Outpatient psychiatric service utilization during the Covid-19 pandemic

Middle East Current Psychiatry

Table 2 Change in disease status during the epidemic in terms of demographic and contextual variables

Variable		Unchanged		Worse		Better		p-value
Variable		N	%	N	%	N	%	p-value
Gender	Male	77	54.6	27	19.1	37	26.2	< .001
Gender	Female	85	34.6	56	22.8	105	42.7	< .001
Age	0–18	47	51.6	15	16.5	29	31.9	0.21
	19–59	95	37.7	58	23.0	99	39.3
	60+	18	46.2	7	17.9	14	35.9
Education	High school	59	48.8	25	20.7%	37	30.6	.043
	Diploma	46	42.1	25	22.9%	38	34.9
	Academic	35	31.5	22	19.8%	54	48.6
Marital status	Single	90	47.6	38	20.1%	61	32.3	.059
	Married	64	36.0	43	24.2%	71	39.9
	Divorced	4	40.0	0	0	6	60
Job	Unemployed	85	48.6	38	21.7%	52	29.7	.034
	Employed	39	37.9	17	16.5%	47	45.6
	Housewife	38	34.9	28	25.7%	43	39.4
Residency	Tehran	146	42.3	69	20.0%	130	37.7	0.128
Residency	Other city of Iran	13	34.2%	13	34.2%	12	31.6%	0.128
Psychiatric disorder	Anxiety and OCD	70	44.3%	34	21.5%	54	34.2%	0.625
	ADHD	41	35.0%	26	22.2%	50	42.7%
	Mood disorder	28	43.8%	15	23.4%	21	32.8%
	Other	23	47.9%	8	16.7%M	17	35.4%