Table 1.

The Characteristic of Nurses from the tertiary hospital in Wuhan.

		Peak period		Stable period		P value
		No.	%	No.	%
		709		621
Gender	Male	25	3.5	16	2.6	0.201
	Female	684	96.5	605	97.4
Age/year	18–25	182	25.7	122	19.6	0.071
	26–30	240	33.9	220	35.4
	30–40	191	26.9	186	30.0
	>40	96	13.5	93	15.0
Marital status	Unmarried	323	45.6	237	38.2	0.024
	Married	376	53.0	373	60.1
	Others	10	1.4	11	1.8
Professional title	None	97	13.7	79	12.7	0.954
	Primary	413	58.3	362	58.3
	Junior	190	26.8	172	27.7
	Senior	9	1.3	8	1.3
Live alone	Yes	207	29.2	244	39.3	<0.001
	No	502	70.8	377	60.7
Cohabitants with suspicious symptoms	Yes	129	18.2	27	4.3	<0.001
	No	580	81.8	594	95.7
Adequate protection training	Yes	484	68.3	587	94.5	<0.001
	No	225	31.7	34	5.5
Sufficient protection conditions	Yes	581	81.9	607	97.7	<0.001
	No	128	18.1	14	2.3
Sufficient protection confidence	Yes	518	73.1	595	95.8	<0.001
	No	191	26.9	26	4.2
Value of online psychological information	Yes	483	68.1	476	76.7	<0.001
	No	226	31.9	145	23.3
Change of physical condition	Similar	493	69.5	475	76.5	0.004
	Worse	216	30.5	146	23.5
Uncertainty of fighting against the epidemic	Yes	411	58.0	201	32.4	<0.001
	No	298	42.0	420	67.6
Working department*	Frontline	348	49.1	262	42.2	–
	Non-frontline unit	361	50.9	278	44.8
	Fangcang shelter hospital	–	–	81	13.0

*The nurses from the emergency department, fever clinics, medical unit for COVID-19 patients, or Fangcang shelter hospital, were identified as frontline nurses, while the others were classified as non-frontline nurses. Fangcang shelter hospitals were constructed and first used after February 5, which were not investigated in the outbreak period.