Table 2.
Prevalence (number and percent) of elevated depressive symptoms and anxiety among the healthcare professionals by health care system related factors (N = 512)
| Variable | Depressive symptoms | Anxiety | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mild | Moderate | Severe | ||||||
| A | B | A | B | A | B | A | B | |
| You have been given occupational safety | ||||||||
| No, not at all | 52 (75.4%) | 22 (64.7%) | 39 (56.5%) | 10 (29.4%) | 4 (5.8%) | 4 (11.8%) | 2 (2.9%) | 4 (11.8%) |
| Yes, some what | 85 (54.1%) | 32 (45.7%) | 64 (40.8%) | 36 (51.4%) | 12 (7.6%) | 3 (4.3%) | 5 (3.2%) | – |
| Yes, considerable | 42 (46.0%) | 19 (50.0%) | 35 (38.9%) | 13 (34.2%) | 3 (3.3%) | 4 (10.8%) | 2 (2.2%) | – |
| Yes, very much | 14 (35.0%) | 7 (50.0%) | 13 (32.5%) | 6 (42.9%) | 1 (2.4%) | 3 (21.4%) | – | – |
| Have you received psychological support | ||||||||
| Yes | 31 (53.7%) | 8 (57.1%) | 23 (39.7%) | 3 (21.4%) | 3 (5.2%) | – | 2 (3.4%) | – |
| No | 162 (54.4%) | 72 (50.7%) | 128 (42.7%) | 62 (44.3%) | 17 (5.7%) | 14(10.0%) | 7 (2.3%) | 4 (2.9%) |
| Work load is heavy | ||||||||
| Yes | 118 (66.7%) | 32 (65.3%) | 90 (50.8%) | 23 (46.9%) | 12 (6.8%) | 4 (8.2%) | 6 (3.4%) | 2 (4.1%) |
| No | 75 (41.4%) | 48 (44.9%) | 61 (33.7%) | 42 (39.3%) | 8 (4.4%) | 10 (9.5%) | 3 (1.7%) | 2 (1.9%) |
| Provided PPE equipment | ||||||||
| Yes | 68 (49.6%) | 18 (45.0%) | 52 (38.0%) | 14 (35.3%) | 6 (4.3%) | 3 (7.5%) | 4 (2.9%) | 3 (7.9%) |
| No | 116 (57.1%) | 42 (45.0%) | 90 (44.3%) | 32 (41.0%) | 14 (6.9%) | 10 (12.8%) | 4 (2.0%) | 2 (2.6%) |
| Not applicable | 9 (56.3%) | 20 (52.6%) | 9 (56.3%) | 19 (50.0%) | – | 1 (2.6%) | 1 (6.3%) | 2 (5.3%) |
A—Working with COVID-19 confirmed or suspected patients (n = 356)
B—Not working with COVID-19 confirmed or suspected patients (n = 156)