TABLE 4.
Stressful situations during a potential COVID-19 outbreak by occupational group
| Potentially stressful situations | Occupation | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nurses | Physician | Total* | p | |
| % | % | %* | ||
| What would stress you out in case of a COVID-19 outbreak? | ||||
| Inadequacy of protective measures | 78.5 | 67.3 | 72.4 | 0.008 |
| Possibility of the transmission of COVID-19 from a patient in the hospital | 79.9 | 66.1 | 72.4 | 0.001 |
| Not knowing when the COVID-19 outbreak will be brought under control | 63.6 | 47.8 | 55.0 | <0.001 |
| Lack of treatment | 77.5 | 62.5 | 69.3 | <0.001 |
| Diagnosis of one of my colleagues with COVID-19 | 65.6 | 62.5 | 63.9 | 0.505 |
| Diagnosis of one of my family members with COVID-19 | 72.2 | 72.5 | 72.4 | 0.950 |
| Having colleagues with symptoms similar to those of COVID-19 | 58.4 | 43.8 | 50.4 | 0.002 |
| Having symptoms similar to those of COVID-19 | 67.9 | 55.4 | 61.1 | 0.006 |
| Witnessing the death of a patient with COVID-19 | 59.3 | 50.6 | 54.6 | 0.061 |
| News about new cases in the media | 57.4 | 32.3 | 43.7 | <0.001 |
| Conflicts between my work ethics and protecting my own health | 45.5 | 29.9 | 37.0 | <0.001 |
*:
Column percentages are given. Only those who answered the questions were analyzed.