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. 2020 Oct 13;10:348. doi: 10.1038/s41398-020-01031-w

Table 4.

Risk factors of acute psychological effects among healthcare workers identified by binary logistic regression analysis.

Variables Depression Anxiety PTSD
OR (95% CI) p value OR (95% CI) p value OR (95% CI) p value
Gender (Ref: male)
Female 1.43 (0.94, 2.18) 0.097 1.24 (0.89, 1.74) 0.210 1.33 (0.78, 2.28) 0.296
Location ((Ref: Wuhan)
Hubei except Wuhan 0.73 (0.52, 1.03) 0.075 0.58 (0.44, 0.77) <0.001 0.71 (0.47, 1.08) 0.113
Other provinces 1.26 (0.88, 1.80) 0.205 0.91 (0.67, 1.22) 0.524 0.88 (0.56, 1.40) 0.593
Occupation (Ref: doctor)
Nurse 1.06 (0.73, 1.54) 0.746 1.24 (0.91, 1.69) 0.184 1.62 (1.01, 2.62) 0.048
Technical title (Ref: junior)
Intermediate 1.39 (1.03, 1.88) 0.032 1.61 (1.25, 2.07) <0.001 1.88 (1.32, 2.67) <0.001
Senior 1.03 (0.63, 1.69) 0.913 1.33 (0.89, 1.98) 0.166 1.67 (0.91, 3.06) 0.100
Working position (Ref: second-line)
Frontline 2.00 (1.53, 2.63) <0.001 2.07 (1.66, 2.59) <0.001 2.27 (1.63, 3.17) <0.001
Enough training for protection (Ref: yes)
No 1.50 (1.11, 2.00) 0.008 1.31 (1.03, 1.68) 0.031 1.20 (0.84, 1.71) 0.323
Enough resources for protection (Ref: yes)
No 1.12 (0.81, 1.55) 0.501 1.20 (0.91, 1.58) 0.203 0.95 (0.64, 1.42) 0.817
Confidence in protection measures (Ref: yes)
No 1.71 (1.28, 2.27) <0.001 1.47 (1.16, 1.87) 0.002 1.73 (1.23, 2.43) 0.002
Worry about infection (Ref: yes)
No 0.25 (0.14, 0.46) <0.001 0.17 (0.10, 0.27) <0.001 0.03 (0.01, 0.23) 0.001

OR odds ratio, CI confidence interval, PTSD post-traumatic stress disorder, Ref reference.