Table 1 Demographics and psychological status of the participants.

From: Influence of COVID-19 pandemic on sexuality: a cross-sectional study among couples in Turkey

Variables

Total (n = 245)

Female (n = 97)

Male (n = 148)

Female vs. male p value

Age, year (mean ± SD)

35.9 ± 6.9

34.7 ± 6.67

36.7 ± 7.1

0.032a

Height, cm (mean ± SD)

172.7 ± 8.7

164.5 ± 5.65

178.1 ± 5.7

0.001a

Weight, kg (mean ± SD)

76.9 ± 15.4

65.8 ± 12.41

84.2 ± 12.7

0.001a

BMI, kg/m2 (mean ± SD)

25.61 ± 3.94

24.25 ± 4.15

26.51 ± 3.54

0.001a

Smoker, n (%)

95 (38.8)

25 (25.8)

70 (47.3)

0.001a

Alcohol consumer, n (%)

85 (34.7)

23 (23.7)

62 (41.9)

0.003a

Regular exercise, n (%)

74 (30.2)

23 (23.7)

51 (34.5)

0.073

Education level, n (%)

   

0.001a

 Primary school

2 (0.8)

0 (0)

2 (1.4)

 

 High school

32 (13.1)

9 (9.3)

23 (15.5)

 

 University

136 (55.5)

65 (67)

71 (48)

 

 Post graduate/PhD

75 (30.6)

23 (23.7)

52 (35.1)

 

Comorbidities, n (%)

38 (15.5)

21 (21.6)

17 (11.5)

0.032a

 Hypertension

11 (4.5)

2 (2.1)

9 (6.1)

0.137

 Diabetes mellitus

12 (4.9)

3 (3.1)

9 (6.1)

0.289

 Hyperlipidemia

3 (1.2)

2 (2.1)

1 (0.7)

0.564

 Coronary artery disease

1 (0.4)

0 (0)

1 (0.7)

0.417

 Other

20 (8.2)

16 (16.5)

4 (2.7)

0.001a

Medication usage, n (%)

40 (16.3)

28 (28.9)

12 (8.1)

0.001a

Duration of marriage/partnership, n (%)

   

0.233

 ≤1 year

25 (10.2)

7 (7.2)

18 (12.2)

 

 1–5 years

74 (30.2)

32 (33)

42 (28.4)

 

 5–10 years

67 (27.3)

22 (22.7)

45 (30.4)

 

 ≥10 years

79 (32.2)

36 (37.1)

43 (29.1)

 

Negative effect of pandemic on economic status, n (%)

   

0.359

 None

125 (51)

50 (51.5)

75 (50.7)

 

 Mild

57 (23.3)

22 (22.7)

35 (23.6)

 

 Moderate

48 (19.6)

22 (22.7)

26 (17.6)

 

 Severe

15 (6.1)

3 (1.2)

12 (8.1)

 

GAD-7 score, n (%)

   

0.001a

 No anxiety

70 (28.6)

15 (15.5)

55 (37.2)

 

 Mild anxiety

135 (55.1)

58 (59.8)

77 (52)

 

 Moderate anxiety

32 (13.1)

19 (19.6)

13 (8.8)

 

 Severe anxiety

8 (3.3)

5 (5.2)

3 (2)

 

PHQ-9 score, n (%)

   

0.001a

 No depression

49 (20)

10 (10.3)

39 (26.4)

 

 Mild depression

134 (54.7)

50 (51.5)

84 (56.8)

 

 Moderate depression

39 (15.9)

24 (24.7)

15 (10.1)

 

 Moderate to severe depression

21 (8.6)

11 (11.3)

10 (6.8)

 

 Severe depression

2 (0.8)

2 (2.1)

0 (0)

 

 PSS score (mean ± SD)

24.06 ± 7.20

26.95 ± 6.80

22.16 ± 6.84

0.001a

 GAD-7 score (mean ± SD)

6.49 ± 3.64

7.56 ± 3.74

5.8 ± 3.4

0.001a

 PHQ-9 score (mean ± SD)

7.79 ± 4.32

9.17 ± 4.59

6.89 ± 3.9

0.001a

  1. GAD-7 Generalized Anxiety Disorder Score, PHQ-9 score Patient Health Questionnaire score, PSS Perceived Stress Scale score.
  2. aSignificant at 0.05 level. Student’s t test and Mann–Whitney U test for numerical, Chi-square test for categorical data.