Table 3.

EQ-5D total score during the first hospitalization and during the lockdown period according to the gender of patients.

Patients	Period	Mean total score	Mean difference	Z-score*	p value*
Women	Baseline	10.41	− 2.703	− 3.052	0.0023
	Lockdown	7.70
Men	Baseline	8.82	− 0.783	− 1.019	0.3083
	Lockdown	8.03
All	Baseline	9.42	− 1.515	− 2.757	0.0058
	Lockdown	7.91

Overall, and in women, the total QOL score improved during the lock-down as compared to the first hospital admission.

Baseline period—during the first hospitalization. Lockdown period—during the pandemic.

*According to paired Wilcoxon Signed Ranks Test.