Depression and Its Relationship with Coping Strategies and Illness Perceptions during the COVID-19 Lockdown in Greece: A Cross-Sectional Survey of the Population

Table 1

Level of general and mental health of the sample during the COVID-19 epidemic in Greece ().

	Male	Female	Total sample
(A) Mental health	Continuous responses: mean (SD)
Depressive symptoms (scores on the PHQ-9); Anxiety symptoms (scores on the GAD-2)	5.95 (4.64); 1.69 (1.40)	7.25 (4.70); 2.04 (1.40)	6.90 (4.72); 1.95 (1.41)	<0.001; <0.001
	Binary responses: % of the sample
(mild depressive symptoms)	18.11%	24.87%	23.02%	<0.001
(moderate depressive symptoms)	6.51%	8.55%	7.99%	0.051
(mild anxiety)	21.04%	30.24%	27.73%	<0.001
(moderate anxiety)	11.28%	15.34%	14.23%	0.003
(B) General health
Fair or poor level of health (self-reported)	8.57%	12.82%	11.66%	0.001