Table 2.

Comparison of DASS score among different sociodemographic variables

Variables	N (%)	Anxiety symptoms score		Depression symptoms score		Stress symptoms score
		($\overline{\mathit{x}}\mathit{\pm }\mathit{SD}$)	P	($\overline{\mathit{x}}\mathit{\pm }\mathit{SD}$)	P	($\overline{\mathit{x}}\mathit{\pm }\mathit{SD}$)	P
Gender
Male	889(28.6)	1.57 ± 2.67	0.039	2.27 ± 3.17	0.032	2.46 ± 3.37	0.009
Female	2224(71.4)	1.36 ± 2.25		2.00 ± 2.80		2.12 ± 2.95
Age group (Year)
18–20	1489(47.8)	1.31 ± 2.26	0.020	1.91 ± 2.70	0.004	1.96 ± 2.85	< 0.001
21–23	1444(46.4)	1.50 ± 2.46		2.21 ± 3.05		2.44 ± 3.21
> 23	180(5.8)	1.69 ± 2.62		2.54 ± 3.37		2.62 ± 3.58
Major
Art	1169(37.6)	1.34 ± 2.20	0.295	1.95 ± 2.67	0.079	2.12 ± 2.90	0.385
Science	589(28.9)	1.43 ± 2.49		2.05 ± 2.89		2.22 ± 3.17
Medical	1355(43.5)	1.49 ± 2.47		2.21 ± 3.12		2.29 ± 3.18
Ethnicity
Han	3012(96.8)	1.41 ± 2.37	0.107	2.07 ± 2.91	0.205	2.19 ± 3.05	0.045
Other	101(3.2)	1.84 ± 2.64		2.47 ± 3.07		2.96 ± 3.76
Residence place
Village	1851(59.5)	1.40 ± 2.34	0.451	2.10 ± 2.95	0.743	2.20 ± 3.06	0.685
City	1262(40.5)	1.46 ± 2.44		2.06 ± 2.87		2.24 ± 3.10
Health condition
Fair or poor health	200(6.4)	3.27 ± 3.74	< 0.001	4.35 ± 4.76	< 0.001	4.56 ± 4.55	< 0.001
Good health	2913(93.6)	1.30 ± 2.20		1.93 ± 2.68		2.06 ± 2.88
Isolating status and confirmed cases around
Ever been quarantined or isolated
Yes	1219(39.2)	1.48 ± 2.35	0.299	2.28 ± 3.06	0.003	2.35 ± 3.13	0.054
No	1894(60.8)	1.39 ± 2.40		1.96 ± 2.81		2.13 ± 3.04
Have confirmed cases in current city
Yes	2652(85.2)	1.43 ± 2.36	0.555	2.13 ± 2.98	0.025	2.24 ± 3.10	0.197
No or not sure	461(14.8)	1.36 ± 2.47		1.83 ± 2.54		2.05 ± 2.93
Have confirmed cases in current community or village
Yes	132(4.2)	1.86 ± 2.85	0.070	2.40 ± 3.50	0.283	2.63 ± 3.53	0.170
No or not sure	2981(95.8)	1.40 ± 2.35		2.07 ± 2.89		2.20 ± 3.05
Have confirmed cases among relatives and friends
Yes	12(0.4)	4.92 ± 4.93	0.031	5.42 ± 5.70	0.067	5.33 ± 5.48	0.074
No or not sure	3101(99.6)	1.41 ± 2.36		2.07 ± 2.89		2.20 ± 3.06
Attitudes to COVID-19 epidemic
Optimistic	2921(93.8)	1.31 ± 2.18	< 0.001	1.91 ± 2.64	< 0.001	2.85 ± 0.05	< 0.001
Neutral	63(2.0)	3.54 ± 4.77		5.70 ± 6.23		4.83 ± 5.62
Pessimistic	129(4.1)	3.06 ± 3.67		4.25 ± 4.17		4.67 ± 4.39
Current smoking
Yes	2942(94.5)	1.92 ±2.90	0.020	2.71 ± 3.78	0.024	2.84 ± 3.61	0.021
No	171(5.5)	1.39 ±2.34		2.05 ± 2.86		2.18 ± 3.04
Current drinking
Yes	2329(74.8)	1.68 ± 2.55	0.001	2.46 ± 3.13	< 0.001	2.53 ± 3.24	0.002
No	784(25.2)	1.33 ± 2.31		1.96 ± 2.83		2.11 ± 3.01