Table 5.

Average score of the Self-rating anxiety scale (SAS) reported by COVID-19 survivors, healthy participants, and the general population.

	COVID-19 patients (n = 90) mean (SD)	Healthy participants (n = 18) mean (SD)	Mean difference between groups (95% CI)	P-value	Effect size
SAS score	45.72 (10.79)	39.72 (11.87)	6.00 (0.38–11.62)	0.036	0.52
	COVID-19 patients (n = 90) mean (SD)	General population (n = 2,249) mean (SD)	Mean difference between groups (95% CI)	P -value	Effect size
SAS score	45.72 (10.79)	29.78 (0.46)	15.94 (15.49–16.39)	<0.001	2.09