Table 3.
COVID-19 related characteristics and post-traumatic stress disorder
| Characteristics | Classification | PTSD | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Total | Yes | No | P | ||
| Presence of COVID-19 suspected symptoms | Yes | 62(20.7) | 36(58.1) | 26(41.9) | 0.000 |
| No | 238(79.3) | 74(31.1) | 164(68.9) | ||
| COVID-19 test performed | Yes | 77(25.7) | 35(45.5) | 42(54.5) | 0.063 |
| No | 223(74.3) | 75(33.6) | 148(66.4) | ||
| Self-isolation or isolation of family members | Yes | 15(5.0) | 5(33.3) | 10(66.7) | 0.783 |
| No | 285(95.0) | 105(36.8) | 180(63.2) | ||
| Subjective level of COVID-19 related knowledge | Little | 50(16.7) | 12(24.0) | 38(76.0) | 0.119 |
| Average | 209(69.7) | 81(38.8) | 128(61.2) | ||
| Knowledgeable | 41(13.7) | 17(41.5) | 24(58.5) | ||
| Education of new infectious disease | Yes | 168(56.0) | 71(42.3) | 97(57.7) | 0.023 |
| No | 132(44.0) | 39(29.5) | 93(70.5) | ||
| Nursing care for suspected and confirmed COVID-19 patients | Yes | 112(37.3) | 45(40.2) | 67(59.8) | 0.330 |
| No | 188(62.7) | 65(34.6) | 123(65.4) | ||
| Number of times wore protective clothing (times) † | ≤ 10 | 41(36.6) | 11(26.8) | 30(73.2) | 0.029 |
| ≥ 11 | 71(63.4) | 34(47.9) | 37(52.1) | ||
| Amount of time per day protective clothing was worn (hours) † | < 2 | 68(60.7) | 13(19.1) | 55(80.9) | 0.000 |
| ≥ 2 | 44(39.3) | 32(72.7) | 12(27.3) | ||
| Tightness of the protective clothing † | Little | 15(13.4) | 3(20.0) | 12(80.0 | 0.126 |
| Moderate | 8(7.1) | 2(25.0) | 6(75.0) | ||
| A lot | 89(79.5) | 40(44.9) | 49(55.1) | ||
| Number of critical patients cared † | No | 43(38.4) | 9(20.9) | 34(79.1) | 0.000 |
| 1–2 | 32(28.6) | 10(31.3) | 22(68.8) | ||
| ≥ 3 | 37(33.0) | 26(70.3) | 11(29.7) | ||
| Death of patients cared † | No | 49(43.8) | 14(22.2) | 49(77.8) | 0.000 |
| Yes | 63(56.3) | 31(63.3) | 18(36.7) |
Data were expressed as number (%). † Only included nurses participated in COVID-19 care