TABLE 5.

Visual Analog Scale (VAS) for depression, anxiety, pain and dyspnea.

	Day 1				Day 2
	COVID-19 (n = 79)	Non-COVID-19 (n = 50)	Difference	P-value	COVID-19 (n = 55)	Non-COVID-19 (n = 36)	Difference	P-value
Depression	4 [1-7]a	1.5 [1-6]	2.5	0.016	4 [1-7]b	2 [1-5]a	2	0.341
Anxiety	4 [1-7]b	2 [1-4]	2	0.015	2 [1-7.5]b	1 [1-4]a	1	0.110
Pain	1 [1-4]c	2 [1-5]	1	0.171	1 [1-2.25]a	4 [2-5]a	3	0.000
Dyspnea in rest	3 [1-6]c	2 [1-4]	1	0.052	3 [1.4.25]a	2 [1-4]a	1	0.074
Dyspnea while walking1	6 [2-9]	4 [2-6]	2	0.052	5 [2-7]	2.5 [1-5]	2.5	0.063

Data are presented as median [IQR].

All VAS scores result in a total score ranging from 0-10, whereat 0 represents not being depressed, no anxiety, no pain and no shortness of breath. The maximum score of 10 stands for feeling depressed, being very anxious, feeling the worst possible pain and being maximally short of breath.

^aThis question contains one missing value.

^bThis question contains two missing values.

^cThis question contains three missing values.

¹Patients were asked to rate their level of dyspnea when walking to the toilet. Patients who could not walk were not able to answer the question. Therefore, there were sixteen missing values in the COVID-19 group, and eight missing values in the non-COVID-19 group on day 1. For day 2 this was six in both groups.