Table 2 Comparing families reporting exposure to a confirmed case of COVID-19, and families who report no exposure to a confirmed case of COVID-19 before arriving at the Emergency Department. Subset of families that reported concern about having COVID-19 (Likert scale 1–10, excluding families who were not worried). Also analyzing subsets of families with concerns regarding work, loss of income, and their child missing school. SD = standard deviation
Reported Exposure to Someone with Confirmed COVID-19 | Not known Exposure to Someone with Confirmed COVID-19 | p value | |
|---|---|---|---|
Parents concerned their children have COVID-19 (Likert scale 1–10), mean (SD) | 4.41 (±2.87) | 3.51 (±2.41) | 0.057 |
Number of parents very worried their children have COVID-19 (Likert scale 7–10), n (%) | 7/43 (16.3%) | 41/584 (7%) | 0.038 |
Parents concerned they have COVID-19 (Likert scale 1–10), mean (SD) | 5.04 (±2.54) | 3.56 (±2.35) | 0.002 |
Parents very concerned they have COVID-19 (Likert scale 7–10), n (%) | 8/43 (18.6%) | 45/583 (7.7%) | 0.022 |
Parents concerned about missing work (Likert scale 1–10) (SD) | 4.77 (±3.06) | 4.3 (±2.8) | 0.413 |
Parents concerned about their children missing school (Likert scale 1–10) (SD) | 4.71 (±3.07) | 4.73 (±2.83) | 0.970 |
Parent report loss of income due to COVID-19, n (%) | 11/43 (25.6%) | 194/599 (32.4%) | 0.355 |