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. 2021 Oct 20;297:156–168. doi: 10.1016/j.jad.2021.10.013

Table 3.

The association of PTSD symptoms and SSI with COVID-19 epidemic-related factors (N = 33,706).

Epidemic-related factors Variables PCL-C(PTSD symptoms)
SSI
Positive Negative x2 P Positive Negative x2 P
Total 1697(5.0%) 32,009(95.0%) 447(1.3%) 33,259(98.7%)
Gender Female 1351(5.2%) 24,509(94.8%) 8.350 0.004* 373(1.4%) 25,487(98.6%) 11.465 0.001*
Male 346(4.4%) 7500(95.6%) 74(0.9%) 7772(99.1%)
Age 18–25 339(5.3%) 6104(94.7%) 15.383 0.004* 108(1.7%) 6335(98.3%) 21.448 0.000⁎⁎
26–30 503(5.5%) 8603(94.5%) 143(1.6%) 8963(98.4%)
31–40 544(5.0%) 10,337(95.0%) 125(1.1%) 10,756(98.9%)
41–50 238(4.5%) 5110(95.5%) 58(1.1%) 5290(98.9%)
>50 73(3.8%) 1855(96.2%) 13(0.7%) 1915(99.3%)
Marriage Married 1141(4.8%) 22,573(95.2%) 8.336 0.004* 261(1.1%) 23,453(98.9%) 31.101 0.000⁎⁎
Single or divorce 556(5.6%) 9436(94.4%) 186(1.9%) 9806(98.1%)
Profession Doctor 641(4.6%) 13,162(95.4%) 34.557 0.000⁎⁎ 161(1.2%) 13,642(98.8%) 18.011 0.003*
Nurse 871(5.7%) 14,453(94.3%) 236(1.5%) 15,088(98.5%)
Technician 73(3.5%) 2000(96.5%) 14(0.7%) 2059(99.3%)
Administrator 37(4.0%) 878(96.0%) 10(1.1%) 905(98.9%)
Backoffice 11(2.7%) 393(97.3%) 4(1.0%) 400(99.0%)
else 64(5.4%) 1123(94.6%) 22(1.9%) 1165(98.1%)
Job title junior 1174(4.9%) 22,560(95.1%) 1.482 0.477 330(1.4%) 23,404(98.6%) 2.749 0.253
middle 403(5.3%) 7207(94.7%) 87(1.1%) 7523(98.9%)
senior 120(5.1%) 2240(94.9%) 30(1.3%) 2330(98.7%)
Educational background undergraduate or less 1631(5.0%) 30,731(95.0%) 0.068 0.794 432(1.3%) 31,930(98.7%) 0.426 0.514
postgraduate or more 65(4.9%) 1267(95.1%) 15(1.1%) 1317(98.9%)
Employment year <=5 509(4.7%) 10,437(95.3%) 12.725 0.002* 159(1.5%) 10,787(98.5%) 3.495 0.174
6–10 542(5.7%) 8974(94.3%) 131(1.4%) 9385(98.6%)
>10 646(4.9%) 12,587(95.1%) 157(1.2%) 13,076(98.8%)
Necessary of regularly psychological intervention during the epidemic No 286(4.6%) 5929(95.4%) 2.908 0.088 86(1.4%) 6129(98.6%) 0.23 0.631
Yes 1408(5.1%) 26,064(94.9%) 359(1.3%) 27,113(98.7%)
Concern about epidemic No 155(9.8%) 1422(90.2%) 79.477 0.000⁎⁎ 58(3.7%) 1519(96.3%) 69.89 0.000⁎⁎
Yes 1542(4.8%) 30,580(95.2%) 389(1.2%) 31,733(98.8%)
Confidence about defeating COVID19 No 63(25.4%) 185(74.6%) 217.389 0.000⁎⁎ 26(10.5%) 222(89.5%) 160.482 0.000⁎⁎
Yes 1630(4.9%) 31,813(95.1%) 420(1.3%) 33,023(98.7%)
Level of hospital Designated hospital 4(2.3%) 169(97.7%) 4.832 0.184 1(0.6%) 172(99.4%) 64.548 0.000⁎⁎
main district hospital 741(4.9%) 14,312(95.1%) 117(0.8%) 14,936(99.2%)
county hospital 891(5.1%) 16,552(94.9%) 310(1.8%) 17,133(98.2%)
non-hospital 61(5.9%) 976(94.1%) 19(1.8%) 1018(98.2%)
