Table 3.

Description of the effects of the pandemic on healthcare workers’ lives during the first wave of COVID-19

		All respondents (n = 207)
How the pandemic has changed one’s job	Increased amount of time working	55/206 (27%)
	Decreased amount of time working	46/206 (22)
	Changed the primary work location within healthcare building(s) (e.g., reassigned from clinics to inpatient ward)	39/206 (19%)
	Changed primary work responsibilities (e.g., formerly in scheduling, now screener at hospital entrance)	24/206 (12%)
	Charged with working primarily from home	23/206 (11%)
	Furloughed	3/206 (2%)
	The pandemic has not changed my job	40/206 (19%)
Reasons why the pandemic has been difficult	Concern about self/loved ones getting sick	177 (86%)
	Increased emotional stressors	165 (80%)
	Increased work demands	116 (56%)
	Increased technology use	65 (31%)
	Increased home responsibilities	65 (31%)
	Financial difficulties	43 (21%)
	None—it has not been personally difficult	5 (2%)
Changed living arrangement to protect vulnerable family members		20/205 (10%)
Mental health questions:
Screened positive for depression		44/191 (23%)
The frequency of the depressive symptoms changed from before the pandemic		40/44 (91%)
Burnout symptoms weekly		101/203 (50%)
Burnout symptoms daily		19/203 (9%)
Average score on the 10-item Perceived Stress Scale (PSS)		18.6 (± 4.6)
PSS > 13 (at least moderate stress)		189 (91%)
Reported changes in all 10 PSS items since onset of pandemic		105 (51%)
Having frequent nightmares		32/116 (28%)
Of the respondents with at least one child to care for at home (n = 86):
The pandemic took away or changed child care plans		45/86 (52%)
There is not another adult in the home to help with child care		14/85 (17%)
Spending more than 15 min per day on helping with your children’s schooling or educational tasks		53/86 (62%)
Providing child care has impacted your ability to do job		26/86 (30%)

  Data are reported as mean (± SD) or frequency (column proportion) unless otherwise specified