Table 1.
Characteristics of the respondents stratified by perceived discrimination.
| All | Perceived discrimination | p-Value | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| (N = 2,053) | No (N = 1,330) | Yes (N = 616) | ||
| Age, Me [range] | 41 [19,69] | 43 [20,68] | 37 [19,69] | <0.001 |
| Missing | 75 (3.7%) | 51 (3.8%) | 17 (2.8%) | |
| Gender | 0.48 | |||
| Female | 1,605 (78.2%) | 1,022 (76.8%) | 483 (78.4%) | |
| Male | 443 (21.6%) | 305 (22.9%) | 132 (21.4%) | |
| Missing | 5 (0.2%) | 3 (0.2%) | 1 (0.2%) | |
| Type of job | <0.001 | |||
| Physicians | 751 (36.6%) | 522 (39.2%) | 201 (32.6%) | |
| Nurses | 727 (35.4%) | 426 (32.0%) | 260 (42.2%) | |
| Health technicians | 221 (10.8%) | 131 (9.8%) | 71 (11.5%) | |
| Ancillary workers | 136 (6.6%) | 85 (6.4%) | 45 (7.3%) | |
| Other HCWs | 218 (10.6%) | 166 (12.5%) | 39 (6.3%) | |
| Personal history of a mental disorder | 1 | |||
| No | 1,547 (75.4%) | 1,053 (79.2%) | 493 (80.0%) | |
| Yes | 106 (5.2%) | 72 (5.4%) | 34 (5.5%) | |
| Missing | 400 (19.5%) | 205 (15.4%) | 89 (14.4%) | |
| Depression (PHQ-9), (0-27), M (SD) | 7.37 (5.36) | 6.53 (4.86) | 9.16 (5.91) | <0.001 |
| Missing | 350 (17.0%) | 171 (12.9%) | 73 (11.9%) | |
| Psychological distress (GHQ-12), (0-12) | 5.25 (3.39) | 4.86 (3.32) | 6.09 (3.39) | <0.001 |
| Missing | 285 (13.9%) | 123 (9.2%) | 56 (9.1%) | |
| Death thoughts (C-SSRS) | <0.001 | |||
| No | 1,559 (75.9%) | 1,076 (80.9%) | 482 (78.2%) | |
| Yes | 115 (5.6%) | 61 (4.6%) | 54 (8.8%) | |
| Missing | 379 (18.5%) | 193 (14.5%) | 80 (13.0%) | |
Note. PHQ-9 = Patient Health Questionnaire – 9 items, GHQ-12 = General Health Questionnaire – 12 items, C-SSRS = Columbia – Suicide Severity Rating Scale. p-Values from Wilcoxon Rank Sum Test (Age, Depression, and Psychological Distress), Fisher's Exact Test (Gender, Personal history of a mental disorder, and Death thoughts), and Pearson's chi-squared test (Type of job).