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. 2021 Apr 22;18(9):4457. doi: 10.3390/ijerph18094457

Table 3.

Psychometric Scales: Mean scores by sex and presence/absence of pre-existing mental health conditions.

Domain Mean ± Std. Error df P-Value Cohen’s d
Male Female t
PHQ-9 4.72 ± 0.70 6.31 ± 0.40 1.98 129.68 0.05 * 0.27
GAD-7 3.82 ± 0.57 5.06 ± 0.34 1.87 135.50 0.064 0.25
AIS 5.95 ± 0.63 7.11 ± 0.40 1.57 139.08 0.119 0.21
MBI_EE 18.35 ±1.47 22.38 ± 0.94 2.32 143.66 0.022 * 0.31
MBI_PA 31.15 ± 1.29 32.81 ± 0.70 1.13 124.66 0.262 0.16
MBI_DE 4.32 ± 0.54 3.61 ± 0.31 −1.14 130.77 0.709 0.15
RS_14 83.05 ± 1.34 83.65 ± 0.72 0.40 123.26 0.694 0.05
No Pre-existing MH diagnosis Pre-existing MH diagnosis t df p-Value Cohen’s d
PHQ-9 4.75 ± 0.33 5.01 ± 0.39 −5.38 75.81 <0.001 * 0.85
GAD-7 3.81 ± 0.28 8.08 ± 0.74 −5.38 77.10 <0.001 * 0.85
AIS 5.98 ± 0.34 9.72 ± 0.78 −4.40 83.03 <0.001 * 0.67
MBI_EE 20.12 ± 0.89 24.98 ± 1.67 −2.57 95.18 0.012 * 0.37
MBI_PA 32.01 ± 0.71 33.83 ± 1.19 −1.31 104.54 0.192 0.18
MBI_DE 3.53 ± 0.29 4.68 ± 0.62 −1.69 87.75 0.094 0.25
RS_14 84.44 ± 0.68 80.07 ± 1.54 2.60 83.20 0.011 * 0.39

PHQ-9 = Patient Health Questionnaire-9; GAD-7 = General Anxiety Disorder-7; AIS = Athens Insomnia Scale; MBI_EE = Maslach Burnout Inventory, Emotional Exhaustion; MBI_PA = Maslach Burnout Inventory, Personal Accomplishment; MBI_DE = Maslach Burnout Inventory, Depersonalization; RES-14 = Resilience Scale-14; * = Statistically Significant.