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. 2022 Mar 8;8(3):e32694. doi: 10.2196/32694

Table 2.

Differences and interactions between phasesa and transition of SIb on different scales.


Phase Mean score (SD) Effect of phase Effect of group Interaction


No SI Improved SI Worsened SI Persistent SI F (df) P
value
ηG2c F (df) P
value
ηG2 F (df) P
value
ηG2
LSNS-6d

1 16.84 (3.71) 7.89 (2.77) 14.58 (2.73) 5.50 (3.31) 15.18 (1, 7889) <.001 0.000 8071.80 (3, 7889) <.001 0.640 2046.36 (3, 7889) <.001 0.066

2 16.46 (3.55) 14.56 (2.83) 7.81 (2.93) 5.21 (3.28) N/Ae N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A
UCLA-LS3f

1 19.56 (4.67) 23.07 (4.61) 22.26 (4.55) 26.41 (5.20) 10.51 (1, 7889) .001 0.000 1096.28 (3, 7889) <.001 0.259 38.59 (3, 7889) <.001 0.002

2 19.87 (4.86) 22.13 (4.76) 23.38 (4.59) 26.62 (5.33) N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A
K6g

1 3.99 (4.38) 5.23 (5.37) 4.96 (4.88) 6.12 (5.77) 536.70 (1, 7889) <.001 0.013 103.10 (3, 7889) <.001 0.030 2.64 (3, 7889) .048 0.000

2 2.63 (4.01) 3.37 (4.87) 3.68 (4.82) 4.71 (5.63) N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A
PHQ-9h

1 3.05 (4.06) 4.41 (5.39) 4.19 (5.05) 5.53 (5.93) 168.90 (1, 7889) <.001 0.004 126.46 (3, 7889) <.001 0.038 2.32 (3, 7889) .073 0.000

2 2.4 (3.89) 3.27 (5.19) 3.49 (4.88) 4.77 (6.07) N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A

aPhase 1: between May 11 and 12, 2020, in the final phase of the first state of emergency; phase 2: between February 24 and 28, 2021, in the final phase of the second state of emergency.

bSI: social isolation.

cηG2: 0.010, small; 0.060, medium; 0.140, large.

dLSNS-6: Lubben Social Network Scale (shortened version).

eN/A: not applicable.

fUCLA-LS3: University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA) Loneliness Scale, Version 3.

gK6: Kessler Psychological Distress Scale-6.

hPHQ-9: Patient Health Questionnaire-9.