Table 3.
GHQ-12 Score and Frequency of Psychological Morbidity Among PCPs Working in ANT Participating to BURNOUT2016 and COVID2020 Surveys
| Study | BURNOUT2016 |
COVID2020 |
P | BURNOUT2016 |
COVID2020 |
P | BURNOUT2016 |
COVID2020 |
P |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| PCPs, n = 179 | PCPs, n = 145 | Physicians, n = 104 | Physicians, n = 75 | Nurses, n = 75 | Nurses, n = 68 | ||||
| GHQ-12 score, mean (±St.Dev.) | 15.9 (±3.9) | 18.2 (±4.5) | <.001a | 16.4 (±3.7) | 18.2 (±4.9) | .004a | 15.1 (±3.9) | 18.3 (±4.1) | <.001a |
| PCPs showing psychological morbidity, n (%) | 28 (15.6%) | 64 (45.1%) | <.001b | 19 (18.3) | 34 (45.9%) | <.001b | 9 (12.0%) | 30 (45.9%) | <.001b |
ANT = National Tumor Assistance; GHQ-12 = General Health Questionnaire 12; PCPs = palliative care professionals.
a
Statistical analysis compared the GHQ-12 score between PCPs participating to the two studies by Mann-Whitney U Test.
b
Statistical analysis compared the distribution of PCPs showing psychological morbidity (GHQ-12 score > 19) between PCPs participating to the two studies by Chi square test.