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. 2021 May 28;9:625523. doi: 10.3389/fpubh.2021.625523

Table 2.

Level of depression, anxiety, insomnia and distress among healthcare providers in total cohort and subgroups.

Profession Sex Working position
Severity category Total score, Median, (IQR)/No. of total cases (%) Nurse Physician Others P-value Male Female P-value Frontline Second-line P-value
PHQ-9, depression symptoms 9 (4–13)
None-minimal (0–4) 53 (26.5) 38 (25.9) 5 (21.7) 10 (33.3) 0.043 20 (25) 33 (27.5) 0.028 24 (20.9) 29 (34.1) 0.250
Mild (5–9) 52 (26) 38 (25.9) 7 (30.4) 7 (23.3) 20 (25) 32 (26.7) 33 (28.7) 19 (22.4)
Moderate (10–14) 57 (28.5) 42 (28.6) 3 (13) 12 (40) 28 (35) 29 (24.2) 37 (32.2) 20 (23.5)
Severe (15–21) 38 (19) 29 (19.7) 8 (34.7) 1 (3.3) 12 (15) 26 (21.7) 21 (18.3) 17 (20)
GAD-7 anxiety 10 (3–13)
Normal 62 (31) 50 (34) 3 (13) 9 (30) 0.209 23 (28.7) 39 (32.5) 0.038 31 (27) 31 (36.5) 0.182
Mild 71 (35.5) 47 (32) 10 (43.5) 14 (46.7) 30 (37.5) 41 (34.2) 43 (37.4) 28 (32.9)
Moderate 37 (18.5) 30 (20.4) 4 (17.4) 3 (10) 18 (22.5) 19 (15.8) 26 (22.6) 11 (12.9)
Severe 30 (15) 20 (13.6) 6 (26.1) 4 (13) 9 (11.3) 21 (17.5) 15 (13) 15 (17.6)
Insomnia symptoms 8 (5–13)
Absence 75 (37.5) 53 (36.1) 6 (26.1) 16 (53.3) 0.240 26 (32.5) 49 (40.8) 0.211 40 (34.8) 35 (41.2) 0.626
Subthreshold 86 (43) 67 (45.6) 9 (39.1) 10 (33.3) 36 (45) 50 (41.7) 52 (45.2) 34 (40)
Moderate 36 (18) 25 (17) 7 (30.4) 4 (13.3) 18 (22.5) 18 (15) 22 (19.1) 14 (16.5)
Severe 3 (1.5) 2 (1.4) 1 (4.3) 0 0 3 (2.5) 1 (0.9) 2 (2.4)
IES-R, distress symptoms 31 (13–44)
Normal 34 (17) 23 (15.6) 3 (13) 8 (26.7) 0.012 14 (17.5) 20 (16.7) 0.558 19 (16.5) 15 (17.6) 0.712
Mild 70 (35) 53 (36.1) 6 (26.1) 11 (36.7) 25 (31.3) 45 (37.5) 38 (33.0) 32 (37.6)
Moderate 43 (21.5) 30 (20.4) 6 (26.1) 7 (23.3) 21 (26.3) 22 (18.3) 28 (24.3) 15 (17.6)
Severe 53 (26.5) 41 (27.9) 8 (34.8) 4 (13.3) 20 (25) 33 (27.5) 30 (26.1) 23 (27.1)

GAD-7, 7-item generalized anxiety disorder; IES-R, 22-item impact of event scale–revised; ISI, 7-item insomnia severity index; PHQ-9, 9-item patient health questionnaire. P-value significant at P < 0.05. Bold values are considered significant (P-value significant at P < 0.05).