Table 2 Distribution of anxiety by sociodemographic characteristics of study participants
Anxiety | p-value | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
No | Yes | ||||
Number | % | Number | % | ||
Sex | |||||
Male | 89 | 69.5% | 39 | 30.5% | 0.002 |
Female | 285 | 54.6% | 237 | 45.4% | |
Age | |||||
Less than 35 | 219 | 53.8% | 188 | 46.2% | 0.013 |
More than or equal 35 | 155 | 63.8% | 88 | 36.2% | |
Education | |||||
University or below | 196 | 58.9% | 137 | 41.1% | 0.485 |
Postgraduate | 178 | 56.2% | 139 | 43.8% | |
Marital status | |||||
Single | 129 | 59.4% | 88 | 40.6% | 0.486 |
Married and others | 245 | 56.6% | 188 | 43.4% | |
Residence | |||||
Urban | 348 | 57.4% | 258 | 42.6% | 0.829 |
Rural | 26 | 59.1% | 18 | 40.9% | |
Occupation | |||||
Medical | 248 | 58.2% | 178 | 41.8% | 0.630 |
Non-medical | 126 | 56.3% | 98 | 43.8% | |
Times to focus on COVID-19 news | |||||
Not at all | 26 | 66.7% | 13 | 33.3% | < 0.001 |
Less than hour | 179 | 70.5% | 75 | 29.5% | |
One to 2 h | 103 | 56.6% | 79 | 43.4% | |
More than 3 h | 66 | 37.7% | 109 | 62.3% | |