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Table 3 Results from repeated measures ANCOVAs: Psychological symptoms (BSI-18) in patients with BD vs. healthy controls in April (T1) and May 2020 (T2)

From: Psychological symptoms during and after Austrian first lockdown in individuals with bipolar disorder? A follow-up control-group investigation

 

BD (n = 20)

Controls (n = 20)

Statistics

 

T1

T2

T1

T2

Group effect

Time effect

Time x group interaction

 

M (SD)

M (SD)

M (SD)

M (SD)

F

p

F

p

F

p

Somatization

4.95 (5.56)

3.90 (5.43)

0.80 (1.58)

0.95 (1.57)

2.82

0.102

1.2

0.28

5.22

0.029

Depression

7.15 (6.42)

5.50 (6.00)

1.55 (1.90)

1.80 (2.12)

11.73

0.002

0.21

0.651

0.38

0.544

Anxiety

5.00 (4.46)

4.85 (5.37)

1.40 (1.19)

1.70 (2.13)

9.48

0.004

1.3

0.263

1.4

0.245

GSI

17.10 (13.83)

14.25 (14.15)

3.75 (3.42)

4.45 (4.55)

10.08

0.003

0.8

0.378

3.53

0.069

  1. Results from repeated measures ANCOVAs controlling for age, sex, education, and employment
  2. BD  bipolar disorder, BSI-18   brief symptom inventory-18, GSI  global severity index, M mean, SD  standard deviation