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Table 3 Prevalence of depression and high fear across the study weeks

From: Fear and depression during the COVID-19 outbreak in Cameroon: a nation-wide observational study

Calendar week

High fear

(FCV-19S ≥ 19):

n (%)

P-valuea

Depression

(PHQ-9 score ≥ 10):

n (%)

P-valuea

Week 30 (n = 817)

517 (63.3%)

< 0.001

74 (9.1%)

0.195

Week 31 (n = 286)

167 (58.4%)

27 (9.4%)

Week 34 (n = 1132)

677 (59.8%)

84 (7.4%)

Week 35 (n = 120)

68 (56.7%)

11 (9.2%)

Week 36 (n = 640)

333 (52.0%)

32 (5.0%)

Week 39 (n = 152)

90 (59.2%)

14 (9.2%)

Week 40 (n = 454)

248 (54.6%)

36 (7.9%)

Week 43 (n = 1686)

940 (55.8%)

159 (9.4%)

Week 47 (n = 1347)

785 (58.3%)

132 (9.8%)

Week 49 (n = 397)

216 (54.4%)

26 (6.6%)

  1. aChi squared test