Table 2.

Generalized anxiety and subjective level of information regarding COVID-19 across the different groups

Profession		Generalized anxiety below cutoff (GAD-7 < 10)	Generalized anxiety above cutoff (GAD-7 ≥ 10)	% above cutoff	Prevalence ratio
Physicians	Low level of information	170	16	8.60	0.494
	High level of information	293	13	4.25	95% CI [0.243–1.00]
	Total	463	29	5.89
Nursing staff	Low level of information	569	98	14.69	0.599
	High level of information	767	74	8.80	95% CI [0.451–0.80]
	Total	1336	172	11.41
Paramedics	Low level of information	95	5	5.00	0.833
	High level of information	115	5	4.16	95% CI [0.238–2.80]
	Total	210	10	4.55
nHPs	Low level of information	3556	771	17.82	0.835
	High level of information	5373	929	14.88	95% CI [0.766–0.911]
	Total	8929	1700	15.99
In total	Low level of information	4390	891	16.87	0.807
	High level of information	6550	1032	13.61	95% CI [0.743–0.876]
	Total	10 940	1923	14.95

Note: Prevalence ratio presented for the presence of at least moderate generalized anxiety symptoms (≥10) as a function of the subjective feeling of information regarding COVID-19. Subjective level of information is split across the median in high (≥6) and low (≤6) levels. GAD-7, sum scores of ≥5, ≥10 and ≥15 indicate mild, moderate and severe generalized anxiety symptoms.