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. 2021 Jul 10;11:106. doi: 10.1186/s13613-021-00900-x

Table 2.

Score descriptions for ICU HCW (n = 352)

ICU (n = 352) p value
Total Physicians Nurses Care assistants Others
Overall, n (%) 352 (100) 68 (19) 198 (56) 32 (9) 54 (15)
GAD-7
 Mean score (SD) 6.1 (4.8) 6.0 (5.0) 6.3 (5.0) 6.5 (4.7) 5.0 (4.1) 0.33
  Minimal anxiety, n (%) 190 (54) 41 (60.3) 98 (49.5) 14 (43.7) 37 (68.5) 0.32
  Mild anxiety, n (%) 88 (25) 12 (17.7) 55 (27.8) 11 (34.4) 10 (18.5)
  Moderate anxiety, n (%) 49 (13.9) 10 (14.7) 30 (15.1) 4 (12.5) 5 (9.3)
  Severe anxiety, n (%) 25 (7.1) 5 (7.3) 15 (7.6) 3 (9.4) 2 (3.7)
PHQ-9
 Mean score (SD) 6.4 (5.0) 6.4 (5.5) 6.7 (5.2) 6.8 (4.9) 5.1 (3.8) 0.20
  Minimal depression, n (%) 189 (53.7) 40 (58.8) 97 (49) 16 (50) 36 (66.7) 0.34
  Mild depression, n (%) 79 (22.4) 12 (17.7) 47 (23.7) 8 (25) 12 (22.2)
  Moderate depression, n (%) 54 (15.3) 10 (14.7) 35 (17.7) 5 (15.6) 4 (7.4)
  Moderately severe depression, n (%) 24 (6.8) 3 (4.4) 16 (8.1) 3 (9.4) 2 (3.7)
  Severe depression, n (%) 6 (1.7) 3 (4.4) 3 (1.5) 0 (0) 0 (0)
PDI
 Mean score (SD) 8.8 (7.4) 8.4 (7.7) 9.0 (7.3) 11.7 (8.9) 6.7 (5.6) 0.02
  Not a risk for PTSD, n (%) 276 (78.4) 56 (82.4) 151 (76.3) 21 (66) 48 (88.9) 0.05
  At risk for PTSD, n (%) 76 (21.6) 12 (17.6) 47 (23.7) 11 (34) 6 (11.1)
WHO-5
 Mean score (SD) 53.3 (23.8) 56.8 (21.8) 50.2 (25.2) 55.0 (23.0) 59.3 (19.6) 0.03
  < 50, n (%) 145 (41.2) 22 (32) 95 (48) 14 (44) 14 (26) 0.01
  ≥ 50 n (%) 207 (58.8) 46 (68) 103 (52) 18 (56) 40 (74)

Values were expressed in numbers and percentages; mean values and standard deviation

WHO-5 World Health Organization Well-Being Index, GAD-7 7-item Generalized Anxiety Disorders, PHQ-9 9 items Patient Health Questionnaire, PDI Peritraumatic Distress Inventory, NA not available