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Table 5 Second level scales across subgroups (N = 192): 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)

  

PHQ-9

DES

SCL-90

N (%)

Mean (sd)

N(%) > cutoff

Mean (sd)

N(%) > cutoff

Mean (sd)

N(%) > cutoff

Male

57 (30)

8.43 (4.79)

12 (21)

9.19 (8.74)

9 (15)

0.61 (0.42)

9 (16)

Female

135 (70)

9.61 (5.76)

51 (37)

12.8 (13.3)

29 (21)

0.83 (0.65)

41 (30)

   

*

*

 

**

*

Age group

 20–30

34 (18)

10.2 (5.79)

11 (32)

12.7 (10.8)

7 (20)

0.87 (0.65)

12 (35)

 31–40

59 (31)

8.64 (5.31)

14 (23)

13.6 (12.5)

17 (28)

0.73 (0.57)

17 (29)

 41–50

44 (23)

9.34 (6.19)

17 (38)

9.75 (10.4)

6 (13)

0.74 (0.59)

10 (23)

 51–60

48 (25)

9.85 (5.01)

21 (43)

11.6 ( 14.8)

8 (16)

0.82 (0.63)

11 (23)

 > 60

5 (3)

4.40 (1.51)

0

3.89 (2.48)

0

0.37 (0.26)

0

Occupational role

 Administrative staff

10 (5)

8.10 (4.28)

4 (40)

10.5 (11.1)

2 (20)

0.75 (0.63)

4 (40)

 Health assistant

9 (5)

13.0 (5.17)

7 (77)

23.8 (23.9)

5 (55)

1.47 (1.02)

5 (55)

 Nursing staff

101 (53)

10.6 (5.70)

36 (35)

14.0 (12.5)

27 (26)

0.86 (0.60)

33 (33)

 Physician

49 (25)

7.18 (4.70)

9 (18)

6.87 (6.81)

2 (4)

0.53 (0.33)

4 (8)

 Others

23 (12)

6.95 (4.28)

7 (30)

8.19 (8.73)

2 (8)

0.59 (0.54)

4 (17)

  

***

**

***

***

***

**

Chronic disease

 Yes

71 (37)

10.4 (5.50)

33 (46)

13.2 (13.1)

16 (22)

0.87 (0.63)

22 (31)

 No

121 (63)

8.57 (5.41)

30 (24)

10.9 (11.6)

22 (18)

0.71 (0.57)

28 (23)

  

*

**

    

Positive nasopharyngeal swab

 Yes

23 (12)

9.39 (4.44)

7 (30)

10.8 (11.4)

3 (13)

0.67 (0.37)

3 (13)

 No

169 (88)

9.24 (5.64)

56 (33)

11.9 (12.3)

35 (20)

0.78 (0.62)

47 (28)

Experience of quarantine

 Yes

34 (18)

9.38 (4.52)

9 (26)

10.9 (9.73)

3 (8)

0.76 (0.43)

8 (23)

 No

158 (82)

9.24 (5.70)

54 (34)

11.9 (12.7)

35 (22)

0.77 (0.63)

42 (26)

COVID-19 area working experience

 Never

53 (28)

8.39 (5.18)

19 (35)

10.5 (11.0)

7 (13)

0.73 (0.62)

12 (22)

 Yes

       

currently

96 (50)

9.69 (5.74)

31 (32)

12.7 (13.3)

20 (21)

0.83 (0.59)

30 (31)

previously

43 (22)

9.37 (5.33)

13 (30)

11.1 (11.0)

11 (26)

0.68 (0.57)

8 (19)

  > 120 days

79 (41)

9.77 (5.52)

24 (31)

12.2 (13.3)

15 (19)

0.84 (0.60)

24 (31)

  < 120 days

60 (31)

9.91 (5.66)

19 (33)

13.1 (12.1)

16 (28)

0.76 (0.57)

14 (25)

high-intensity area

121 (63)

9.76 (5.60)

38 (31)

12.3 (13.0)

25 (20)

0.77 (0.57)

32 (26)

low-intensity area

18 (9)

8.50 (5.63)

6 (33)

11.7 (9.85)

6 (33)

0.84 (0.70)

6 (33)

Positive family member

 Yes

38 (20)

9.13 (4.58)

10 (26)

10.2 (8.16)

4 (10)

0.72 (0.48)

7 (18)

 No

154 (80)

9.29 (5.72)

53 (34)

12.1 (13.0)

34 (22)

0.78 (0.62)

43 (28)

  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