Table 2 Factors associated with post-COVID depression
From: Post-COVID depression among a sample of Egyptian patients and its associated factors
Post-COVID depression | P value | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
No or mild depression (N=83) | Moderate or severe depression (N=19) | |||||
N | Percent | N | Percent | |||
Age (years) | 20–34 | 37 | 44.6 | 4 | 21.1 | 0.06 |
35–55 | 38 | 45.8 | 10 | 52.6 | ||
More than 55 | 8 | 9.6 | 5 | 26.3 | ||
Gender | Male | 27 | 32.5 | 13 | 68.4 | 0.004 |
Female | 56 | 67.5 | 6 | 31.6 | ||
Education level | High education | 67 | 80.7 | 9 | 47.4 | <0.001 |
Secondary education | 16 | 19.3 | 6 | 31.6 | ||
Below secondary education | 0 | 0.0 | 4 | 21.1 | ||
Smoking | Yes | 22 | 26.5 | 3 | 15.8 | 0.33 |
No | 61 | 73.5 | 16 | 84.2 | ||
The most annoying symptom | Fever | 25 | 30.1 | 8 | 42.1 | 0.38 |
Body pains | 16 | 19.3 | 5 | 26.3 | ||
Diarrhoea | 2 | 2.4 | 1 | 5.3 | ||
Loss of smell | 8 | 9.6 | 0 | 0.0 | ||
Loss of taste | 1 | 1.2 | 0 | 0.0 | ||
Dyspnoea | 17 | 20.5 | 1 | 5.3 | ||
Cough | 14 | 16.9 | 4 | 21.1 | ||
Co-morbidities | Yes | 47 | 56.6 | 9 | 47.4 | 0.46 |
No | 36 | 43.4 | 10 | 52.6 | ||
Steroid use | Yes | 38 | 45.8 | 17 | 89.5 | 0.001 |
No | 45 | 54.2 | 2 | 10.5 | ||
O2 saturation | 92, 93 | 15 | 18.1 | 5 | 26.3 | 0.20 |
94, 95 | 23 | 27.7 | 8 | 42.1 | ||
More than 95 | 45 | 54.2 | 6 | 31.6 | ||
mMRC dyspnoea score | Grade 1 | 33 | 39.8 | 1 | 5.3 | 0.001 |
Grade 2 | 30 | 36.1 | 16 | 84.2 | ||
Grade 3 | 11 | 13.3 | 0 | 0.0 | ||
Grade 4 | 9 | 10.8 | 2 | 10.5 | ||