Table 2 COVID-19 pandemic-related change in depression and anxiety symptoms
|
Autism M (SD) |
Non-autism M (SD) | |
|---|---|---|
| Depression symptoms | ||
| Total adapted PHQ-9 score | 3.57 (0.71) | 3.30 (0.56) |
| Little interest or pleasure doing things | 3.41 (1.06) | 3.27 (0.86) |
| Feeling down, depressed, or hopeless | 3.70 (1.07) | 3.42 (0.89) |
| Trouble falling or staying asleep or too much sleep | 3.86 (1.02) | 3.51 (0.94) |
| Feeling tired or having little energy | 3.79 (1.03) | 3.46 (0.96) |
| Poor appetite or overeating | 3.71 (0.91) | 3.46 (0.80) |
| Feeling bad about yourself—or that you are a failure or have let yourself or your family down | 3.54 (1.05) | 3.31 (0.81) |
| Trouble concentrating on things, such as reading the newspaper or watching television | 3.59 (1.00) | 3.26 (0.79) |
| Moving or speaking so slowly that other people could have noticed | 3.26 (0.77) | 3.01 (0.56) |
| Thought that you would be better off dead, or of hurting yourself | 3.22 (0.95) | 2.97 (0.70) |
| Impact: How difficult have these problems made it for you to do your work, take care of things at home, or get along with other peoplea | 2.39 (0.89) | 1.82 (0.73) |
| Anxiety symptoms | ||
| Total adapted GAD-7 score | 3.62 (0.82) | 3.38 (0.60) |
| Feeling nervous, anxious, or on edge | 3.77 (1.06) | 3.58 (0.87) |
| Not being able to stop or control worrying | 3.63 (1.00) | 3.40 (0.78) |
| Worrying too much about different things | 3.67 (1.01) | 3.41 (0.75) |
| Trouble relaxing | 3.66 (1.03) | 3.39 (0.87) |
| Being so restless that it’s hard to sit still | 3.31 (0.91) | 3.06 (0.64) |
| Becoming easily annoyed or irritable | 3.64 (1.05) | 3.46 (0.87) |
| Feeling afraid as if something awful might happen | 3.63 (0.97) | 3.39 (0.75) |
| Impact: How difficult have these problems made it for you to do your work, take care of things at home, or get along with other people?a | 2.39 (0.88) | 1.85 (0.69) |