Table 1.
Characteristics of the study participants.
| Variables | All Nurses (N = 548) |
Non-Covid-19 Wards (N = 273) |
Covid-19 Wards (N = 275) |
p-Value | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Age, years | 40 | ±10 | 40.8 | ±10.2 | 39.7 | ±10.1 | 0.8 |
| Female | 419 | (76.5) | 230 | (84.2) | 189 | (76.5) | <0.001 |
| Years of experience as nurse | N | % | N | % | N | % | |
| 0 to 5 | 89 | (16.2) | 37 | (13.2) | 52 | (18.9) | 0.245 |
| 6 to 10 | 122 | (22.3) | 64 | (23.4) | 58 | (21.1) | |
| 11 to 20 | 137 | (25) | 65 | (23.8) | 76 | (26.2) | |
| over 20 | 200 | (36.5) | 107 | (39.2) | 93 | (33.8) | |
| Live alone | 144 | (26.3) | 71 | (26) | 73 | (26.5) | 0.886 |
| Live with frail people (i.e., children or older/ill people) | 257 | (46.9) | 136 | (49.9) | 121 | (44) | 0.144 |
| Post-basic education | 317 | (57.8) | 148 | (54.2) | 169 | (61.5) | 0.086 |
| Work-time percentage | N | % | N | % | N | % | |
| lower than 60% | 34 | (6.2) | 25 | (9.9) | 9 | (3.3) | <0.001 |
| 60 to 90% | 213 | (38.9) | 130 | (47.6) | 83 | (30.2) | |
| over 90% | 301 | (54.9) | 118 | (43.2) | 183 | (66.5) | |
| Relocation to another ward during the pandemic | 167 | (30.5) | 37 | (13.6) | 130 | (47.3) | <0.001 |
| ICU during Covid-19 | 103 | (18.8) | 33 | (12.1) | 70 | (25.5) | <0.001 |
| Desire to change profession before the pandemic (yes/no) | 147 | (26.8) | 76 | (27.6) | 71 | (26.0) | 0.67 |
| Desire to change profession during the pandemic (yes/no) | 119 | (21.7) | 66 | (24) | 53 | (19.4) | 0.19 |
| Perception of the risk of being infected during the pandemic, (score 0 = low risk to 10 = high risk) (Median (25th, 75th percentiles)) |
5 | [4–8] | 6 | [4–8] | 4 | [3–7] | <0.001 |
| Perception of one’s own health status (SF12 first question: How do you rate your health status on a scale from 1 = poor to 5 = excellent) (Median [25th, 75th percentiles]) | 4 | [2–4] | 4 | [2–4] | 4 | [2–4] | 0.008 |
ICU: Intensive Care Unit; Covid-19: Coronavirus disease 2019; SF12: 12-Item Short Form Health Survey. Data are presented as counts (%) for categorical variables and mean (±standard deviation) for continuous variables, unless otherwise stated.