Table 1

Country-by-country average anxiety and proportion of patients very anxious (score 9 or 10) about their supply of hydroxychloroquine sulfate at the heat of the crisis (April 2020),soon after resolution (August–September 2020) and 18 months later (December 2021–February 2022)

CountryAnswers received (n)Average anxiety (SD)% of very anxious patients
April 2020August–September 2020December 2021–February 2022April 2020August–September 2020December 2021–February 2022April 2020August–September 2020December 2021–February 2022
Finland6623865.39 (2.71)*2.41 (2.46)9.1*3.5
Portugal662464.03 (2.70)*1.22 (2.13)3.0*0.0
Belgium95541126.23 (3.13)3.83 (3.41)3.77 (3.35)26.316.712.5
Denmark3621855.86 (2.66)*4.09 (3.20)16.7*9.4
France4222851006.46 (2.67)3.93 (3.13)3.14 (3.14)23.78.88.0
Germany254101027.50 (2.48)*4.15 (3.62)40.9*13.7
Italy2494952266.14 (2.84)4.26 (3.04)3.24 (3.07)22.99.16.2
Lithuania2921918.10 (2.73)*3.53 (3.36)62.1*9.9
Netherlands6224376.00 (2.82)*4.24 (3.36)21.0*10.8
Slovakia5333225.87 (2.91)3.48 (3.13)2.27 (2.18)20.812.1*
Spain2051863596.06 (3.07)4.19 (3.13)3.66 (3.49)21.58.69.7
Switzerland478336.28 (2.55)3.89 (2.80)*23.47.2*
UK3432875676.84 (2.76)4.49 (3.40)3.66 (3.43)31.213.912.3
Bulgaria1811262199.71 (1.02)8.69 (2.18)8.29 (2.73)92.871.464.4
Poland43261159.02 (1.87)6.31 (3.28)9.09 (1.72)76.730.873.9
  • *Averages and SDs only calculated where more than 25 answers were received.