Table 5.
Comparison of psychiatric symptoms and intention to resign in the period the number of COVID-19 patients peaked (August 5–September 5, 2020) and peak out period (September 6–October 26, 2020).
| Peak period (N = 44) | Peak out Period (N = 12) | |||||
| M | SD | M | SD | t | P | |
| PTSD | ||||||
| PTSD | 19.09 | 17.16 | 14.27 | 12.82 | 1.03 | n.s. |
| Intrusion symptoms | 7.68 | 6.72 | 5.58 | 4.27 | 1.02 | n.s. |
| Avoidance symptoms | 6.11 | 6.23 | 4.08 | 5.20 | 1.03 | n.s. |
| hyper-arousal | 5.35 | 4.82 | 4.09 | 4.25 | 0.85 | n.s. |
| Depression | ||||||
| Depression | 6.43 | 5.37 | 4.08 | 4.29 | 1.56 | n.s. |
| Anxiety | ||||||
| Anxiety | 5.93 | 5.13 | 3.18 | 4.29 | 1.82 | ∗ |
| Burnout | ||||||
| Exhaustion | 3.32 | 1.69 | 2.55 | 1.79 | 1.38 | n.s. |
| Cynicism | 2.05 | 1.35 | 1.30 | 1.56 | 1.63 | n.s. |
| Professional efficacy | 1.76 | 1.27 | 1.92 | 1.48 | −0.37 | n.s. |
| Intention to Resign | ||||||
| I want to quit being a nurse | 3.20 | 1.05 | 2.08 | 1.24 | 3.16 | † |
| I want to change hospitals/wards | 3.16 | 1.41 | 2.33 | 1.37 | 1.81 | ∗ |
| I want to continue working as a nurse | 3.09 | 1.16 | 3.83 | 1.11 | −1.98 | ∗ |