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. 2024 Jan 16;115(2):220–229. doi: 10.17269/s41997-023-00848-4

Table 4.

Physician reports of anxiety, stress/adjustment reaction and depressive conditions by infection wave for healthcare workers (HCW) and community referents (CR)

Wave Anxiety Stress/adjustment reaction Depression
HCW CR All HCW CR All HCW CR All
1 (March–June 2020) N 297 1431 1728 102 392 494 234 964 1198
% 10.0 9.8 9.9 3.4 2.7 2.8 7.9 6.6 6.8
2 (July 2020–February 2021) N 446 1950 2396 177 650 827 360 1329 1689
% 15.1 13.4 13.7 6.0 4.5 4.7 12.2 9.1 9.6
3 (March–June 2021) N 325 1514 1839 144 465 609 264 1011 1275
% 11.0 10.4 10.5 4.9 3.2 3.5 8.9 7.0 7.3
4 (July–October 2021) N 278 1245 1523 120 352 472 246 816 1062
% 9.4 8.6 8.7 4.1 2.4 2.7 8.3 5.6 6.1
5 (November 2021–March 2022) N 348 1524 1872 141 429 570 285 1045 1330
% 11.8 10.5 10.7 4.8 2.9 3.3 9.6 7.2 7.6
N 2959 14,546 17,505 2959 14,546 17,505 2959 14,546 17,505
HCW risk of physician report of mental ill-health by wave
Wave Anxiety Stress/adjustment reaction Depression
Unadjusted Adjusted* Unadjusted Adjusted* Unadjusted Adjusted*
1 (March–June 2020) OR 1.10 1.12 1.44 1.45 1.36 1.27
95% CI 0.90–1.34 0.92–1.36 1.09–1.90 1.11–1.91 1.06–1.75 1.00–1.61
p-value 0.368 0.263 0.010 0.007 0.016 0.048
2 (July 2020–February 2021) OR 1.30 1.33 1.55 1.55 1.74 1.62
95% CI 1.09–1.56 1.12–1.58 1.23–1.95 1.24–1.94 1.40–2.16 1.31–2.00
p-value 0.004 0.001 <0.001 <0.001 <0.001 <0.001
3 (March–June 2021) OR 1.16 1.18 1.83 1.84 1.58 1.46
95% CI 0.95–1.41 0.98–1.43 1.43–2.35 1.44–2.34 1.24–2.01 1.16–1.84
p-value 0.136 0.081 <0.001 <0.001 <0.001 0.001
4 (July–October 2021) OR 1.25 1.27 2.05 2.07 2.07 1.89
95% CI 1.02–1.54 1.04–1.55 1.57–2.69 1.59–2.69 1.61–2.66 1.49–2.39
p-value 0.034 0.017 <0.001 <0.001 <0.001 <0.001
5 (November 2021–March 2022) OR 1.30 1.32 1.98 1.99 1.73 1.60
95% CI 1.07–1.58 1.10–1.59 1.54–2.55 1.55–2.54 1.36–2.19 1.28–2.00
p-value 0.008 0.003 <0.001 <0.001 <0.001 <0.001
N 17,505 17,505 17,505

*Adjusted for physician report of the same condition in the 3 years before the pandemic