TABLE 4.

Association between variables related with history of contacts and psychological distress during the pandemic (Ecuador, 2021).

		GHQ
	N (%)	No	Yes	Statistical	p
Contact >15′ <2 m with infected person
Yes, or does not know	616 (58.3)	29.9	70.1	11.217	0.001
No	440 (41.7)	39.8	60.2
Casual contact with infected person
Yes, or does not know	582 (55.1)	28.5	71.5	17.314	<0.001
No	474 (44.9)	40.7	59.3
Any contact with person or material suspicious of being infected
Yes, or does not know	674 (63.8)	30.0	70.0	13.458	<0.001
No	382 (36.2)	41.1	58.9
Infected family member
Yes, or does not know	263 (24.9)	30.4	69.6	1.998	0.157
No	793 (75.1)	35.2	64.8
Having been performed diagnostic test
Yes	183 (17.3)	35.0	65.0	0.094	0.759
No	873 (82.7)	33.8	66.2

Statistically significant results are presented in bold.