Table 1.
Demographic characteristics and job-related attributes of the 2019-nCoV healthcare workers.
| Doctors |
Nurses |
P-value | |
|---|---|---|---|
| n = 116 | n = 99 | ||
| Demographics | |||
| Age, years | 37.39 ± 0.724 | 34.44 ± 0.669 | 0.004 |
| No. of females, n (%) | 69 (59.50) | 95 (96.0) | <0.001 |
| BMI, kg/m2 | 21.88 ± 0.53 | 22.59 ± 1.08 | 0.543 |
| Marital status, n (% married) | 96 (82.8) | 93 (93.9) | 0.012 |
| Monthly personal income (RMB) | 7,600 ± 795 | 5,860 ± 857 | <0.001 |
| Educational level (%) | <0.001 | ||
| University or below | 41.4 | 96 | |
| Postgraduate | 58.6 | 4 | |
| Health status, % healthy | 90.5 | 94.9 | 0.450 |
| Nightshift days per month | 5.01 ± 0.03 | 4.96 ± 0.03 | 0.329 |
| Current smoker, n (%) | 8 (6.9) | 2 (2) | 0.112 |
| Alcohol drinker, n (%) | 16 (13.8) | 4 (4) | 0.017 |
| Job-related attributes | |||
| Work time, days | 14.41 ± 0.72 | 15.22 ± 0.51 | 0.374 |
| Years of work experience | 4.36 ± 0.12 | 4.64 ± 0.11 | 0.098 |
| Work experience for SARS or MERS, n (%) | 16 (13.8) | 17 (17.2) | 0.570 |
| Subjective psychological stress score for 2019-nCoV infection | 6 ± 0.22 | 5.53 ± 0.25 | 0.174 |
| Online cognitive behavioral therapy use (%) | 11.2 | 31.3 | <0.001 |
| Sleep restriction | 1.7 | 6 | |
| Stimulus control | 1.7 | 4 | |
| Relaxation techniques | 11.2 | 31.3 | |
| Mixed therapy | 1.7 | 6 | |
Continuous data are presented as the means ± standard deviation (SD) and categorical data are presented as numbers with percentages in parentheses. Differences in baseline characteristics among the subgroups were examined using the Kruskal–Wallis H test or χ2 test according to the characteristics of the data distribution. Abbreviations: BMI, body mass index; 2019-nCoV, 2019 novel coronavirus; SARS, severe acute respiratory syndrome; MERS, Middle East respiratory syndrome.