Table 2.

Descriptive statistics and internal consistency of instruments and frequencies with anxiety levels equal to or greater than the cutoff scores on the anxiety and impairment measures.

Instruments	n	M	SD	α	f	%
Anxiety, impairment and distress measures
WAQ (retrospective)	356	17.36	12.23	0.94
GAD					47	13.20
Non-GAD					309	86.80
WAQ (current)	356	21.71	14.09	0.95
Presence of an anxiety disorder					80	22.53
Non-GAD					275	77.47
PSWQ	343	17.49	6.57	0.92
≥ cutoff score					69	20.12
< cutoff score					274	79.88
GAD-7	337	5.03	4.78	0.95
Presence of an anxiety disorder					78	23.15
Absence of an anxiety disorder					259	76.85
Little anxiety					184	54.60
Mild anxiety					100	29.67
Moderate anxiety					36	10.68
Severe anxiety					17	5.04
CSSa	332	30.41	23.09	0.93
≥ 2 SD from the mean					21	6.33
< 2 SD from the mean					311	93.67
SDS	327	6.86	7.12	0.96
≥ cutoff score					55	16.82
< cutoff score					272	83.18
Distress-health standards	356	4.12	2.90	–
Measures of psychological factors
IUI-a	320	18.53	7.37	0.95
BMQ	304	49.23	16.42	0.83
IWS	300	13.57	5.57	0.72
DJGLS	300	2.89	1.89	0.88

Note. WAQ (retrospective) = retrospective Worry and Anxiety Questionnaire; WAQ (current) = current Worry and Anxiety Questionnaire; PSWQ = short form of the Penn State Worry Questionnaire; GAD-7 = Generalized Anxiety Disorder 7- items scale; CSS = COVID Stress Scales; SDS = Sheehan Disability Scale; IUI-a = short form of the Intolerance of Uncertainty Scale-Part A; BMQ = Behavioral Manifestations Questionnaire; IWS = Illness Worry Scale; DJGLS = de Jong-Gierveld Loneliness Scale; Distress-health standards = Item measuring distress related to COVID-19 health standards. ^a Since there is no cutoff score on the CSS, results were compared to a score that was 2 SD away from the mean.