Table 2 Estimation of the association between sociodemographic variables and psychological scoring systems including IES-R and DASS-21 during the COVID-19 outbreak (bold font indicates statistical significance)

Age mean (SD)

45.67 (9.92)

0.104

 − 0.028 to 0.131

0.201

 − 0.152

 − 0.098 to − 0.005

0.029

0.71

 − 0.063 to − 0.011

0.001

0.152

 − 0.037 to − 0.011

0.029

Gender

Male no. (%)

104 (69.7)

 − 0.587

2.81 to 4.53

0.006

0.56

(0.26 to 4.35)

0.013

0.806

4.67 to 6.05

0.009

0.291

0.61 to 0.27

 < 0.001

Female no. (%)

45 (30.2)

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Marital status

Married (%)

110 (73.8)

0.085

1.33 to 1.50

0.043

0.725

 − 1.28 to 0.478

0.371

0.908

 − 1.17 to 0.75

0.591

0.714

1.42 to 0.68

0.038

Not married (%)

32 (21.5)

 − 0.063

 − 1.56 to 1.97

0.173

1.27

 − 0.987 to 1.64

0.691

0.801

 − 1.51 to 0.57

0.690

0.782

 − 1.93 to 0.77

0.449

Divorced or separated (%)

7 (4.7)

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Education level

None (%)

2 (1.34)

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High school (%)

3 (2.01)

0.041

0.022 to 0.83

0.043

0.781

 − 0.455 to − 0.131

0.002

0.791

 − 0.35 to 0.07

0.165

0.946

 − 0.20 to 0.05

0.237

University (%)

108 (72.4)

0.271

0.264 to 0.87

0.016

0.877

 − 0.814 to 0.552

0.707

0.628

 − 0.43 to 0.61

0.371

0.922

 − 0.32 to 0.13

0.317

Graduate with MSc. or PhD.)

36 (24.16)

0.261

 − 0.54 to 1.32

0.41

0.849

 − 0.531 to 0.43

0.641

1.542

0.18 to 0.97

0.024

1.242

 − 0.15 to 0.59

0.258

Child(ren) in house

Yes (%)

95 (63.7)

1.64

 − 0.35 to 1.16

0.31

1.842

 − 0.036 to 0.895

0.29

0.941

 − 0.49 to 0.36

0.173

1.244

 − 0.36 to 0.58

0.47

No (%)

54 (36.2)

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Chronic diseases among participants

Asthma (%)

3 (2.01)

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0.183

DM (%)

48 (32.2)

1.489

 − 0.325 to 4.27

0.183

0.087

 − 0.163 to 0.204

0.733

.0.708

 − 1.56 to 0.83

0.565

0.582

 − 1.68 to 0.56

0.331

HTN (%)

54 (36.24)

0.622

 − 1.57 to 4.64

0.401

0.931

 − 0.003 to 0.163

0.053

1.031

 − 1.255 to 1.84

0.063

0.902

 − 0.33 to 0.79

0.485

Heart diseases (%)

8 (5.36)

0.325

 − 0.45 to 1.83

0.062

0.780

 − 0.476 to 0.079

0.149

0.811

 − 1.39 to 0.86

0.590

1.733

 − 0.14 to 1.25

0.123

Liver diseases (%)

20 (13.42)

2.55

10.68 to 16.73

0.002

1.719

 − 0.68 to − 0.015

0.043

1.821

0.03 to 0.772

0.023

1.605

0.036 to 0.49

0.018

Kidney diseases (%)

16 (10.74)

1.143

7.11 to 10.24

0.016

2.051

0.79 to 1.461

 < 0.001

1.432

0.11 to 0.69

0.006

0.974

0.012 to 0.47

0.041