Increased psychological distress after the lifting of COVID-19 lockdown in the Saudi population: a cross-sectional study

Middle East Current Psychiatry

Table 6 Health-status and epidemiological factors associated with PTSD post-COVID-19 lockdown (N = 510)

Factor	Level	N	%	p value
No. of alarming symptoms	None	113	36.6
	1	42	45.2
	2	28	49.1
	3+	29	56.9	.019*
Direct contact with a confirmed case	No	195	41.4
Direct contact with a confirmed case	Yes	17	43.6	.790
Indirect contact with a confirmed case	No	199	42.3
Indirect contact with a confirmed case	Yes	13	32.5	.225
Contact with the suspect case	No	190	41.4
Contact with the suspect case	Yes	22	43.1	.811
Contact with contaminated material	No	205	41.2
Contact with contaminated material	Yes	7	53.8	.363
Not sure	No	94	42.5
Not sure	Yes	118	40.8	.699
Self-reported overall physical health	Low	20	71.4
	Moderate	48	52.2
	Optimal or excellent	144	36.9	< .001*
Chronic disease	No	174	39.5
Chronic disease	Yes	38	54.3	.020*
Psychiatric comorbidity	No	179	39.6
Psychiatric comorbidity	Yes	33	56.9	.012*
Clinic or physician consultation in the past 14 days	No	161	41.4
Clinic or physician consultation in the past 14 days	Yes	51	42.1	.882
Hospitalization in the past 14 days	No	210	41.5
Hospitalization in the past 14 days	Yes	2	50.0	.731^F
Screening for COVID-19 in the past 14 days	No	193	42.1
Screening for COVID-19 in the past 14 days	Yes	19	36.5	.437
Quarantined in the past 14 days	No	197	41.6
Quarantined in the past 14 days	Yes	15	41.7	.990
Person dead from or admitted in ICU for COVID-19 in acquaintances	No	109	36.3
	Yes	103	49.0	.004*