Associations between coping tools deemed most helpful to reduce the psychological distress in quarantine and depression and anxiety symptoms
| Taking to family | P value | Internet | P value | Information | P value | Exercise | P value | Reading | P value | Access to outside world | P value | |||||||
| No | Yes | No | Yes | No | Yes | No | Yes | No | Yes | No | Yes | |||||||
| GAD-7 score | 3.9 | 3.6 | 0.866 | 4.1 | 3.1 | 0.006 | 3.8 | 3.6 | 0.866 | 4.0 | 2.9 | 0.006 | 4.0 | 2.9 | 0.016 | 3.7 | 4.2 | 0.774 |
| PHQ-9 score | 4.9 | 4.3 | 0.288 | 5.1 | 3.7 | 0.001 | 4.6 | 4.6 | 0.973 | 4.9 | 3.6 | 0.001 | 5.0 | 3.2 | 0.001 | 4.5 | 5.1 | 0.522 |
P values were adjusted for multiple comparison using the Holm-Bonferroni method.
GAD-7, seven-item Generalised Anxiety Disorder scale; PHQ-9, Patient Health Questionnaire nine-item depression scale.