Table 7.

Average score of the Self-rating depression scale (SDS) 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
SDS score	47.28 (9.93)	41.94 (11.74)	5.34 (0.09–10.58)	0.046	0.49
	COVID-19 patients (n = 90) mean (SD)	General population (n = 2,249) mean (SD)	Mean difference between groups (95% CI)	P -value	Effect size
SDS score	47.28 (9.93)	41.88 (10.75)	5.40 (3.14–7.66)	<0.001	0.52