Table 6.

Presence of anxiety-producing behavior and social support among 1,364 Chinese nurses during the COVID-19 pandemic.

Behavior	All nurses	Front-line nurses	Second-line nurses	P-value
Isolation (I feel that my family members and friends avoid contacts with me, because I work in a “high-risk” environment), n (%)	517 (38%)	279 (42%)	238 (34%)	0.001
Restriction of Social Contacts (I have restricted my social contacts because my work environment is considered “dangerous”), n (%)	1,043 (77%)	509 (77%)	534 (76%)	0.46
Intended Work Avoidance (Lately I have been so concerned about the COVID-19 influenza that I would take a leave to avoid going to work), n (%)	20 (1.5%)	10 (1.5%)	10 (1.4%)	0.87
Sense of Duty (In an emergency situation due to the COVID-19 pandemic, how possible would it be to avoid your duties? (1, highly possible; 9, not at all possible), Median (IQR)	9 (8,9)	9 (8,9)	9 (8,9)	0.001
Support items (inadequate vs. adequate), n (%)
Support from relatives	1257 (92%)	611 (93%)	646 (92%)	0.35
Appreciation from the community	1166 (86%)	587 (89%)	579 (82%)	<0.001
Protective facilities and temporary residential arrangements	1069 (78%)	542 (82%)	527 (75%)	0.001
Insurance and compensation	1011 (74%)	520 (79%)	491 (69%)	<0.001
Sense of coherence and team spirit	1322 (97%)	639 (97%)	683 (97%)	0.69
Gratitude from patients and their relatives	1135 (83%)	561 (85%)	574 (81%)	0.051
Clear infection control guideline	1231 (90%)	607 (92%)	624 (88%)	0.02
Frontline staff feedback reaching administrators	1174 (86%)	581 (88%)	593 (84%)	0.02
Counseling and psychological support from employer	1093 (80%)	547 (83%)	546 (77%)	0.007
Expressing opinions through staff unions or mass media	1090 (80%)	540 (82%)	550 (78%)	0.055
Other behaviors, n (%)	1044 (77%)	518 (79%)	526 (75%)	0.07
Total support score, Median (IQR)	10 (8,10)	10 (8,10)	9 (7-10)	<0.001