Table 1.
Characteristics of health care workers who perceived probable mental health problems (N = 3,417).
| N (%)/M ±SD | |
|---|---|
| Predisposing factors | |
| Province | |
| Hubei | 558 (16.3) |
| Guangdong | 1,071 (31.3) |
| Jiangsu | 354 (10.4) |
| Sichuan | 1,144 (33.5) |
| Gansu | 290 (8.5) |
| Sex | |
| Male | 1,155 (33.8) |
| Female | 2,262 (66.2) |
| Age (years) | 39.1 ± 9.5 |
| Having children under 6 years (yes) | 946 (27.7) |
| Work unit | |
| Primary care | 2,116 (61.9) |
| Disease control and health education | 1,209 (35.4) |
| Health administration | 38 (1.1) |
| Others | 54 (1.6) |
| COVID-19 prevention and control work-related factors | |
| Workload | |
| Days of overnight work due to COVID-19 outbreak | 2.9 ± 2.7 |
| Average working hours per day in the past week | 10.0 ± 2.9 |
| Work-related risk and distress | |
| Involvement in filed work with risk exposure | |
| No | 1,842 (53.9) |
| Yes | 1,575 (46.1) |
| Worries about getting infected at work | 7.4 ± 2.7 |
| Work-related distress | 8.9 ± 3.6 |
| Training of psychological coping with COVID-19 outbreak | |
| No | 1,994 (58.4) |
| Yes | 1,423 (41.6) |
| Personal attitudes toward work | |
| Consent of personal future development | |
| Low level | 1,603 (46.9) |
| High level | 1,814 (53.1) |
| Consent of manifestation of the ability | |
| Low level | 861 (25.2) |
| High level | 2,556 (74.8) |
| Enabling factors | |
| Perceived support from the workplace | |
| Low level | 1,817 (53.2) |
| High level | 1,600 (46.8) |
| Perceived support from colleagues | |
| Low level | 1,833 (53.6) |
| High level | 1,584 (46.4) |
| Perceived support from families | |
| Low level | 910 (26.6) |
| High level | 2,507 (73.4) |
| Perceived support from society | |
| Low level | 2,200 (64.4) |
| High level | 1,217 (35.6) |
| Employment title | |
| Junior | 1,529 (44.7) |
| Intermediate | 1,078 (31.5) |
| Senior/Deputy senior | 412 (12.1) |
| Others (volunteer etc.) | 398 (11.6) |
| Need factors | |
| Self-rated health status during the last week | |
| Very good/good | 1,270 (37.1) |
| Fair | 1,519 (44.5) |
| Very poor/Poor | 628 (18.4) |
| Level of physical fatigue | |
| Not at all/A few/Medium | 2,027 (59.3) |
| High/Very High | 1,390 (40.7) |
| Probable anxiety | |
| No | 1,660 (62.7) |
| Yes | 988 (37.3) |
| Probable depression | |
| No | 1,572 (59.4) |
| Yes | 1,076 (40.6) |
| Mental health help-seeking | |
| No | 2,984 (87.3) |
| Yes | 433 (12.7) |
Data are n (%), unless otherwise specified.