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. 2021 Jul;42(7):750–760. doi: 10.15537/smj.2021.42.7.20210181

Table 1.

- Demographic and clinical characteristic of respondents (n=2909).

Demographic and clinical characteristic Low stress (%) Moderate stress (%) High stress (%) Frequency (%) P-value
Age groups (years) <0.001
18-29 17.90 57.90 24.20 1640 (56.4)
30-39 27.70 60.80 11.50 530 (18.2)
40-49 40.20 53.40 6.50 386 (13.3)
50-59 57.60 37.80 4.50 288 (9.9)
≥60 67.70 32.30 0.00 65 (2.2)
Gender <0.001
Male 38.70 53.60 7.80 760 (26.1)
Female 23.80 55.90 20.30 2149 (73.9)
Nationality 0.163
Saudi 28.00 55.00 17.00 2787 (95.8)
Non-Saudi 20.50 61.50 18.00 122 (4.2)
Region of residence <0.001
Central 28.80 56.50 14.70 1695 (58.3)
Western 25.40 53.10 21.60 552 (19.0)
Eastern 26.20 55.10 18.70 363 (12.5)
Southern 34.60 50.30 15.20 191 (6.6)
Northern 14.80 57.40 27.80 108 (3.7)
Level of education 0.224
Below high school level 26.80 61.00 12.20 41 (1.4)
High school level 25.90 54.10 20.00 486 (16.7)
University level or above 28.00 55.40 16.50 2382 (81.9)
Marital status <0.001
Single 18.70 58.40 22.90 1627 (55.9)
Married 39.30 51.40 9.30 1159 (39.8)
Divorced/widow 37.40 50.40 12.20 123 (4.2)
Do you have children? <0.001
Yes 39.60 51.60 8.90 1094 (37.6)
No 20.50 57.50 22.00 1815 (62.4)
Occupation <0.001
Healthcare professional 28.50 56.00 15.50 193 (6.7)
Employed 35.00 55.50 9.40 965 (33.3)
Housewife 40.40 47.20 12.40 322 (11.1)
Unemployed 27.00 52.70 20.30 404 (13.9)
Student 16.90 58.20 24.90 1017 (35.1)
Housing status <0.001
Own home 33.60 54.20 12.20 1183 (40.7)
Living with family 21.20 55.90 22.90 1137 (39.1)
Renting 28.20 55.60 16.20 532 (18.3)
Other 28.10 61.40 10.50 57 (2.0)
Are you disciplined with quarantine? 0.486
Always 28.30 54.50 17.20 2200 (75.6)
Often 25.50 57.60 16.90 674 (23.2)
Never 28.60 62.90 8.60 35 (1.2)
How many days spent in quarantine? 0.032
Less than 20 days 31.40 54.10 14.40 229 (7.9)
20-39 days 29.30 58.90 11.80 314 (10.8)
40-59 days 21.10 63.00 15.90 459 (15.8)
60 days and more 28.50 53.00 18.50 1907 (65.6)
Smoking 0.004
Smoker 33.90 52.20 13.90 360 (12.4)
Non-smoker 26.80 55.70 17.50 2549 (87.6)
Do you have any chronic disease? 0.005
Yes 34.50 49.90 15.60 423 (14.5)
No 26.50 56.20 17.30 2486 (85.5)
Are you diagnosed with any psychiatric disease? <0.001
Yes 13.60 54.50 31.90 191 (6.6)
No 28.70 55.30 16.00 2718 (93.4)