Frontline department No 186(7.3%) 2346(92.7%) 30.659 0.000⁎⁎ 26(1.0%) 2506(99.0%) 1.877 0.171
Yes 1510(4.8%) 29,659(95.2%) 421(1.4%) 30,748(98.6%)
Isolation and protection of the department complete isolation ward 112(4.9%) 2168(95.1%) 10.841 0.004* 18(0.8%) 2262(99.2%) 5.393 0.067
partial isolation ward 385(5.8%) 6221(94.2%) 91(1.4%) 6515(98.6%)
general ward 1200(4.8%) 23,620(95.2%) 338(1.4%) 24,482(98.6%)
Infected with COVID-19 in community no 1507(4.9%) 29,215(95.1%) 11.738 0.001* 389(1.3%) 30,333(98.7%) 8.696 0.003*
yes 189(6.3%) 2791(93.7%) 57(1.9%) 2923(98.1%)
Willingness of participant in parties no 1452(4.8%) 28,757(95.2%) 31.200 0.000⁎⁎ 368(1.2%) 29,841(98.8%) 26.099 0.000⁎⁎
yes 244(7.0%) 3247(93.0%) 79(2.3%) 3412(97.7%)
Experienced SARS No 1431(4.9%) 27,768(95.1%) 7.964 0.005* 381(1.3%) 28,818(98.7%) 0.582 0.446
Yes 265(5.9%) 4235(94.1%) 65(1.4%) 4435(98.6%)
Need of psychological assistance  before epidemic no 1124(3.7%) 29,369(96.3%) 1215.640 0.000⁎⁎ 267(0.9%) 30,226(99.1%) 492.086 0.000⁎⁎
yes 572(17.8%) 2635(82.2%) 179(5.6%) 3028(94.4%)
Need of psychological assistance  during epidemic remission no 1107(3.6%) 29,827(96.4%) 1655.532 0.000⁎⁎ 248(0.8%) 30,686(99.2%) 778.4 0.000⁎⁎
yes 587(21.2%) 2179(78.8%) 197(7.1%) 2569(92.9%)
Exposure to severe COVID-19 patients no 1599(4.9%) 30,924(95.1%) 20.802 0.000⁎⁎ 413(1.3%) 32,110(98.7%) 20.931 0.000⁎⁎
yes 92(7.9%) 1075(92.1%) 33(2.8%) 1134(97.2%)
Exposure to died COVID-19 patients no 1648(5.0%) 31,560(95.0%) 13.611 0.000⁎⁎ 434(1.3%) 32,774(98.7%) 1.096 0.295
yes 42(8.6%) 444(91.4%) 9(1.9%) 477(98.1%)
Stress-feeling at work during COVID-19  remission none 62(2.0%) 3096(98.0%) 711.309 0.000⁎⁎ 18(0.6%) 3140(99.4%) 188.593 0.000⁎⁎
mild 145(2.7%) 5170(97.3%) 38(0.7%) 5277(99.3%)
fair 769(4.1%) 18,169(95.9%) 201(1.1%) 18,737(98.9%)
big 363(11.3%) 2836(88.7%) 87(2.7%) 3112(97.3%)
huge 342(11.9%) 2530(88.1%) 100(3.5%) 2772(96.5%)
Perceptions of support No familIes support 307(16.9%) 1513(83.1%) 563.878 0.000⁎⁎ 115(6.3%) 1705(93.7%) 367.601 0.000⁎⁎
No colleagues support 354(16.6%) 1780(83.4%) 637.084 0.000⁎⁎ 120(5.6%) 2014(94.4%) 322.466 0.000⁎⁎
No Hospital authority support 717(10.9%) 5884(89.1%) 585.161 0.000⁎⁎ 226(3.4%) 6375(96.6%) 278.551 0.000⁎⁎
No Insurance and compensation support 737(9.8%) 6796(90.2%) 457.919 0.000⁎⁎ 211(2.8%) 7322(97.2%) 162.104 0.000⁎⁎
No Patients support 832(9.6%) 7861(90.4%) 505.694 0.000⁎⁎ 239(2.7%) 8454(97.3%) 182.36 0.000⁎⁎
No Mass media support 667(10.4%) 5740(89.6%) 479.331 0.000⁎⁎ 190(3.0%) 6217(97.0%) 163.284 0.000⁎⁎

PCL-C=The PTSD Checklist-Civilian Version;SSI = Suicidal and self-injurious ideation;.

p-value < 0.05;.

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p-value < 0.001.