Table 2.
Bivariate analysis for psychological distress (n = 249)
| Variable | IES-R score ≥9, n (%) |
IES-R score ≤8, n (%) |
COR | 95% CI | P |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Age group, years | |||||
| 22–30 | 178 (79.1) | 47 (20.9) | 5.7 | 0.9–35.0 | 0.061* |
| 31–40 | 15 (78.9) | 4 (21.1) | 5.6 | 0.7–46.0 | 0.107* |
| 41–50 | 2 (40.0) | 3 (60.0) | 1 | ||
| Gender | |||||
| Male | 84 (71.2) | 34 (28.8) | 1 | ||
| Female | 111 (84.7) | 20 (15.3) | 2.2 | 1.2–4.2 | 0.011* |
| Marital status | |||||
| Single | 113 (74.8) | 38 (25.2) | 0.6 | 0.3–1.1 | 0.101* |
| Married + divorced | 82 (83.7) | 16 (16.3) | 1 | ||
| Occupation | |||||
| Doctor | 62 (72.1) | 24 (27.9) | 0.3 | 0.1–1.5 | 0.151* |
| Nurse | 105 (80.8) | 25 (19.2) | 0.5 | 0.1–2.4 | 0.410 |
| Pharmacy professionals | 12 (80.0) | 3 (20.0) | 0.5 | 0.1–3.5 | 0.484 |
| Laboratory professionals | 16 (88.9) | 2 (11.1) | 1 | ||
| Years of service experience | |||||
| ≤2 | 94 (75.8) | 30 (24.2) | 1.3 | 0.5–2.9 | 0.599 |
| 3–4 | 43 (79.6) | 11 (20.4) | 1.6 | 0.6–4.2 | 0.375 |
| 5–6 | 33 (91.7) | 3 (8.3) | 4.4 | 1.1–17.7 | 0.037* |
| ≥7 | 25 (71.4) | 10 (28.6) | 1 | ||
| Insomnia | |||||
| No | 75 (60.5) | 49 (39.5) | 1 | ||
| Yes | 120 (96.0) | 5 (4.0) | 15.7 | 6.0–41.1 | <0.001* |
| Social supporta | |||||
| Poor social support | 108 (78.8) | 29 (21.2) | 2.3 | 0.9–5.3 | 0.059* |
| Moderate social support | 69 (83.1) | 14 (16.9) | 3.0 | 1.2–7.7 | 0.022* |
| Good social support | 18 (62.1) | 11 (37.9) | 1 | ||
| Having update on COVID daily | |||||
| Yes | 117 (74.1) | 41 (25.9) | 1 | ||
| No | 78 (85.7) | 13 (14.3) | 2.0 | 1.0–4.0 | 0.046* |
| I don't feel confident an employee will care for me if I get COVID-19 | |||||
| Yes | 120 (80.0) | 30 (20.0) | 1.3 | 0.7–2.4 | 0.427 |
| No | 75 (75.8) | 24 (24.2) | 1 | ||
| I feel I will transmit COVID-19 to my family | |||||
| Yes | 137 (79.2) | 36 (20.8) | 1.2 | 0.6–2.2 | 0.612 |
| No | 58 (76.3) | 18 (23.7) | 1 | ||
| I feel my family will not look after me if I was infected | |||||
| Yes | 78 (85.7) | 13 (14.3) | 2.1 | 1.1–4.2 | 0.034* |
| No | 117 (74.1) | 41 (25.9) | 1 | ||
| I feel that my institution did not support me during the COVID crisis | |||||
| Yes | 137 (82.5) | 29 (17.5) | 2.0 | 1.1–3.8 | 0.024* |
| No | 58 (69.9) | 25 (30.1) | 1 | ||
| Overall satisfied with government handling of COVID in the community | |||||
| Yes | 83 (78.3) | 23 (21.7) | 1 | ||
| No | 112 (78.3) | 31 (21.7) | 1.0 | 0.5–1.8 | 0.997 |
| Feeling stigmatisation and rejection in the neighbourhood because of hospital work | |||||
| Yes | 122 (87.1) | 18 (12.9) | 3.3 | 1.8–6.3 | 0.001* |
| No | 73 (67.0) | 36 (33.0) | 1 | ||
IES-R, Impact of Event Scale – Revised; COR, crude odds ratio.
a.
Social support was evaluated using the three-item Oslo Social Support Scale.
*
P < 0.25.