Table 1.
Demographic characteristics of clinicians in ophthalmology and otolaryngology departments.
| Variables |
Total (N = 3,912) |
No fatigue (N = 1,863) |
Fatigue (N = 2,049) |
X2 | df | P | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| N | % | N | % | N | % | ||||
| Male gender | 33 | 0.8 | 19 | 1.0 | 14 | 0.7 | 1.32 | 1 | 0.25 |
| Married | 2,929 | 74.9 | 1,369 | 73.5 | 1,560 | 76.1 | 3.65 | 1 | 0.06 |
| College education and above | 3,819 | 97.6 | 1,821 | 97.7 | 1,998 | 97.5 | 0.23 | 1 | 0.63 |
| Living with family | 3,334 | 85.2 | 1,586 | 85.1 | 1,748 | 85.3 | 0.03 | 1 | 0.88 |
| Department | 0.78 | 1 | 0.38 | ||||||
| Ophthalmology | 2,155 | 55.1 | 1,040 | 55.8 | 1,115 | 54.4 | |||
| Otolaryngology | 1,757 | 44.9 | 823 | 44.2 | 934 | 45.6 | |||
| Junior clinicians | 2,256 | 57.7 | 1,118 | 60.0 | 1,138 | 55.5 | 7.99 | 1 | 0.005 |
| Involvement in treating SARS | 428 | 10.9 | 193 | 10.4 | 235 | 11.5 | 1.23 | 1 | 0.27 |
| Working in tertiary hospitals | 3,278 | 83.8 | 1,527 | 82.0 | 1,751 | 85.5 | 8.76 | 1 | 0.003 |
| Working in inpatient department | 3,140 | 80.3 | 1,507 | 80.9 | 1,633 | 79.7 | 0.88 | 1 | 0.35 |
| Shift duty | 2,468 | 63.1 | 1,182 | 63.4 | 1,286 | 62.8 | 0.20 | 1 | 0.66 |
| Local COVID-19 cases ≥ 500 | 610 | 15.6 | 285 | 15.3 | 325 | 15.9 | 0.24 | 1 | 0.63 |
| Having family/friends/colleagues infected with COVID-19 | 208 | 5.3 | 82 | 4.4 | 126 | 6.1 | 5.92 | 1 | 0.015 |
| Taking care of infected patients | 299 | 7.6 | 122 | 6.5 | 177 | 8.6 | 6.04 | 1 | 0.014 |
| Smoking | 27 | 0.7 | 10 | 0.5 | 17 | 0.8 | 1.22 | 1 | 0.27 |
| PHQ-9 total score ≥ 5 | 1,298 | 33.2 | 236 | 12.7 | 1,062 | 51.8 | 675.01 | 1 | <0.001 |
| Mean | SD | Mean | SD | Mean | SD | t/Z | df | P | |
| Age (Years) | 34.2 | 8.1 | 34.0 | 8.4 | 34.5 | 7.9 | 10.52 | 3,910 | 0.054 |
| Working experience (Years) | 12.8 | 9.0 | 12.5 | 9.3 | 13.1 | 8.7 | 3.65 | —a | <0.001 |
| Total QOL score | 6.6 | 1.5 | 7.3 | 1.3 | 6.0 | 1.5 | 27.72 | 3,910 | <0.001 |
a
Mann-Whitney U-test.
Bolded values: < 0.05; df, degree of freedom; SD, standard deviation; COVID-19, Coronavirus Disease 2019; SARS, Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome; PHQ-9, Patient Health Questionnaire nine items; QOL, Quality of Life.