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Volume 10, Number 7—July 2004
Research

SARS Control and Psychological Effects of Quarantine, Toronto, Canada

Laura Hawryluck*, Wayne L. Gold*, Susan Robinson*, Stephen Pogorski†, Sandro Galea‡, and Rima Styra*Comments to Author 
Author affiliations: University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, Canada*; ASK Information Technologies, Toronto, Ontario, Canada†; New York Academy of Medicine, New York, New York, USA‡

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Table 2

Prevalence of posttraumatic stress disorder and depressive symptoms according to patient demographicsa

Characteristic No. (%) N=129
Prevalence
CES-D
<16 84 (68.8)
>16 38 (31.2)
IES-R
<20 86 (71.1)
>20
 35 (28.9)
Marital status Mean SD p value
CES-D
Single or divorced (n = 40) 12.9 10.7 0.85
Married (n = 79) 12.5 11.4
IES-R
Single or divorced (n = 39) 14.5 16.6 0.82
Married (n = 79)
 13.8
 14.6
Income (Canadian $)
CES-D
<$40,000 18.3 15.4 0.05b
$40,000–$75,000 15.5 13.2
>$75,000 10.9  9.2
IES-R
<$40,000 24.2 20.6 0.03b
$40,000–$75,000 19.9 24.4
>$75,000
 11.8
 11.6
Duration of quarantine (d)
CES-D
<10 11.2 10.1 0.07
>10 17.0 14.2
IES-R
<10 11.7 10.7 0.05
>10 23.7 27.2

aCES-D, Center for Epidemiologic Studies—Depression Scale (10); IES-R,Impact of Event Scale—Revised (9).
bBy analysis of variance.

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