Table 3.

The association between being in a risk group for COVID-19 and changes in emotional reactions and mental health in June and November–December 2020 (with May as reference)

	May 2020		June 2020		Nov–Dec 2020
	PR	95% CI	PR	95% CI	PR	95% CI
Fear infection*
Not in risk group	1.00		0.91	0.81–1.02	1.83	1.63–2.06
In risk group	2.06	1.72–2.48	1.59	1.26–2.02	2.61§↓	2.21–3.11
Fear transmission to home*
Not in risk group	1.00		1.04	0.95–1.13	1.58	1.44–1.73
In risk group	1.49	1.26–1.76	1.34	1.10–1.63	1.89§↓	1.62–2.20
Fear transmission to pupils*
Not in risk group	1.00		0.87	0.75–1.01	1.70	1.48–1.96
In risk group	1.24	0.92–1.67	1.12	0.80–1.58	1.80	1.38–2.35
Perceived burnout**
Not in risk group	1.00		0.89	0.72–1.10	1.20	1.97–1.47
In risk group	1.37	0.90–2.07	0.86	0.53–1.40	1.78	1.25–2.52
Perceived stress**
Not in risk group	1.00		0.96	0.81–1.15	1.59	1.34–1.89
In risk group	1.57	1.15–2.14	1.43	1.01–2.01	2.10	1.58–2.78
Manage working conditions**
Not in risk group	1.00		1.07	0.89–1.29	1.45	1.18–1.77
In risk group	1.41	0.98–2.02	1.73	1.24–2.42	2.35	1.75–3.16

Participants with non-missing data in all three surveys were included as risk group-status was not available for all participants. Adjusted for gender, age, region, cohabitation, organization of teaching, and pupils’ grade

^§Significant (p < 0.05) interaction between “Time” and “Risk group”; ↓Estimate lower than expected from separate main effects; *n = 737 (participants who had not been physically present at the school were not asked questions about fear of infection and transmission); **n = 840