Table 4.
Psychopathological scores in healthcare workers (HCWs) by unit and transfer to other units.
| Psychopathological Variables |
COVID Unit (n = 420) Mean (SD) |
Not COVID Unit (n = 576) Mean (SD) |
ANOVA (3992) F (p) |
Transferred (n = 141) Means (SD) |
Not Transferred (n = 855) Mean (SD) |
ANOVA (3992) F (p) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Perception of personal risk | 5.70 (2.28) | 5.34 (2.17) | 6.52 (0.011) | 5.54 (2.47) | 5.49 (2.18) | 0.07 (0.796) |
| Fear of infecting others | 7.01 (2.62) | 6.62 (2.64) | 5.34 (0.021) | 7.08 (2.85) | 6.73 (2.59) | 1.91 (0.167) |
| Attention to physical symptoms | 6.40 (2.63) | 5.85 (2.72) | 9.77 (0.002) | 6.49 (2.64) | 6.02 (2.70) | 3.62 (0.057) |
| Fear of COVID questionnaire | 14.19 (5.35) | 14.11 (5.55) | 0.21 (0.649) | 14.60 (5.94) | 14.07 (5.38) | 1.14 (0.286) |
| GAD-7 | 6.91 (5.23) | 6.52 (5.23) | 1.61 (0.205) | 8.04 (5.65) | 6.47 (5.12) | 10.86 (0.001) |
| PHQ-9 | 5.29 (4.51) | 4.67 (4.61) | 4.91 (0.027) | 6.22 (5.06) | 4.72 (4.46) | 12.98 (<0.001) |
| ISI | 7.86 (6.29) | 7.51 (6.17) | 0.98 (0.323) | 8.94 (7.21) | 7.44 (6.02) | 7.06 (0.008) |
| IES-R | 20.12 (16.65) | 17.68 (16.11) | 6.40 (0.012) | 23.72 (17.69) | 17.88 (16.01) | 15.65 (<0.001) |
| BRCS | 13.45 (3.15) | 12.73 (3.35) | 11.43 (0.001) | 13.06 (3.14) | 13.03 (3.31) | 0.02 (0.903) |
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).