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. 2023 Jul;27(7):493–502. doi: 10.5005/jp-journals-10071-24488

Table 5.

DASS-21 and ProQol-5 score categories

Scale Parameter Category Total Frequency (%) χ2 (df) p-value
Nursing officer (n = 78) Junior resident(n = 35) Senior resident (n = 35) Faculty (n = 5)
DASS-21 Depression Normal 98 (64.1) 53 25 17 3 15.28 (12) 0.226
Mild 21 (13.7) 8 4 7 2
Moderate 19 (12.4) 6 5 8 0
Severe 10 (6.5) 7 1 2 0
Extremely severe 5 (3.3) 4 0 1 0
Anxiety Normal 70 (45.8) 36 18 14 2 9.73 (12) 0.639
Mild 18 (11.8) 11 3 3 1
Moderate 30 (19.6) 12 6 11 1
Severe 18 (11.8) 7 6 4 1
Extremely severe 17 (11.1) 12 2 3 0
Stress Normal 93 (60.8) 51 21 18 3 9.64 (12) 0.657
Mild 36 (23.5) 14 8 12 2
Moderate 16 (10.5) 7 6 3 0
Severe 5 (3.3) 4 0 1 0
Extremely severe 3 (1.9) 2 0 1 0
ProQoL-5 Compassion satisfaction Low 3 (1.9) 2 1 0 0 3.48 (6) 0.746
Average 100 (65.4) 49 21 27 3
High 50 (32.7) 27 13 8 2
Burnout Low 69 (45.1) 37 19 11 2 4.06 (3) 0.255
Average 84 (54.9) 41 16 24 3
High 0 0 0 0 0
Secondary traumatic stress Low 69 (45.1) 27 18 23 1 13.30 (6) 0.039*
Average 81 (52.9) 48 17 12 4
High 3 (1.9) 3 0 0 0

*Indicates p-value of less than 0.05 (statistically significant)