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Table 2 The GAD-7 and BDI findings of participants

From: Factors affecting anxiety and depression during the first wave of the COVID-19 pandemic: a cross-sectional study of three different populations

Variables

General population

Frontline health workers

Covid-19 inpatients

F/χ2

p

Prevalence of anxiety

103 (63.6%)

100 (76.3%)

30 (34.9%)

38.196

< 0.001

Prevalence of depression

75 (46.3%)

92 (70.2%)

29 (33.7%)

31.039

< 0.001

GAD7 M ± SD

6.70 ± 4.89

(0–20)

8.52 ± 5.01

(0–21)

4.5 ± 4.66

(0–20)

17.711

< 0.001

Beck M ± SD

10.95 ± 8.77

(0–36)

15.64 ± 9.95

(0–42)

8.54 ± 7.50

(0–40)

18.374

< 0.001

Severity of anxiety symptoms n (%)

  

 Normal

59 (36.4)

31 (23.7)

56 (65.1)

42.110

< 0.001

 Mild

63 (38.9)

49 (37.4)

18 (20.9)

 Middle

27 (16.7)

33 (25.2)

7 (8.1)

 Severe

13 (8)

18 (13.7)

5 (5.8)

Severity of depression symptoms n (%)

  

 Normal

87 (53.7)

39 (29.8)

57 (66.3)

41.359

< 0.001

 Mild

49 (30.2)

44 (33.6)

20 (23.3)

 Middle

16 (9.9)

38 (29)

7 (8.1)

 Severe

10 (6.2)

10 (7.6)

2 (2.3)

  1. F = one-way ANOVA, χ2 = Chi-square test