Table 3.
Perceived Stress Scale results.
| PSS score | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Females | Males | ||||
| Variable | Mean (sd) | n | Mean (n) | Sd | p-value |
| Overall | 25.9 (9.5) | 487 | 21.6 (9.1) | 147 | <0.001 |
| Profesional profile | |||||
| Medical hospital porters | 23.7 (9.6) | 118 | 19.3 (8.2) | 66 | 0.002 |
| Medical residents | 25.7 (9.8) | 64 | 19.7 (10.0) | 27 | 0.010 |
| Nurses | 27.2 (9.3) | 157 | 22.8 (8.2) | 19 | 0.052 |
| Nursing assistant | 27.7 (8.6) | 50 | 20.0 (6.1) | 6 | 0.039 |
| Hospital porters | 30.3 (7.1) | 16 | 29.6 (7.5) | 7 | 0.822 |
| Other personnel | 25.01 (9.5) | 82 | 27.7 (8.8) | 22 | 0.239 |
| Duty work responsibilities | |||||
| Emergency Department | 25.0 (9.5) | 86 | 19.8 (10.6) | 38 | 0.008 |
| Other specialties | 24.4 (9.4) | 91 | 20.2 (7.1) | 33 | 0.019 |
| Both specialties | 24.4 (10.0) | 25 | 18.6 (3.4) | 5 | 0.221 |
| No duty work | 26.9 (9.4) | 275 | 23.9 (9.4) | 68 | 0.016 |
| Marital status | |||||
| Single | 25.6 (9.5) | 204 | 22.1 (9.5) | 56 | 0.015 |
| Married | 26.4 (9.5) | 253 | 21.0 (8.8) | 81 | <0.001 |
| Divorced | 25.0 (8.7) | 22 | 23.1 (9.7) | 10 | 0.595 |
| Widow/Widower | 22.0 (6.3) | 4 | – | – | – |
| History of psychiatric treatment | |||||
| Yes | 28.8 (9.2) | 56 | 29.3 (10.6) | 19 | 0.824 |
| No | 25.6 (9.4) | 428 | 20.3 (8.2) | 127 | <0.001 |
| History of COVID-19 diagnosis | |||||
| Yes | 27.3 (9.8) | 49 | 20.7 (8.5) | 15 | 0.023 |
| No | 25.8 (9.4) | 435 | 21.7 (9.2) | 132 | <0.001 |
| Having people in charge | |||||
| Yes | 26.2 (9.5) | 243 | 21.1 (8.8) | 70 | <0.001 |
| No | 25.7 (9.4) | 244 | 22.1 (9.4) | 77 | 0.003 |