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Table 1 Sociodemographic and clinical characteristics of study participants

From: Post-traumatic stress symptoms among an Egyptian sample of post-remission COVID-19 survivors: prevalence and sociodemographic and clinical correlates

Variable

COVID-19 survivors (n = 85)

Control (n = 85)

t

P value

Age

Mean ± SD

36.0 ± 9.40

33.7 ± 9.37

1.58

0.117

 

No

%

No

%

χ2

 

Sex

Female

69

81.2

62

72.9

1.63

0.202

Male

16

18.2

23

27.1

Level of education

Low to moderate

53

62.4

48

56.5

0.61

0.435

High

32

37.6

37

43.5

Residence

Rural

55

64.7

46

54.1

1.976

0.160

Urban

30

35.3

39

45.9

Marital status

Married

75

88.2

66

77.6

3.37

0.066

Not married

10

11.8

19

22.4

Occupation

Skilled

77

90.6

70

82.4

2.65

0.266

Employee

7

8.2

12

14.1

Unemployed

1

1.2

3

2.4

Hx of medical illnesses

Yes

19

22.4

11

12.9

2.590

0.108

No

66

77.6

74

87.1

Hx of psychiatric illnesses

Yes

9

10.6

6

7.1

0.083

0.773

No

76

89.4

79

92.9

HADS scoring

Mean ± SD

  

MWU

 

Depression

 

8.2 ± 4.2

6.6 ± 3.9

−2.95

0.003

Anxiety

 

8.1 ± 4.2

6.1 ± 3.4

−3.33

0.001

  1. Bold text indicates statistical significance where P value < 0.05