Table 3.
Psychopathological scores in healthcare workers by sex.
| Psychopathological Variables |
Female (n = 755) Mean (SD) |
Male (n = 241) Mean (SD) |
ANOVA (3992) F (p) |
|---|---|---|---|
| Perception of personal risk | 5.53 (2.20) | 5.39 (2.30) | 0.68 (0.410) |
| Fear of infecting others | 6.88 (2.60) | 6.47 (2.72) | 4.00 (0.046) |
| Attention to physical symptoms | 6.08 (2.72) | 6.09 (2.63) | 0.02 (0.880) |
| Fear of COVID scale | 14.48 (5.53) | 13.08 (5.14) | 12.68 (<0.001) |
| GAD-7 | 7.03 (5.26) | 5.63 (4.96) | 12.83 (<0.001) |
| PHQ-9 | 5.26 (4.70) | 3.90 (3.99) | 15.52 (<0.001) |
| ISI | 7.86 (6.29) | 7.03 (5.99) | 3.31 (0.069) |
| IES-R | 19.80 (16.29) | 15.29 (16.19) | 14.18 (<0.001) |
| BRCS | 12.88 (3.32) | 13.51 (3.14) | 6.34 (0.012) |
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).