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Table 3 Means and standard deviations of measures between the participants of governorates of 3 geographical parts of Iraq (N = 1591)

From: COVID-19-related anxiety disorder in Iraq during the pandemic: an online cross-sectional study

Scales and subscales

Northern governorates, M (SD)

Middle governorates, M (SD)

Southern governorates, M (SD)

F

df

P value

Total HAQ

0.89 (0.44)

0.9 (0.47)

1.07 (0.49)

25.459

2

< 0.001**

Health worry and preoccupation

0.92 (0.51)

0.94 (0.54)

1.09 (0.56)

17.820

2

< 0.001**

Fear of illness and death

0.94 (0.57)

0.94 (0.58)

1.14 (0.62)

20.341

2

< 0.001**

Reassurance-seeking behavior

1.08 (0.65)

1.1 (0.64)

1.22 (0.67)

7.379

2

0.001*

Interference with life

0.52 (0.62)

0.51 (0.57)

0.71 (0.75)

15.360

2

< 0.001**

Specific COVID-19 anxiety

1.69 (0.47)

1.57 (0.51)

1.68 (0.45)

6.636

2

0.001*

  1. M mean, SD standard deviation, F one-way ANOVA, df degree of freedom
  2. *P value < 0.05 is significant; **P value < 0.001 is highly significant