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. 2022 Aug 12;17(8):e0269740. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0269740

Table 2. The severity and screening for anxiety disorder.

Self-reported anxiety disorder
severity
Screening for anxiety disorder P-value
None Mild Moderate Severe Negative Positive
Number of participants 1160 308 85 30 1468 115
%
(95% C.I.)
73.3
(71.0–75.4)
19.5
(17.6–21.5)
5.4
(4.4–6.6)
1.9
(1.3–2.7)
92.7
(91.3–93.9)
7.3
(6.0–8.7)
Demographic factors
Gender, n(%) <0.001 a
    Female 739 (74.6) 199 (20.1) 39 (3.9) 14 (1.4) 938 (94.7) 53 (5.3)
    Male 421 (71.1) 109 (18.4) 46 (7.8) 16 (2.7) 530 (89.5) 62 (10.5)
Marital status, n(%) 0.208b
    Single 1152 (73.3) 306 (19.5) 85 (5.4) 28 (1.8) 1458 (92.8) 113 (7.2)
    Other 8 (66.7) 2 (16.7) 0 (0.0) 2 (16.7) 10 (83.3) 2 (16.7)
Having difficulty in paying for healthcare service, n(%) <0.001 a
    No 662 (80.4) 122 (14.8) 32 (3.9) 7 (0.9) 784 (95.3) 39 (4.7)
    Yes 498 (65.5) 186 (24.5) 53 (7.0) 23 (3.0) 684 (90.0) 76 (10.0)
Academic factors
Academic major, n(%) 0.252a
    Doctor of General Medicine 747 (72.4) 203 (19.7) 64 (6.2) 18 (1.7) 950 (92.1) 82 (7.9)
    Doctor of Preventive Medicine 228 (74.0) 59 (19.2) 15 (4.9) 6 (1.9) 287 (93.2) 21 (6.8)
    Bachelor of Nursing 185 (76.1) 46 (18.9) 6 (2.5) 6 (2.5) 231 (95.1) 12 (4.9)
Having clinical experience, n(%) 0.394a
    No 396 (72.3) 108 (19.7) 31 (5.7) 13 (2.4) 504 (92.0) 44 (8.0)
    Yes 764 (73.8) 200 (19.3) 54 (5.2) 17 (1.6) 964 (93.1) 71 (6.9)
Health factors, n(%)
BMI classification, n(%) 0.126a
    Underweight 224 (69.6) 74 (23.0) 16 (5.0) 8 (2.5) 298 (92.5) 24 (7.5)
    Normal 760 (74.1) 195 (19.0) 52 (5.1) 19 (1.9) 955 (93.1) 71 (6.9)
    Overweight 157 (75.1) 37 (17.7) 12 (5.7) 3 (1.4) 194 (92.8) 15 (7.2)
    Obese 19 (73.1) 2 (7.7) 5 (19.2) 0 (0.0) 21 (80.8) 5 (19.2)
COVID-19 symptoms, n(%) 0.355a
    Has no symptoms 965 (75.6) 224 (17.5) 65 (5.1) 23 (1.8) 1189 (93.1) 88 (6.9)
    Has only atypical symptoms 157 (64.3) 67 (27.5) 18 (7.4) 2 (0.8) 224 (91.8) 20 (8.2)
    Has at least one typical symptom 38 (61.3) 17 (27.4) 2 (3.2) 5 (8.1) 55 (88.7) 7 (11.3)
Having chronic diseases, n(%) 0.539a
    No 1081 (73.6) 282 (19.2) 77 (5.2) 28 (1.9) 1363 (92.8) 105 (7.2)
    Yes 79 (68.7) 26 (22.6) 8 (7.0) 2 (1.7) 105 (91.3) 10 (8.7)
Fear of COVID-19, n(%) <0.001 a
    Q1 350 (81.4) 64 (14.9) 11 (2.6) 5 (1.2) 414 (96.3) 16 (3.7)
    Q2 294 (77.2) 71 (18.6) 14 (3.7) 2 (0.5) 365 (95.8) 16 (4.2)
    Q3 420 (68.6) 137 (22.4) 44 (7.2) 11 (1.8) 557 (91.0) 55 (9.0)
    Q4 96 (60.0) 36 (22.5) 16 (10.0) 12 (7.5) 132 (82.5) 28 (17.5)

Statistical comparison between screened negative and positive using.

a Chi-square test for categorical variable—display as n(%).

b Fisher-exact test for categorical variable—display as n(%).

The bold p-value indicated statistical significance (p<0.05).

BMI: Body Mass Index, COVID-19: Coronavirus Disease of 2019, the FCoV-19S score was divided into four groups based on quartiles: Q1, Q2, Q3, and Q4. Q1 group contained 25% participants with the lowest score from 7 to 13 points; Q2 group consisted of 25% participants with medium low score from 14 to 20 points; Q3 group was 25% participants with medium high score from 21 to 27 points; Q4 group was 25% participants with highest score from 28 to 35 points.