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Table 4 First level scales across subgroups: means, standard deviations and frequencies of scorings above the cutoff. T-test and ANOVA for continuous variables, Chi-square test for categorical variables

From: Hospital workers mental health during the COVID-19 pandemic: methods of data collection and characteristics of study sample in a university hospital in Milan (Italy)

 

GHQ-12

IES-R

GAD-7

Mean (sd)

N(%) > cutoff

Mean (sd)

N(%) > cutoff

Mean (sd)

N(%) > cutoff

Male

2.90 (3.05)

69 (35)

16.7 (15.6)

32 (16)

4.55 (4.40)

28 (14)

Female

3.67 (3.45)

148 (42)

23.0 (18.1)

88 (25)

6.66 (5.61)

88 (25)

 

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Age group

 20–30

4.39 (3.79)

38 (53)

23.2 (19.6)

22 (31)

6.77 (5.20)

18 (25)

 31–40

3.76 (3.35)

68 (45)

21.7 (16.3)

36 (24)

6.42 (5.17)

35 (23)

 41–50

3.17 (3.29)

44 (32)

19.9 (18.4)

27 (20)

5.69 (5.51)

28 (20)

 51–60

3.29 (3.28)

57 (38)

22.3 (17.8)

34 (23)

6.02 (5.62)

33 (22)

  > 60

1.55 (1.79)

8 (17)

10.4 (8.53)

1 (2)

2.84 (2.65)

1 (2)

 

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Occupational role

 Administrative staff

2.19 (2.63)

15 (24)

16.2 (12.1)

5 (8)

4.35 (4.20)

6 (9)

 Health assistant

2.88 (3.43)

10 (30)

24.5 (17.3)

8 (24)

6.66 (5.65)

10 (30)

 Nursing staff

4.19 (3.70)

106 (48)

25.1 (20.0)

70 (31)

6.73 (5.77)

58 (26)

 Physician

3.04 (2.94)

62 (38)

16.6 (14.4)

23 (14)

5.33 (4.81)

29 (17)

 Others

3.00 (2.98)

24 (34)

18.9 (16.2)

14 (19)

5.55 (5.16)

13 (18)

 

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Chronic disease

 Yes

3.57 (3.50)

78 (41)

22.9 (19.2)

51 (27)

6.39 (5.83)

50 (26)

 No

3.29 (3.25)

139 (38)

19.6 (16.4)

69 (19)

5.64 (4.99)

66 (18)

   

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Positive nasopharyngeal swab

 Yes

3.37 (3.60)

23 (39)

20.0 (16.3)

15 (25)

5.91 (4.76)

9 (15)

 No

3.39 (3.30)

194 (39)

20.8 (17.6)

105 (21)

5.90 (5.37)

107 (21)

Experience of quarantine

 Yes

3.67 (3.53)

41(46)

22.2 (17.7)

25 (28)

6.28 (4.63)

19 (21)

 No

3.34 (3.29)

176 (38)

20.4 (17.4)

95 (20)

5.82 (5.42)

97 (21)

COVID-19 area working experience

 Never

2.53 (2.77)

63 (28)

16.1 (14.1)

28 (12)

4.72 (4.77)

31 (13)

 Yes

      

currently

4.20 (3.65)

100 (50)

25.1 (19.3)

62 (31)

7.20 (5.51)

58 (29)

previously

3.66 (3.40)

54 (43)

21.8 (17.9)

30 (24)

5.94 (5.40)

27 (21)

 

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  > 120 days

4.17 (3.62)

78 (49)

25.1 (19.1)

50 (32)

7.14 (5.64)

47 (30)

  < 120 days

3.88 (3.52)

71 (45)

22.4 (18.5)

38 (24)

6.35 (5.44)

37 (23)

 

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high-intensity area

4.18 (3.60)

132 (50)

25.2 (19.4)

81 (31)

6.96 (5.60)

72 (27)

low-intensity area

3.20 (3.26)

22 (35)

18.1 (14.9)

11 (17)

5.67 (4.97)

13 (21)

 

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Family member positive to COVID-19

 Yes

4.44 (3.36)

44 (58)

23.9 (16.9)

24 (32)

7.30 (5.10)

23 (30)

 No

3.23 (3.30)

173 (36)

20.2 (17.5)

96 (20)

5.68 (5.30)

93 (19)

 

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  1. *p < 0.05; **p < 0.005; *** p < 0.001
  2. p values refer to comparisons between subjects with working experiences in COVID-19 area ( current/previous, number of days, intensity area) and subjects with no experience in COVID-19 area