Table 1.
Descriptive Statistics for French participants in the COMET Cohort.
| Wave 1 | Wave 2 | Wave 3 | Wave 4 | p * | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| N = 681 | N = 442 | N = 441 | N = 424 | ||
| Socio-demographic | |||||
| Age (in years) | 46.49 (14.92) | --- | --- | --- | |
| Gender | 0.788 | ||||
| Female | 531 (78.6) | 354 (80.9) | 346 (79.0) | 337 (80.2) | |
| Male | 145 (21.4) | 84 (19.1) | 92 (21.0) | 83 (19.8) | |
| Residential Area | <0.001 | ||||
| Urban | 346 (52.0) | --- | --- | 223 (53.6) | |
| Suburban | 137 (20.6) | --- | --- | 90 (21.6) | |
| Rural | 182 (27.4) | --- | --- | 103 (24.8) | |
| Relationship Status | |||||
| Single | 137 (20.2) | 90 (20.6) | --- | 75 (17.9) | 0.884 |
| Married, domestic relationship or civil union | 363 (53.4) | 238 (54.3) | --- | 230 (55.0) | |
| In a steady relationship (cohabitating or not) | 99 (14.6) | 54 (12.3) | --- | 58 (13.9) | |
| Divorced, separated, widowed | 81 (11.9) | 56 (12.9) | --- | 55 (13.2) | |
| Number of people in household | 2.52 (1.25) | 2.14 (0.88) | 2.47 (1.22) | 2.45 (1.22) | 0.593 |
| Education (in years) | 14.52 (3.25) | --- | --- | --- | |
| Occupation | <0.001 | ||||
| Student | 39 (5.8) | --- | --- | 15 (3.6) | |
| Worker | 499 (73.6) | --- | --- | 299 (71.7) | |
| Unemployed | 77 (11.4) | --- | --- | 49 (11.8) | |
| Retired | 63 (9.3) | --- | --- | 54 (13.0) | |
| Change in work frequency | <0.001 | ||||
| No change | 218 (32.2) | 117 (26.7) | 160 (37.2) | 140 (33.6) | |
| Change (more/less) | 280 (41.3) | 206 (47.0) | 162 (37.67) | 152 (36.4) | |
| Job stopped/lost job | 41 (6.1) | 22 (5.0) | 17 (4.0) | 17 (4.1) | |
| Does not apply | 139 (21.0) | 93 (21.2) | 91 (21.2) | 108 (25.9) | |
| Income reduction/government support | <0.001 | ||||
| Neither | 506 (75.4) | 377 (85.7) | 378 (87.7) | 373 (89.9) | |
| Income reduced/support | 44 (6.6) | 12 (2.7) | 12 (2.8) | 3 (0.7) | |
| Income reduced/no support | 121 (18.0) | 51 (11.6) | 41 (9.5) | 39 (9.4) | |
| Financial worries (yes) | 162 (24.0) | 87 (19.8) | 71 (16.8) | 70 (17.0) | 0.008 |
| Health | |||||
| Mental Illness (yes) | 67 (9.9) | --- | --- | 36 (8.6) | <0.001 |
| Substance use (yes) | |||||
| Tobacco | 186 (27.6) | --- | --- | 103 (24.7) | <0.001 |
| Alcohol | 346 (51.3) | --- | --- | 177 (42.6) | <0.001 |
| Medications recreationally/illegal drug | 77 (11.4) | --- | --- | 33 (7.9) | <0.001 |
| COVID-19 related factors | |||||
| Number of COVID-19 regulations imposed | 7.55 (3.14) | 5.74 (2.66) | 6.97 (2.89) | 6.58 (2.23) | <0.001 |
| Considers regulations appropriate | <0.001 | ||||
| Disagree | 137 (20.3) | --- | --- | 146 (35.0) | |
| Neutral | 90 (13.3) | --- | --- | 68 (16.3) | |
| Agree | 449 (66.4) | --- | --- | 203 (48.7) | |
| Frequency of going outdoors | <0.001 | ||||
| Never/rarely | 275 (40.7) | 46 (10.5) | 104 (24.1) | 68 (16.3) | |
| 3 days/week | 400 (59.3) | 394 (89.6) | 327 (75.9) | 349 (83.7) | |
| Quarantine for (suspected) COVID-19 (yes) | 47 (7.0) | 42 (9.7) | --- | --- | <0.001 |
| Know someone who’s been infected by COVID-19 (yes) | 486 (71.8) | 312 (70.8) | 355 (82.4) | 365 (87.5) | <0.001 |
| Experienced distress related to the coronavirus | 0.006 | ||||
| Very little | 346 (50.9) | 265 (60.5) | 239 (55.5) | 198 (47.6) | |
| Some | 286 (42.1) | 150 (34.3) | 159 (36.9) | 185 (44.5) | |
| A lot | 48 (7.1) | 23 (5.3) | 33 (7.7) | 33 (7.9) | |
| Social support score | 9.97 (2.36) | 9.80 (2.48) | 9.80 (2.46) | 10.00 (2.47) | 0.395 |
| Loneliness score | 2.54 (1.18) | 2.46 (1.15) | 2.58 (1.17) | 2.66 (1.19) | 0.109 |
| Patient Health Questionnaire (PHQ-9) score | 6.38 (5.63) | 4.78 (4.87) | 6.45 (5.48) | 6.07 (5.25) | <0.001 |
| Depression score >9 | 158 (24.0) | 58 (13.7) | 102 (24.3) | 87 (21.5) | <0.001 |
| Generalized Anxiety Disorder scale (GAD-7) score | 4.81 (4.93) | 4.06 (4.55) | 4.97 (4.67) | 4.76 (4.73) | 0.022 |
| Anxiety score >9 | 104 (15.6) | 48 (11.1) | 70 (16.5) | 63 (15.4) | 0.108 |
Numbers are represented as n (%) for categorical variables or mean (S.D.) for continuous variables. (---) data not collected during the wave; p *: p-value indicating the response differences between each data wave; Wave 1: 4 May–7 July 2020; wave 2: 4 September–5 October 2020; wave 3: 7 December 2020–10 January 2021; wave 4: 19 March–23 April 2021.