Table 2.
Differences in psychopathological scores by occupational role.
| Psychopathological Variables |
Physicians (P, n = 215) Mean (SD) |
Healthcare Assistants (HA, n = 146) Mean (SD) |
Nurses (N, n = 635) Mean (SD) |
ANOVA (3992) F (p) |
Post-Hoc Bonferroni |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Perception of personal risk | 5.13 (2.00) | 5.37 (2.58) | 5.65 (2.19) | 4.61 (0.010) | N > P |
| Fear of infecting others | 6.62 (2.45) | 6.52 (3.03) | 6.90 (2.59) | 0.90 (0.408) | |
| Attention to physical symptoms | 5.73 (2.62) | 6.14 (2.86) | 6.19 (2.67) | 2.08 (0.126) | |
| Fear of COVID questionnaire | 12.83 (4.58) | 14.49 (5.55) | 14.51 (5.66) | 5.15 (0.006) | N > P |
| GAD-7 | 5.35 (4.50) | 6.12 (4.54) | 7.27 (5.50) | 7.64 (0.001) | N > P, HA |
| PHQ-9 | 4.00 (3.94) | 4.10 (4.04) | 5.43 (4.81) | 6.35 (0.002) | N > HA |
| ISI | 6.49 (5.37) | 6.62 (5.62) | 8.29 (6.54) | 8.80 (<0.001) | N > P, HA |
| IES-R | 15.27 (14.93) | 17.95 (15.26) | 20.05 (16.92) | 4.23 (0.015) | N > P |
| BRCS | 13.71 (3.30) | 12.84 (3.55) | 12.85 (3.19) | 3.16 (0.043) | N < P |
GAD-7: 7-item Generalized Anxiety Disorder scale; PHQ-9: 9-item Patient Health Questionnaire; ISI: Insomnia Severity Index; IES-R: Impact of Event Scale-Revised; BRCS: Brief Resilient Coping Scale. Significant p values are indicated in bold (significance considered p < 0.05).