Table 4.

Anxiety “Hamilton Anxiety Rating Scale” in SLE patients during COVID-19 outbreak

	With HCQ shortage (76)	Without HCQ shortage (28)	P value
Anxiety level	28.61 ± 10.83	22.11 ± 9.57	0.0058*
Mild	5 (6.6%)	8 (28.6%)	0.006*
Mild to moderate	22 (28.9%)	11 (39.3%)
Moderate to severe	33 (43.4%)	6 (21.4%)
Severe	16 (21.1%)	3 (10.7%)

SLE systemic lupus erythematosus, HCQ hydroxychloroquine

*Significant P value if p < 0.05