Table 1.

Stressors related to COVID-19

Prevalence of somewhat/very in %	Girls N = 252		Boys N = 301		Generalized Estimating Equations models1 (P value)
	2020	2021	2020	2021	Time	Girl	Time*girl
1.My family has experienced financial problems	4.8	8.3	6.0	4.7	0.428	0.524	0.063
2.Unable to spend time in person with my friends or family	38.1	35.7	30.2	22.9	0.015	0.052	0.217
3.Unable to participate in social activities and normal routines	41.3	37.5	34.2	27.9	0.043	0.088	0.538
4.Having to change, postpone, or cancel important plans or events	47.2	44.8	32.6	28.9	0.243	< 0.001	0.732
5.Challenges at home or with others	9.9	15.1	5.3	6.3	0.564	0.043	0.437
6.My family has experienced trouble getting groceries or other needed supplies	5.6	3.6	3.0	1.7	0.252	0.140	0.831
7.Watching or hearing distressing news reports about COVID-19	25.0	19.4	16.0	9.0	0.004	0.009	0.242
8.Not being sure about myself or someone close to me getting COVID-19	26.2	20.2	17.9	15.0	0.241	0.020	0.653
9.Myself or someone close to me having symptoms or being diagnosed with COVID-19	26.2	21.8	20.3	13.0	0.005	0.104	0.262
10.Trouble getting medical care or mental health services	9.1	14.3	6.0	4.3	0.314	0.166	0.040
11.Not being sure about when COVID-19 will end or what will happen in the future	34.9	29.0	20.6	19.9	0.806	< 0.001	0.313
12.Difficulty completing my school/ work responsibilities online	17.1	12.4	17.7	14.6	0.225	0.852	0.597
13.Unable to complete educational or work requirements	14.7	14.7	13.6	11.3	0.317	0.721	0.485
14.Needing to take on greater family and /or work responsibilities	8.3	8.7	7.0	5.3	0.331	0.557	0.406
Sum of stress scores (means ± SD)	26.0 ± 6.5	24.9 ± 7.4	23.8 ± 6.7	22.3 ± 6.5	< 0.001	< 0.001	0.529

¹The p value is derived from Generalized Estimating Equations. The Odds ratio and 95% confidence were included in the supplement Table 2