Table 5. Psychological Impact of the Pandemic by Participant Characteristics.
| Parameters Frequency (%) |
Normal (0–23) |
Mild Psychological Impact (24–32) |
Moderate Psychological Impact (33–36) |
Severe Psychological Impact ( ≥ 37) |
|||
| Frequency (%) | Frequency (%) | Frequency (%) | Total | P Value* | |||
| Age (years) | 20–29 | 24 (34.3) | 8 (11.4) | 0 (0.0) | 38 (54.3) | 70 | 0.11 |
| 30–39 | 15 (34.9) | 2 (4.7) | 0 (0.0) | 26 (60.5) | 43 | ||
| ≥40 | 2 (10.0) | 1 (5.0) | 0 (0.0) | 17 (85.0) | 20 | ||
| Gender | Male | 16 (21.6) | 8 (10.8) | 0 (0.0) | 50 (67.6) | 74 | 0.030 |
| Female | 25 (42.4) | 3 (5.1) | 0 (0.0) | 31 (52.5) | 59 | ||
| Residence | Urban | 25 (27.5) | 8 (8.8) | 0 (0.0) | 58 (63.7) | 91 | 0.46 |
| Rural | 16 (38.1) | 3 (7.1) | 0 (0.0) | 23 (54.8) | 42 | ||
| Marital status | Single | 32 (39.5) | 10 (12.3) | 0 (0.0) | 39 (48.1) | 81 | 0.001 |
| Married | 9 (17.6) | 1 (2.0) | 0 (0.0) | 41 (80.4) | 51 | ||
| designation | Doctor | 30 (36.1) | 5 (6.0) | 0 (0.0) | 48 (57.8) | 83 | 0.037 |
| Nurse | 10 (10) | 4 (14.3) | 0 (0.0) | 14 (50.0) | 28 | ||
| Technician | 0 (0.0) | 1 (8.3) | 0 (0.0) | 11 (91.7) | 12 | ||
| Others | 1 (10.0) | 1 (10.0) | 0 (0.0) | 8 (80.0) | 10 | ||
| Place of posting | OPD | 11 (55.0) | 2 (10.0) | 0 (0.0) | 7 (35.0) | 20 | 0.002 |
| IPD | 9 (26.5) | 7 (20.6) | 0 (0.0) | 18 (52.9) | 34 | ||
| Emergency | 13 (36.1) | 1 (2.8) | 0 (0.0) | 22 (61.1) | 36 | ||
| COVID clinic | 0 (0.0) | 0 (0.0) | 0 (0.0) | 13 (100.0) | 13 | ||
| Theatre | 8 (34.8) | 1 (4.3) | 0 (0.0) | 14 (60.9) | 23 | ||
| Swab collection center | 0 (0.0) | 0 (0.0) | 0 (0.0) | 7 (100.0) | 7 | ||
IPD: in-patient department, COVID: coronavirus disease, OPD: out-patient department. *Fisher’s exact test, two-sided.