Table 3.

Subgroup analysis of the pooled mean of fear of COVID-19 by continent and publication year.

Characteristic	Group	Number	Pooled mean	95% CI	Heterogeneity	Subgroup differences test
					I2 (%)	Q	df	p
Continent	Asia	6	17.63	15.64–19.62	99.0	55.20	3	<0.001
	Europe	6	16.52	15.26–17.77	97.4
	America	2	16.71	14.00–19.43	94.8
	Multiple	2	21.55	20.77–22.33	68.7
Publication year	2020	11	18.13	16.56–19.71	99.1	2.95	1	0.086
	2021	5	16.43	15.28–17.57	94.6