*3.1. Characteristics of the Participants*

Of the 1191 responses received for our questionnaire, 216 responses were excluded from our study due to incomplete information on the sociodemographic profile. Out of the remaining 797 samples (average age 34.58 years), 457 (57.34%) belonged to an age group of >25 years, and 340 (42.65%) were from the 18–25 years age group. Only 30% of the respondents were secondary school qualified, while the majority of them are better educated (69%). Most of the participants (64%) of this study were non-employed or students, whereas 36% of them were working. Concerning the status of body weight, a higher proportion of the included samples were overweight (66%), with only 34% representing normal weight. The average BMI of the participants was 26.73 (kg/m2). Significantly (*p* = 0.000), a high percentage of the surveyors in the higher age group were overweight and unemployed (Table 1).



<sup>1</sup> Pearson chi-squared test.

*3.2. General Mental Status, Negative Attitude, IES, Negative Health Impact by Age*

The overall mean general mental status score of 1.5 ± 0.059 (mean ± SEM) was noted among the participants with a significantly (*p* = 0.001) high level of abnormal mental status in a higher age group (Odds ratio, 1.304) compared to lower to age group (Table 2). The average score for negative attitude was 7.79 ± 0.239, with a risk estimate of 1.304 for the higher age group. There was no association of age on the impact of event scale (IES on COVID-19) with an overall average of 20.83 ± 0.569 among the participants. However, the age group of ≥25 years had a relatively bigger risk estimate (1.249) for the IES score. Additionally, a significant (*p* = 0.001) link was found between negative health impact and age of the participants, with an overall mean score of 2.41 ± 0.062. The overall average of IES sub-scale intrusion, avoidance and hyperarousal were 7.55 ± 0.21, 7.05 ± 0.22 and 6.22 ± 0.5, respectively.


**Table 2.** General mental status, negative attitude, impact of event scale (IES), negative health impact by age.

<sup>1</sup> Pearson chi-squared test; <sup>2</sup> risk estimate for 2 × 2 table.
