Examining resilience of individuals living with sickle cell disease in the COVID-19 pandemic

BMC Psychology

Table 3 Incidence of COVID-19 related fear, threat, worry, infection, and exposure

Variable	N	%
Fear of COVID-19
Not at all	17	17.5
A little bit	19	19.6
Somewhat	15	15.5
Very much	24	24.7
Extremely	22	22.7
Feeling threatened by COVID-19
Not at all	16	16.5
A little bit	20	20.6
Somewhat	26	26.8
Very much	25	25.8
Extremely	10	10.3
Worried about COVID-19 Infection
Not at all	18	18.6
Slightly	24	24.7
Moderately	20	20.6
Very	17	17.5
Extremely	18	18.6
During the past two weeks, have you been exposed to someone likely to have Coronavirus/COVID-19?
Yes^a	4	4.1
No	93	95.9
During the past two weeks, have you been suspected of having Coronavirus/COVID-19 infection?
Yes^b	6	6.2
No	91	93.8
During the past two weeks, has anyone in your family been diagnosed with Coronavirus/COVID-19?
Yes^c	6	6.2
No	92	93.8
During the past two weeks, have you had any of the following symptoms?
Fever	6	6.2
Cough	15	15.5
Shortness of breath	12	12.4
Sore throat	6	6.2
Fatigue	35	36.1
Loss of taste or smell	2	2.1
Other symptom^d	52	53.6

^aYes, someone with a positive test; Yes, someone with a medical diagnosis, but no test; Yes, someone with possible symptoms, but no diagnosis by a doctor
^bYes, I have had a positive test; Yes, I have been tested and tested negative; Yes, I had a medical diagnosis, but no test; Yes, have had some possible symptoms, but no diagnosis by doctor
^cYes, member of household; Yes, non-household member
^dOther: runny nose, sneezing, muscle/body aches, vomiting, diarrhea, other symptom

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