Table 4.
Mental health state, age, mental disorder history, and suicide attempt history by quarantine sub-periods.
| Quarantine sub-periods | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mental health-related variablesa | 1. First week pre-extension (n = 1,490) | 2. Second week pre-extension (n = 495) | 3. First extension (n = 766) | 4. Second/third extensions (n = 594) | 5. Fourth extension (n = 652) | 6. Fifth extension (n = 1,016) |
| Self-perceived health | 5.25 (± 0.08) | 5.31 (± 0.15) | 5.43 (±0.13) | 6.21 (± 0.15) | 6.16 (± 0.13) | 6.19 (± 0.11) |
| Psychological discomfort | 3.15 (± 0.05) | 3.08 (± 0.08) | 3.19 (± 0.07) | 3.67 (± 0.08) | 3.65 (± 0.07) | 3.67 (± 0.06) |
| Social functioning and coping | 2.11 (± 0.05) | 2.23 (± 0.08) | 2.24 (± 0.07) | 2.54 (± 0.08) | 2.52 (± 0.08) | 2.51 (± 0.06) |
| Psychological distress | 26.08 (± 0.21) | 25.92 (± 0.37) | 24.92 (± 0.29) | 27.00 (± 0.36) | 27.00 (± 0.32) | 27.33 (± 0.26) |
| Age | 22.47 (± 0.10) | 23.40 (± 0.24) | 27.74 (± 0.38) | 28.27 (± 0.40) | 26.48 (± 0.37) | 28.08 (± 0.33) |
| Mental disorder history (presence or absence) | 25.91% presence, 74.09% absence | 24.04% presence, 75.96% absence | 26.76% presence, 73.24% absence | 27.44% presence, 72.56% absence | 25.46% presence, 74.54% absence | 29.92% presence, 70.08% absence |
| Suicide attempt history (presence, absence, ideation) | 7.92% presence, 51.54% absence, 40.54% ideation | 9.29% presence, 53.53% absence, 37.17% ideation | 8.49% presence, 59.79% absence, 31.72% ideation | 9.76% presence, 58.08% absence, 32.15% ideation | 7.21% presence, 60.74% absence, 32.05% ideation | 8.17% presence, 61.02% absence, 30.81% ideation |
1. First week pre-extension = First week of quarantine before extension, including participants answering during 17–23 March 2020; 2. Second week pre-extension = Second week of quarantine before extension, including participants answering during 24–29 March 2020; 3. First extension = Sub-period after the first quarantine extension, including participants answering during 30 March to 10 April 2020; 4. Second/third extensions = Sub-period after the second quarantine extension and including the third extension, with participants answering during 11 April to 08 May 2020; 5. Fourth extension = Sub-period after the fourth quarantine extension, including participants answering during 09–23 May 2020; 6. Fifth extension = Sub-period after the fifth quarantine extension, including participants answering during 24 May to 04 June 2020.
For the variables self-perceived health, psychological discomfort, social functioning and coping, psychological distress, and age, mean, and standard error are informed, while for mental disorder history, and suicide attempt history, percentages are informed.