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. 2023 May 31;56(4):319–326. doi: 10.3961/jpmph.22.528

Table 1.

General characteristics of HCWs

Characteristics Total Good sleep quality Poor sleep quality p-value
Total 1000 262 (26.2) 738 (73.8)

Age (y) 0.295
 Mean±SD 33.20±6.81 33.60±7.51 33.10±6.54
 Median [Min, Max] 32.0 [20.0, 61.0]

Work experience (y) 0.135
 Mean±SD 8.54±6.30 9.08±7.01 8.35±6.02
 Median [Min, Max] 7.4 [0.1, 43.0]

Sex 0.021
 Male 370 81 (21.9) 289 (78.1)
 Female 630 181 (28.7) 449 (71.3)

Current job 0.241
 Physician 377 100 (26.5) 277 (73.5)
 Nurse 403 96 (23.8) 307 (76.2)
 Other1 220 66 (30.0) 154 (70.0)

Chronic comorbidity 0.038
 Yes 63 9 (14.3) 54 (85.7)
 No 937 253 (27.0) 684 (73.0)

Work environment 0.001
 FLHCW 595 133 (22.4) 462 (77.6)
 NFLHCW 405 129 (31.9) 276 (48.1)

Work position 0.001
 Direct care and treatment 595 133 (22.4) 462 (77.6)
 Tracing and sampling 247 71 (28.7) 176 (71.3)
 Logistics, administration 158 58 (36.7) 100 (63.3)

Work time daily (compared to pre-COVID-19) <0.001
 Increase 561 120 (21.4) 441 (78.6)
 Not increase 439 142 (32.3) 297 (67.7)

Work days per week (compared to pre-COVID-19) 0.103
 Increase 753 187 (24.8) 566 (75.2)
 Not increase 247 75 (30.4) 172 (69.6)

Rest time during work shift (compared to pre-COVID-19) 0.686
 Increase 729 188 (25.8) 541 (74.2)
 Not increase 271 74 (27.3) 197 (72.7)

Frequency of seeing critically ill patients dying (compared to pre-COVID-19) <0.001
 Increase 594 129 (21.7) 465 (78.3)
 Not increase 406 133 (32.8) 273 (67.2)

Stress levels (compared to pre-COVID19) 0.010
 Increase 655 154 (23.5) 501 (76.5)
 Not increase 345 108 (31.3) 237 (68.7)

Values are presented as number (%).

HCW, healthcare worker; SD, standard deviation; Min, minimum; Max, maximum; FLHCW, frontline healthcare worker (involved in direct care and treatment); NFLHCW, non-frontline healthcare worker (including those who perform swabs for COVID-19 cases and logistics work); COVID-19, coronavirus disease 2019.

1

Administration officer, pharmacist, technician, midwife, student, volunteer, traditional medicine, and public health HCW.