Table 4: Association between health service use variables and the psychological impact/adverse mental health status of COVID-19 (n = 336).

Variables N (%) PTSD (IES-R) Stress (DASS) Anxiety (DASS) Depression (DASS)
Yes No p Yes No p Yes No p Yes No p
Visited a hospital in the past 14 days
  Yes 46 (13.7%) 19 (41.3%) 27 (58.7%) 0.102 21 (45.7%) 25 (54.3%) 0.063 24 (52.2%) 22 (47.8%) 0.007 25 (54.3%) 21 (45.7%) 0.099
  No 290 (86.3%) 85 (29.3%) 205 (70.7%) 92 (31.7%) 198 (68.3%) 92 (31.7%) 198 (68.3%) 120 (41.4%) 170 (58.6%)
Admitted to a hospital within the last 14 days
  Yes 2 (0.6%) 0 (0.0%) 2 (100.0%) 0.855* 0 (0.0%) 2 (100.0%) 0.552* 0 (0.0%) 2 (100.0%) 0.547* 0 (0.0%) 2 (100.0%) 0.508*
  No 334 (99.4%) 104 (31.1%) 230 (68.9%) 113 (33.8%) 221 (66.2%) 116 (34.7%) 218 (65.3%) 145 (43.4%) 189 (56.6%)
Tested for COVID in the past 14 days
  Yes 8 (2.4%) 4 (50.0%) 4 (50.0%) 0.259* 3 (37.5%) 5 (62.5%) 0.815* 4 (50.0%) 4 (50.0%) 0.455* 3 (37.5%) 5 (62.5%) 0.744*
  No 328 (97.6%) 100 (30.5%) 228 (69.5%) 110 (33.5%) 218 (66.5%) 112 (34.1%) 216 (65.9%) 142 (43.3%) 186 (56.7%)
Quarantined on suspicion of COVID in the past 14 days
  Yes 4 (1.2%) 2 (50.0%) 2 (50.0%) 0.590* 1 (25.0%) 3 (75.0%) 0.713* 3 (75.0%) 1 (25.0%) 0.121* 1 (25.0%) 3 (75.0%) 0.637*
  No 332 (98.8%) 102 (30.7%) 230 (69.3%) 112 (33.7%) 220 (66.3%) 113 (34.0%) 219 (66.0%) 144 (43.4%) 188 (56.6%)
Relative diagnosed with the emerging coronavirus
  Yes 6 (1.8%) 3 (50.0%) 3 (50.0%) 0.378* 2 (33.3%) 4 (66.7%) 0.988* 3 (50.0%) 3 (50.0%) 0.419* 3 (50.0%) 3 (50.0%) 0.733*
  No 330 (98.2%) 101 (30.6%) 229 (69.4%) 111 (33.6%) 219 (66.4%) 113 (34.2%) 217 (65.8%) 142 (43.0%) 188 (57.0%)
Diagnosed with COVID
  No 336 (100.0%) 104 (31.0%) 232 (69.0%) NA 113 (33.6%) 223 (66.4%) NA 116 (34.5%) 220 (65.5%) NA 145 (43.2%) 191 (56.8%) NA
Chances of recovering if diagnosed with COVID-19
  Not likely 3 (0.9%) 1 (33.3%) 2 (66.7%) 0.025* 1 (33.3%) 2 (66.7%) 0.031* 2 (66.7%) 1 (33.3%) 0.002* 2 (66.7%) 1 (33.3%) 0.007*
  Slightly 13 (3.9%) 8 (61.5%) 5 (38.5%) 9 (69.2%) 4 (30.8%) 9 (69.2%) 4 (30.8%) 11 (84.6%) 2 (15.4%)
  Moderately 73 (21.7%) 26 (35.6%) 47 (64.4%) 29 (39.7%) 44 (60.3%) 30 (41.1%) 43 (58.9%) 36 (49.3%) 37 (50.7%)
  Very likely 124 (36.9%) 41 (33.1%) 83 (66.9%) 35 (28.2%) 89 (71.8%) 30 (24.2%) 94 (75.8%) 51 (41.1%) 73 (58.9%)
  Extremely likely 123 (36.6%) 28 (22.8%) 95 (77.2%) 39 (31.7%) 84 (68.3%) 45 (36.6%) 78 (63.4%) 45 (36.6%) 78 (63.4%)
Perceived likelihood of infection with COVID
  Extremely likely 17 (5.1%) 6 (35.3%) 11 (64.7%) 0.021 9 (52.9%) 8 (47.1%) 0.008 5 (29.4%) 12 (70.6%) 0.150 11 (64.7%) 6 (35.3%) 0.007
  Very likely 18 (5.4%) 7 (38.9%) 11 (61.1%) 9 (50.0%) 9 (50.0%) 8 (44.4%) 10 (55.6%) 14 (77.8%) 4 (22.2%)
  Moderately 86 (25.6%) 36 (41.9%) 50 (58.1%) 37 (43.0%) 49 (57.0%) 37 (43.0%) 49 (57.0%) 37 (43.0%) 49 (57.0%)
  Slightly 90 (26.8%) 29 (32.2%) 61 (67.8%) 28 (31.1%) 62 (68.9%) 32 (35.6%) 58 (64.4%) 37 (41.1%) 53 (58.9%)
  Not likely 125 (37.2%) 26 (20.8%) 99 (79.2%) 30 (24.0%) 95 (76.0%) 34 (27.2%) 91 (72.8%) 46 (36.8%) 79 (63.2%)
Opinion about COVID-concerns
  Strongly disagree 215 (64.0%) 75 (34.9%) 140 (65.1%) 0.169 83 (38.6%) 132 (61.4%) 0.021 80 (37.2%) 135 (62.8%) 0.328 99 (46.0%) 116 (54.0%) 0.483
  Disagree 46 (13.7%) 12 (26.1%) 34 (73.9%) 14 (30.4%) 32 (69.6%) 10 (21.7%) 36 (78.3%) 16 (34.8%) 30 (65.2%)
  Undecided 41 (12.2%) 11 (26.8%) 30 (73.2%) 10 (24.4%) 31 (75.6%) 14 (34.1%) 27 (65.9%) 18 (43.9%) 23 (56.1%)
  Agree 14 (4.2%) 1 (7.1%) 13 (92.9%) 5 (35.7%) 9 (64.3%) 6 (42.9%) 8 (57.1%) 6 (42.9%) 8 (57.1%)
  Strongly agree 20 (6.0%) 5 (25.0%) 15 (75.0%) 1 (5.0%) 19 (95.0%) 6 (30.0%) 14 (70.0%) 6 (30.0%) 14 (70.0%)

Bolded p-values are significant at p<0.05; *Fischer’s exact testIES-R: Revised Impact of Event Scale (IES-R);DASS-21: Depression, Anxiety and Stress Scale - 21 Items