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. 2020 Jul 22;125(4):e384–e386. doi: 10.1016/j.bja.2020.07.005

Table 1.

Summary of the results of the Hospital Anxiety and Depression Scale (HADS) instrument, displaying unadjusted and adjusted odds ratios. ∗Anxiety. Depression. CI, confidence interval; COVID-19, coronavirus disease 2019; OR, odds ratio.

Characteristic HADS-A∗
P-value Unadjusted OR (95% CI) Adjusted OR (95% CI) P-value HADS-D
P-value Unadjusted OR (95% CI) Adjusted OR (95% CI) P-value
<11,
≥11,
<11,
≥11,
n (%) n (%) n (%) n (%)
Overall 188 (69.6) 82 (30.4) 189 (70.0) 81 (30.0)
Gender
 Male 63 (23.3) 16 (5.9) 0.020 1.0 1.0 0.060 57 (21.1) 22 (8.1) 0.620 1.0 1.0 0.325
 Female 125 (46.2) 66 (24.4) 2.1 (1.1–3.9) 2.9 (1.3–6.1) 132 (48.9) 59 (21.9) 1.2 (0.6–2.0) 1.4 (0.7–2.8)
Occupation
 Physician 85 (31.4) 30 (11.1) 0.187 1.0 1.0 0.772 83 (30.7) 32 (11.9) 0.502 1.0 1.0 0.770
 Nurse 103 (38.1) 52 (19.2) 1.4 (0.8–2.4) 0.9 (0.5–1.8) 106 (39.3) 49 (18.1) 1.2 (0.7–2.0) 0.9 (0.5–1.8)
Knew someone diagnosed with COVID-19
 Yes 21 (7.8) 14 (5.2) 0.184 1.6 (0.8–3.4) 0.8 (0.3–1.9) 0.572 27 (10) 8 (3.0) 0.323 0.7 (0.3–1.5) 0.6 (0.2–1.5) 0.230
 No 167 (61.9) 68 (25.2) 1.0 1.0 162 (60.0) 73 (27.0) 1.0 1.0
Treated a patient with COVID-19
 Yes 139 (51.5) 72 (26.7) 0.011 2.5 (1.2–5.3) 2.9 (1.3–6.5) 0.011 143 (53.0) 68 (25.2) 0.131 1.7 (0.9–3.3) 1.5 (0.7–3.1) 0.265
 No 49 (18.1) 10 (3.7) 1.0 1.0 46 (17.0) 13 (4.8) 1.0 1.0
Redeployed to areas outside of usual clinical practice
 Yes 71 (26.3) 42 (15.6) 0.039 1.7 (1.0–2.9) 1.6 (0.9–2.8) 0.124 71 (26.3) 42 (15.6) 0.029 1.8 (1.1–3.0) 1.8 (1.0–3.1) 0.042
 No 117 (43.3) 40 (14.8) 1.0 1.0 118 (43.7) 71 (26.3) 1.0 1.0
Subject of a quarantine order or stay-at-home notice
 Yes 18 (6.7) 21 (7.8) 0.001 3.3 (1.6–6.5) 3.6 (1.6–8.1) 0.020 29 (10.7) 10 (3.7) 0.521 0.8 (0.4–1.7) 0.7 (0.3–1.8) 0.487
 No 170 (63.0) 61 (22.6) 1.0 1.0 160 (59.3) 71 (26.3) 1.0 1.0
More than one co-morbid condition
 Yes 8 (3.0) 11 (4.1) 0.007 3.5 (1.3–9.0) 3.2 (1.1–9.4) 0.030 8 (3.0) 11 (4.1) 0.006 3.6 (1.4–9.2) 4.7 (1.6–13.5) 0.005
 No 180 (66.7) 71 (26.3) 1.0 1.0 181 (67.0) 70 (26.3) 1.0 1.0