Table 3: The relationship between GAD and socio-demographic/clinical characteristics of participants.

Variable

GAD

Descriptive Statistic

Yes

No

Gender

X2 = 9.831, df = 1

P = 0.002

OR: 10.575

Male

12 (6.3)

177 (93.7)

Female

44 (16.0)

231 (84.0)

Occupation

X2 = 2.881, df = 1

P = 0.09

Medical doctor

30 (10.1)

266 (89.9)

Nurse

26 (15.5)

142 (84.5)

Employer

X2 = 0.007, df = 1

P = 0.94

Government

47 (12.0)

346 (88.0)

Private

9 (12.7)

62 (87.3)

Marital status

X2 = 10.951, df = 1

P = 0.001

OR:: 9.823

Single/separated/divorced/widowed

23 (21.1)

86 (78.9)

Married/cohabiting

33 (9.3)

322 (90.7)

Has a friend or loved one been infected with COVID-19?

X2 = 4.240, df = 1

P = 0.04

OR: 3.924

Yes

19 (17.8)

88 (82.2)

No

37 (10.4)

320 (89.6)

Have you been infected with COVID-19?

X2 = 9.372, df = 1

P = 0.002

OR: 6.906

Yes

7 (33.3)

14 (66.7)

No

49 (11.1)

394 (88.9)

Have you been in close contact with or managed a case(s) of COVID-19?

X2 = 0.078, df = 1

P = 0.78

Yes

13 (12.9)

88 (87.1)

No

43 (11.8)

320 (88.2)

Do you work at any of the isolation centres?

X2 = 1.639, df = 1

P = 0.20

Yes

10 (8.7)

105 (91.3)

No

46 (13.2)

303 (86.8)

Availability of personal protective equipment

X2 = 3.010,

FE = 2.807

df = 2

Available but not sufficient

40 (11.3)

314 (88.7)

Available in sufficient amounts

3 (8.1)

34 (91.9)

Not available at all

13 (17.8)

60 (82.2)

P = 0.248FE

Have an underlying chronic medical condition

X2 = 0.058, df = 1

Yes

16 (11.5)

123 (88.5)

P = 0.81

No

40 (12.3)

285 (87.7)

Psychological illness before COVID 19

X2 = 5.727, df = 1

P = 0.02

OR: 4.529

Yes

7 (26.9)

19 (73.1)

No

49 (11.2)

389 (88.8)

X2: Chi Square; P: P value; df: Degree of Freedom; OR: Odds Ratio