Quality of life during COVID-19 pandemic: a community-based study in Dakahlia governorate, Egypt

Table 3 Distribution of QoL during COVID-19 pandemic according to sociodemographic variables and COVID-19 experience

Variables	COV19-QoL score	t-test	P value
Variables	Mean ± SD	t-test	P value
Age
< 40 years	2.27 ± 0.6	3.9	≤ 0.001
≥ 40 years	2.5 ± 0.5
Sex
Male	2.27 ± 0.6	3.2	≤ 0.001
Female	2.43 ± 0.5
Employment
Employed	2.33 ± 0.6	0.46	0.6
Not employed/retired	2.36 ± 0.6
Monthly income
Sufficient	2.28 ± 0.6	2.55	0.01
Insufficient	2.42 ± 0.5
Educational level
≤ secondary	2.41 ± 0.5	− 2.2	0.03
> secondary	2.3 ± 0.6
Marital status
Married	2.42 ± 0.5	3.8	≤ 0.001
Not married	2.2 ± 0.6
Smoking		0.46	0.6
Smoker	2.35 ± 0.6
Not smoker	2.32 ± 0.6
Chronic diseases
Absent	2.3 ± 0.6	2.9	0.004
Present	2.5 ± 0.6
Previous Covid-19 infection
No	2.348 ± 0.56	0.053	0.9
Yes	2.345 ± 0.55
Personally know someone infected with COVID-19
No	2.19 ± 0.6	4.129	≤ 0.001
Yes	2.4 ± 0.5
Personally know someone who died of COVID-19
No	2.3 ± 0.6	2.1	0.04
Yes	2.42 ± 0.6
Have a symptom suggestive of COVID-19 in past 14 days
No	2.32 ± 0.6	1.7	0.09
Yes	2.42 ± 0.6
Duration
First half of data collection period	2.45 ± 0.6	− 3.9	< 0.001
Second half of data collection period	2.26 ± 0.6

SD: Standard deviation, COV19-QoL: COV19 – Impact on Quality of Life, t-test: Student's t-test

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