Associations between social support and anxiety during the COVID-19 lockdown in young and middle-aged Israelis: A cross-sectional study

Table 1 Characteristics of participants according to Generalized Anxiety Disorder-7 score, represented by medians and interquartile range

Variable	Total (n = 655)	GAD-7 score < 9 (n = 585)	GAD-7 score ≥ 9 (n = 70)	P value
Age (yr)	30 (26-47)	31 (26-49)	27 (23-33)	< 0.001
Gender				0.007
Male	246 (37.6%)	230 (39.3%)	16 (22.9%)
Female	409 (62.4%)	355 (60.7%)	54 (77.1%)
Number of children				0.008
Zero	392 (59.8%)	336 (57.4%)	56 (80.0%)
One	37 (5.6%)	34 (5.8%)	3 (4.3%)
Two	95 (14.5%)	91 (15.6%)	4 (5.7%)
Three	100 (15.3%)	94 (16.1%)	6 (8.6%)
Four	31 (4.7%)	30 (5.1%)	1 (1.4%)
Education				0.003
Without diploma	23 (3.5%)	21 (3.6%)	2 (2.9%)
12 years or less	125 (19.1%)	102 (17.4%)	23 (32.9%)
Bachelor	295 (45.0%)	260 (44.4%)	35 (50.0%)
Master (or higher)	187 (28.5%)	178 (30.4%)	9 (12.9%)
Other	25 (3.8%)	24 (4.1%)	1 (1.4%)
Socio-economic status				< 0.001
Low	21 (3.2%)	16 (2.7%)	5 (7.1%)
Low-average	79 (2.1%)	60 (10.3%)	19 (27.1%)
Average	281 (42.9%)	252 (43.1%)	29 (41.1%)
Average-high	224 (34.2%)	209 (35.7%)	15 (21.4%)
High	50 (7.6%)	48 (8.2%)	2 (2.9%)
Occupation				0.029
Full-time job	280 (42.7%)	261 (44.6%)	19 (27.1%)
Partially employed	109 (16.6%)	90 (15.4%)	19 (27.1%)
Unpaid vacation	4 (0.6%)	4 (0.7%)	0 (0.0%)
Lost job	33 (5.0%)	31 (5.3%)	2 (2.9%)
Unemployed	55 (8.4%)	47 (8.0%)	8 (11.4%)
Retired	174 (26.6%)	152 (26.0%)	22 (31.4%)
Exercise				0.112
Yes	190 (29.0%)	164 (28.0%)	26 (37.1%)
No	465 (71.0%)	421 (72.0%)	44 (62.9%)
History of depression				< 0.001
Yes	538 (82.1%)	494 (84.4%)	44 (62.9%)
No	117 (17.9%)	91 (15.6%)	26 (37.1%)
Use of antidepressants				0.001
Yes	563 (86.0%)	512 (87.5%)	51 (72.9%)
No	92 (14.0%)	73 (12.5%)	19 (27.1%)
MSPSS score	6.08 (5.25-6.67)	6.08 (5.33-6.75)	5.75 (4.67-6.50)	0.009
GAD-7 score	3 (1-6)	3 (1-5)	13 (11-15)	< 0.001

MSPSS: Multidimensional Perceived Social Support Scale; GAD-7: Generalized Anxiety Disorder-7.