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. 2020 Dec 22;6(4):e24206. doi: 10.2196/24206

Table 2.

Anxiety levels among doctors and nurses with regard to age and availability of personal protective equipment, determined based on Generalized Anxiety Disorder, 7-item (GAD-7) score.

Variable Anxiety among doctors

Anxiety among nurses





High riska Low riskb P value High risk Low risk P value
Age (years), n (%)

.75

.07

<30 8 (24.2) 25 (75.7)
7 (15.2) 39 (84.7)

30-44 10 (17.2) 48 (82.7)
11 (25.5) 32 (74.4)

45-60 12 (15.7) 64 (84.2)
2 (5.5) 34 (94.4)

>60 5 (20) 20 (80)
1 (6.6) 14 (93.3)
Availability of adequate-quality PPEc
.13

.16

PPE not required 1 (7.6) 12 (92.3)
1 (9.09) 10 (90.9)

Yes 11 (14.8) 63 (85.1)
3 (6.3) 43 (93.6)

No 19 (26.3) 53 (73.6)
11 (20.3) 44 (79.6)

Not sure 4 (12.1) 29 (87.8)
6 (21.4) 22 (78.5)

aGAD-7 score >10.

bGAD-7 score <10.

cPPE: personal protective equipment.