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. 2022 Jul 30;19(15):9343. doi: 10.3390/ijerph19159343

Table 2.

Factors associated with post-traumatic stress.

Variables Post-Traumatic Stress p *
No (n = 223) Yes (n = 339)
n (%) n (%)
Age (years) ** 14.16 ± 1.52 14.59 ± 1.31 0.001
Gender <0.001
 Male 42 (63.6) 24 (36.4)
 Female 181 (36.5) 315 (63.5)
School grade 0.001
 First 47 (56.6) 36 (43.4)
 Second 31 (49.2) 32 (50.8)
 Third 28 (39.4) 43 (60.6)
 Fourth 46 (31.5) 100 (68.5)
 Fifth 71 (35.7) 128 (64.3)
Compliance with isolation measures 0.823
 No 9 (37.5) 15 (62.5)
 Yes 214 (39.8) 324 (60.2)
COVID-19 pandemic severity degree 0.562
 Very serious 159 (39.5) 244 (60.6)
 Serious 43 (39.5) 66 (60.6)
 Neutral 12 (44.4) 15 (55.6)
 Overrated 2 (20.0) 8 (80.0)
 Really overrated 7 (53.9) 6 (46.2)
Trust in the government to manage the COVID-19 pandemic <0.001
 Much trust 12 (66.7) 6 (33.3)
 Little trust 79 (51.0) 76 (49.0)
 Not trust, nor distrust 55 (30.9) 123 (69.1)
 Little distrust 43 (36.1) 76 (63.9)
 Much distrust 34 (37.0) 58 (63.0)
Family member who have suffered from COVID-19 0.224
 No 60 (44.1) 76 (55.9)
 Yes 163 (38.3) 263 (61.7)
Family member deceased due to COVID-19 0.907
 No 114 (39.5) 175 (60.6)
 Yes 109 (39.9) 164 (60.1)
Previous history of mental health disorder <0.001
 No 219 (44.4) 274 (55.6)
 Yes 4 (5.8) 65 (94.2)
Mental health support search <0.001
 No 205 (44.5) 256 (55.5)
 Yes 18 (17.9) 83 (82.2)
Depression <0.001
 Minimal 91 (81.3) 21 (18.8)
 Mild 59 (41.6) 83 (58.5)
 Moderate 21 (22.6) 72 (77.4)
 Moderate to serious 5 (7.7) 60 (92.3)
 Serious 0 (0.0) 63 (100)
Anxiety <0.001
 No 124 (70.9) 51 (29.1)
 Mild 34 (26.4) 95 (73.6)
 Moderate 11 (12.1) 80 (87.9)
 Severe 1 (1.5) 67 (98.5)
Resilience ** 26.99 ± 8.26 22.78 ±7.58 <0.001
Alcohol 0.179
 Low risk 175 (38.2) 283 (61.8)
 Medium risk 8 (27.6) 21 (72.4)
 High risk 0 (0.0) 4 (100.0)
 Probable addiction 0 (0.0) 2 (100.0)
Childhood trauma <0.001
 No 124 (47.2) 139 (52.9)
 Yes 42 (21.7) 152 (78.4)
Family APGAR <0.001
 Normal 129 (62.9) 76 (37.1)
 Mild 42 (30.9) 94 (62.1)
 Moderate 23 (22.8) 78 (77.2)
 Severe 29 (24.2) 91 (75.8)

* p value calculated with the chi-square of independence. ** Mean and standard deviation. p value calculated with the Student’s t test.