Psychological effects of, and compliance with, self-isolation among COVID-19 patients in South Batinah Governorate, Oman: a cross-sectional study

Table 5 Relationship between IES-R means and patients’ characteristics

	Mean	SD	p value
Nationality^†
Omani	21.53	17.59	0.229
Non-Omani	15.44	11.90	0.229
Gender^†
Man	19.06	16.50	0.003*
Woman	24.73	18.28	0.003*
Place^‡
Awabi	22.09	22.59	0.957
Barka	21.56	18.05
Musanaa	20.57	16.85
Nakhal	24.05	18.08
Rustaq	21.11	15.68
Wadi Mawel	21.14	21.59
Outside SBG	19.36	16.94
Age^‡
Less than 30	21.01	17.80	0.141
31–40	20.66	17.01
More than 40	22.90	1756
Social status^‡
Married	20.85	16.77	0.671
Single	21.56	18.28
Divorced and widowed	26.88	22.90
Education^‡
Primary	22.72	19.02	0.782
Secondary	21.16	16.92
Diploma/Bachelor/ or higher	20.73	17.21
Work^‡
Governmental work	20.16	16.63	0.525
Private	22.96	18.58
I don’t work	20.62	16.86
No of children‡
1–2 Children	20.64	16.79	0.653
≥ 3 children	22.22	17.70
I don’t have children	20.64	17.71
No of household members^‡
5 or less	20.81	17.84	0.788
6–10	21.49	17.84
11 or more	21.23	17.14
Comorbidities†
No	20.55	16.68	0.328
Yes	23.95	19.78	0.328
Duration of isolation^‡
14 days	20.63	16.60	0.002*
Less than 14 days	13.37	10.34
More than 14 days	24.50	19.36
Communication by the health facility^‡
No	26.12	20.57	0.498
Yes, daily	20.01	16.90
Few times	21.36	17.274
Salary affected^†
Yes	27.79	19.91	0.003*
No	19.90	16.55	0.003*
Month of diagnosis^†
February–June	20.63	16.60	0.876
July–November	21.57	17.80	0.876
Shortage of essential items
No	19.35	16.04	< 0.001*
Yes	32.87	20.77