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Table 4 Results from repeated measures ANCOVAs: COVID-19 fears and emotional distress due to social distancing 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

COVID-19 fears

4.43 (2.69)

3.98 (2.39)

3.79 (2.15)

3.42 (2.14)

0.83

0.366

2.73

0.108

0.21

0.651

ED-SD

1.56 (1.16)

1.13 (1.04)

0.78 (0.51)

0.79 (0.96)

6.62

0.015

0.442

0.511

0

0.958

  1. Results from repeated measures ANCOVAs controlling for age, sex, education, and employment
  2. BD  bipolar disorder, ED-SD  emotional distress due to social distancing, M  mean, SD standard deviation