iraq 14.3 10.3 16.2 10.3 10.7 8.8
 Jordan 9.9 8.7 11.6 8.7 5.3 5.7
 Morocco 9.6 7.7 14.6 8.4 8.4 8.2
 Pakistan 8.3 9.2 10.3 10.2 7.7 8.9
 Somalia 9.3 8.9 10.2 8.3 9.3 8.7
 Sudan 13.9 9.8 15.0 9.3 11.4 8.2
 Yemen 8.2 7.5 10.8 8.3 7.4 7.8
Gender 0.007 0.002 0.321
 Male 11.6 9.8 13.0 9.4 9.3 8.4
 Female 14.0 10.1 15.8 9.9 11.9 9.0
Type of workplace 0.023 0.002 0.321
 Teaching/Academic hospital 12.9 10.2 15.3 9.7 10.0 8.2
 Ministry of Health hospital 13.1 10.1 14.6 9.9 11.0 9.0
 Private hospital 10.9 9.2 11.4 8.8 9.4 8.5
Job title 0.187 0.002 0.604
 Specialist 13.0 9.8 16.1 9.3 10.1 8.2
 General practitioner 13.5 10.6 15.2 10.4 10.5 9.1
 Nurse/Midwife 12.4 9.9 13.5 9.5 11.1 9.0
 Pharmacist 11.6 10.1 12.7 10.1 9.6 9.1
 Laboratory technician 12.8 8.2 14.2 8.5 10.8 7.4
 Radiology technician 10.5 9.6 11.7 8.9 9.7 9.6
Having children <0.001 0.010 0.051
 Yes 13.0 10.3 14.6 9.5 10.4 8.5
 No 12.6 9.8 14.2 10.1 10.8 9.1
Diagnosed with preexisting psychiatric illness <0.001 0.001 0.001
 Yes 16.6 10.5 18.3 9.9 14.8 9.4
 No 12.5 9.9 14.1 9.7 10.3 8.7
Have been isolated due to COVID-19 <0.001 <0.001 <0.001
 Yes 14.0 10.0 16.0 9.8 12.6 9.1
 No 12.1 10.0 13.6 9.7 9.5 8.5
Have friend/colleague infected with COVID-19 <0.001 0.003 0.001
 Yes 13.5 10.1 15.3 9.7 11.1 8.8
 No 9.9 9.4 11.1 9.2 8.5 8.4
Worry from COVID-19 score (Quartiles) <0.001 <0.001 <0.001
  ≤ 43 9.0 8.0 9.7 8.1 7.7 7.1
 44–56 12.5 9.3 14.0 8.4 10.2 8.2
 57–71 13.2 9.1 15.4 8.9 10.8 8.2
  ≥ 72 16.4 11.9 18.7 11.2 13.7 10.4