TABLE 2.
Negative emotions and risk perception during period 1 (during the peak of COVID-19) and 2 (after the resuming of work) stratified for gender, occupation and dispatch to Wuhan.
| Gender (Mean ± SD) | Profession (Mean ± SD) | Dispatch (Mean ± SD) | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Period 1 | Males | Females | t | P | Doctors | Nurses | t | p | Shanghai | Wuhan | t | p |
| Risk perception | 38.95 ± 9.71 | 37.36 ± 9.48 | 0,94 | 0.350 | 39.92 ± 9.45 | 36.75 ± 9.42 | 2.23 | 0.027 | 37.43 ± 9.71 | 38.07 ± 9.13 | −0.463 | 0.643 |
| Impatience | 1.79 ± 0.91 | 1.53 ± 0.83 | 1.71 | 0.088 | 1.90 ± 1.00 | 1.45 ± 0.74 | 3.63 | 0.000 | 1.60 ± 0.83 | 1.52 ± 0.87 | 0.66 | 0.510 |
| Sadness | 1.61 ± 0.86 | 1.49 ± 0.82 | 0.75 | 0.453 | 1.84 ± 1.00 | 1.39 ± 0.72 | 3.22 | 0.002 | 1.52 ± 0.86 | 1.49 ± 0.76 | 0.25 | 0.800 |
| Upset | 1.92 ± 0.82 | 1.71 ± 0.93 | 1.31 | 0.192 | 2.00 ± 1.00 | 1.65 ± 0.86 | 2.60 | 0.010 | 1.79 ± 0.95 | 1.64 ± 0.80 | 1.19 | 0.236 |
| Tension | 2.13 ± 1.00 | 1.87 ± 0.88 | 1.62 | 0.107 | 2.16 ± 1.00 | 1.82 ± 0.85 | 2.55 | 0.012 | 1.88 ± 0.96 | 2.00 ± 0.75 | −1.00 | 0.318 |
| Guilt | 1.26 ± 0.50 | 1.32 ± 0.66 | −0.49 | 0.626 | 1.34 ± 0.60 | 1.30 ± 0.65 | 0.51 | 0.613 | 1.28 ± 0.64 | 1.36 ± 0.64 | −0.84 | 0.404 |
| Fear | 1.47 ± 0.80 | 1.164 ± 0.85 | −1.13 | 0.259 | 1.74 ± 0.91 | 1.57 ± 0.80 | 1.36 | 0.175 | 1.59 ± 0.87 | 1.67 ± 0.76 | −0.63 | 0.527 |
| Worry | 1.45 ± 0.72 | 1.51 ± 0.85 | −0.43 | 0.666 | 1.66 ± 0.89 | 1.44 ± 0.79 | 1.74 | 0.083 | 1.54 ± 0.90 | 1.42 ± 0.65 | 1.09 | 0.279 |
| Period 2 | (Back to Shanghai) | |||||||||||
| Risk perception | 32.72 ± 7.03 | 34.64 ± 9.92 | 0.42 | 0.421 | 32.58 ± 7.97 | 34.65 ± 9.88 | −0.90 | 0.371 | 34.87 ± 10.07 | 33.08 ± 8.36 | 1.26 | 0.209 |
| Impatience | 1.5 ± 0.92 | 1.66 ± 0.86 | −0.75 | 0.452 | 1.47 ± 0.84 | 1.66 ± 0.86 | −0.91 | 0.361 | 1.7 ± 0.89 | 1.44 ± 0.70 | 2.39 | 0.018 |
| Sadness | 1.39 ± 0.70 | 1.41 ± 0.73 | −0.09 | 0.925 | 1.32 ± 0.58 | 1.41 ± 0.74 | −0.55 | 0.584 | 1.44 ± 0.76 | 1.24 ± 0.54 | 2.44 | 0.016 |
| Upset | 1.83 ± 1.10 | 1.8 ± 0.92 | 0.13 | 0.897 | 1.68 ± 1.00 | 1.81 ± 0.92 | −0.59 | 0.555 | 1.85 ± 0.94 | 1.63 ± 0.83 | 1.66 | 0.098 |
| Tension | 1.33 ± 0.60 | 1.52 ± 0.82 | −0.97 | 0.331 | 1.26 ± 0.56 | 1.53 ± 0.82 | −1.94 | 0.065 | 1.57 ± 0.85 | 1.29 ± 0.56 | 3.08 | 0.003 |
| Guilt | 1.11 ± 0.32 | 1.24 ± 0.57 | −0.94 | 0.350 | 1.11 ± 0.32 | 1.24 ± 0.57 | −1.67 | 0.106 | 1.23 ± 0.53 | 1.24 ± 0.68 | −0.11 | 0.914 |
| Fear | 1.22 ± 0.43 | 1.29 ± 0.64 | −0.45 | 0.655 | 1.26 ± 0.56 | 1.29 ± 0.63 | −0.17 | 0.868 | 1.31 ± 0.66 | 1.17 ± 0.42 | 2.09 | 0.038 |
| Worry | 1.11 ± 0.32 | 1.33 ± 0.70 | −2.55 | 0.017 | 1.21 ± 0.54 | 1.33 ± 0.70 | −0.71 | 0.479 | 1.36 ± 0.74 | 1.17 ± 0.42 | 2.57 | 0.011 |