Table 1.
Respondent characteristics and prevalence of mental and physical health outcomes related to the COVID-19 response—United States, 23 August–11 September 2020.
| Mental Health and Physical Health Outcomes (%) | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Characteristic | Total n (%) | Anxiety Disorder | Depressive Disorder | Anxiety or Depressive Disorder |
Burnout | Pool Physical Health Days (Mean) | Poor Mental Health Days (Mean) |
Days Poor Mental or Physical Health Kept from Activity (Mean) |
| Total | 225 (100) | 41.0 | 29.1 | 45.6 | 66.2 | 5.0 | 12.4 | 6.7 |
| Gender | ||||||||
| Female | 185 (84.8) | 39.9 | 28.2 | 43.8 | 68.3 | 5.1 | 12.1 | 6.7 |
| Male | 30 (13.8) | 46.7 | 33.3 | 56.7 | 60.0 | 4.8 | 13.7 | 5.8 |
| Other a | <5 | |||||||
| Age (years) | ||||||||
| 18–29 | 46 (20.4) | 50.0 | 34.8 | 58.7 | 73.9 | 4.5 | 14.1 | 7.3 |
| 30–39 | 90 (40.0) | 39.5 | 29.2 | 41.4 | 66.7 | 5.1 | 11.6 | 8.1 |
| 40–49 | 45 (20.0) | 51.2 | 30.9 | 57.1 | 72.1 | 5.9 | 14.4 | 6.0 |
| 50–64 | 38 (16.9) | 27.8 | 24.3 | 33.3 | 56.8 | 4.6 | 11.2 | 3.7 |
| 65+ | 6 (2.7) | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 16.7 | 2.7 | 2.8 | 2.2 |
| Race-Ethnicity | ||||||||
| Asian, non-Hispanic | 18 (8.2) | 41.2 | 23.5 | 41.2 | 55.5 | 4.6 | 13.2 | 8.3 |
| Black, non-Hispanic | 6 (2.7) | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 33.3 | 8.2 | 3.7 | 3.8 |
| Hispanic, any race(s) | 21 (9.5) | 45.0 | 30.0 | 45.0 | 50.0 | 5.4 | 15.3 | 6.3 |
| White, non-Hispanic | 168 (76.4) | 42.1 | 31.9 | 48.2 | 70.1 | 4.6 | 12.3 | 6.7 |
| Other race or multiple races, non-Hispanic | 7 (3.2) | 42.9 | 14.3 | 42.9 | 71.4 | 7.7 | 11.4 | 3.9 |
| Marital Status | ||||||||
| Now Married/In Partnership | 123 (55.2) | 42.0 | 28.9 | 45.8 | 65.6 | 4.8 | 12.0 | 5.5 |
| Never Married | 77 (34.5) | 42.1 | 30.3 | 48.7 | 71.4 | 4.8 | 13.1 | 8.2 |
| Other b | 23 (10.3) | 25.0 | 23.8 | 28.6 | 47.6 | 5.9 | 9.8 | 8.3 |
| Household Size | ||||||||
| 1 | 52 (23.5) | 42.0 | 33.3 | 51.0 | 75.0 | 4.3 | 11.8 | 8.5 |
| 2 | 80 (36.2) | 45.5 | 31.6 | 48.1 | 68.4 | 4.9 | 13.2 | 7.0 |
| 3 | 40 (18.1) | 41.0 | 30.8 | 48.7 | 59.0 | 5.6 | 12.2 | 5.5 |
| 4+ | 49 (22.2) | 35.4 | 20.8 | 36.2 | 59.2 | 5.4 | 11.9 | 5.3 |
| Experience (years) | ||||||||
| <1 | 21 (9.4) | 42.7 | 28.6 | 47.6 | 38.1 | 4.1 | 12.1 | 9.2 |
| 1–4 | 58 (26.0) | 42.1 | 24.1 | 47.4 | 72.4 | 4.9 | 12.6 | 7.2 |
| 5–9 | 58 (26.0) | 40.0 | 37.5 | 45.5 | 71.9 | 4.8 | 12.1 | 6.7 |
| 10–14 | 34 (15.3) | 40.6 | 26.5 | 45.5 | 67.7 | 5.1 | 11.4 | 7.4 |
| 15+ | 52 (23.3) | 40.4 | 27.5 | 43.1 | 63.5 | 5.4 | 13.1 | 4.7 |
| Public Health Sector | ||||||||
| Public Health Practice | 176 (78.9) | 42.1 | 29.9 | 46.8 | 65.1 | 5.3 | 12.6 | 6.8 |
| Academic | 27 (12.1) | 42.3 | 23.1 | 46.2 | 85.2 | 3.5 | 12.0 | 5.7 |
| Other c | 20 (9.0) | 30.0 | 30.0 | 35.0 | 50.0 | 3.9 | 10.3 | 6.6 |
| Education | ||||||||
| ≤Bachelors | 33 (14.8) | 37.5 | 27.3 | 40.6 | 51.5 | 6.0 | 12.3 | 6.3 |
| Masters | 128 (57.4) | 42.9 | 31.5 | 47.6 | 67.2 | 4.2 | 11.9 | 7.3 |
| Doctoral | 62 (27.8) | 39.0 | 25.0 | 44.1 | 72.1 | 6.0 | 13.3 | 5.5 |
Note: COVID-19 = coronavirus disease 2019; Anxiety disorder = respondents who scored ≥10 out of 21 on the Generalized Anxiety Disorder (GAD-7) scale; Depressive disorder = respondents who scored ≥3 out of 6 on the Patient Health Questionnaire (PHQ-2) scale; Burnout = respondents who scored ≥3 out of 5 on the single-item burnout measure. a Outcomes not reported with less than five respondents. b Includes widowed, divorced, separated. c Includes clinical setting, non-academic research, non-profit setting.