Do home quarantine individuals suffer from claustrophobia and anxiety during COVID-19 pandemic?

Figures & data

Table 1. Demographic factors (N = 684)

Demographic factors	N (%)
Gender
Male	432 (63.2)
Female	252 (36.8)
Age
Below 18 years	168(24.6)
18–40 Years	212 (31)
40–60 Years	80 (11.7)
Above 60 Years	224 (32.7)
Location
Urban	384 (50.9)
Rural	336 (49.1)
Living status
Alone	300 (43.9)
With others	384 (56.1)
Working Status
Yes	368 (53.8)
No	316 (46.2)

Figure 1. Proposed model. * includes gender, age, location, living status and working statusa, b and c denotes the path

Table 2. Correlation among various variables

	Gender	Location	Living Status	Working Status	Age	Calustrophobia	Anxiety
Claustrophobia	−.274**	.199**	.029	−.116	−.154*	1
Anxiety	−.810**	.287**	.354**	−.019	−.664**	.349**	1
M(SD)						7.37(1.14)	3.42 (0.803)

N = 684, * p < 0.05,** p < 0.01.

Male coded as 0; female coded 1; Urban coded 3, Rural coded 4; Living status- Alone coded 5, with others coded 6; Working status- Yes coded 7; No coded 8

M denotes mean, SD denotes Standard Deviation

Table 3. Bootstrapping results in direct and indirect effects

Direct effect	Estimate		SE		t
Gender → Anxiety	−1.28**		0.07		−16.86
Location → Anxiety	0.36**		0.11		3.15
Living status → Anxiety	0.55**		0.10		5.11
Working status → Anxiety	0.35		0.11		0.30
Age → Anxiety	−0.42**		0.03		−11.35
Gender → Claustrophobia	−0.64**		0.17		−3.69
Location → Claustrophobia	0.45**		0.17		2.64
Living status → Claustrophobia	0.06		0.17		0.38
Working status → Claustrophobia	−0.26		0.17		−1.51
Age → Claustrophobia	−0.14*		0.07		−2.02
Claustrophobia → Anxiety (Gender)	0.09**		0.03		2.99
Claustrophobia → Anxiety (Location)	0.21**		0.05		4.23
Claustrophobia → Anxiety (Living status)	0.55**		0.10		5.11
Claustrophobia → Anxiety (Working status)	0.24**		0.05		4.82
Claustrophobia → Anxiety (Age)	0.17**		0.03		4.58
(95% bias‐corrected confidence interval method)
Significant Indirect effect		Effect		SE	LL		UL
Gender → Claustrophobia→ Anxiety		−0.06		0.03	−0.131		−0.014
Location → Claustrophobia→ Anxiety		0.09		0.04	0.022		0.198
Age → Claustrophobia→ Anxiety		−0.02		0.01	−0.06		−0.01
(95% bias‐corrected confidence interval method)
Insignificant Indirect effect		Effect		SE	LL		UL
Living status → Claustrophobia→ Anxiety		0.01		0.04	−0.06		0.11
Working status → Claustrophobia→ Anxiety		−0.06		0.04	−0.16		0.01

LL, Lower limit; SE, Standard error; UL, Upper limit.

N = 171, * p < 0.05,** p < 0.01.