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. 2022 Jan 13;43(4):2241–2251. doi: 10.1007/s10072-021-05813-y

Table 4.

Univariate analysis of State Trait Anxiety Inventory (STAI-Y) and Beck Depression Inventory (BDI-II) scores

STAI > 40 STAI ≤ 40 value* BDI > 13 BDI ≤ 13 p value*
Overall 672 (69.7%) 292 (30.3%) 316 (32.8%) 648 (67.2%)
Gender 0.13 0.19
   Female 526 (68.6%) 241 (31.4%) 259 (33.8%) 508 (66.2%)
   Male 146 (74.1%) 51 (25.9%) 57 (28.9%) 140 (71.1%)
Age (years) 0.04 0.016
   21–30 79 (70.5%) 33 (29.5%) 32 (28.6%) 80 (71.4%)
   31–40 142 (73.6%) 51 (26.4%) 54 (28.0%) 139 (72.0%)
   41–50 187 (74.8%) 63 (25.2%) 82 (32.8%) 168 (67.2%)
   51–60 214 (63.9%) 121 (36.1%) 131 (39.1%) 204 (60.9%)
   > 61 50 (67.6%) 24 (32.4%) 17 (23.0%) 57 (77.0%)
Chronic diseases 188 (67.9%) 89 (32.1%) 0.43 109 (39.3%) 168 (60.7%) 0.006
Marital status 0.15 0.20
   Unmarried 239 (71.3%) 96 (28.7%) 109 (32.5%) 226 (67.5%)
   Married 362 (70.7%) 150 (29.3%) 159 (31.1%) 353 (68.9%)
   Divorced 66 (60.5%) 43 (39.5%) 44 (40.4%) 65 (59.6%)
   Widowed 5 (62.5%) 3 (37.5%) 4 (50.0%) 4 (50.0%)
Living with someone at home 564 (69.9%) 243 (30.1%) 0.78 256 (31.7%) 551 (68.3%) 0.11
COVID-19 infection 66 (70.2%) 28 (29.8%) 0.91 32 (34.0%) 62 (66.0%) 0.78
Flatmates with COVID-19 infection 96 (74.4%) 33 (25.6%) 0.21 48 (37.2%) 81 (62.8%) 0.25
Self-isolation 202 (65.4%) 107 (34.6%) 0.044 122 (39.5%) 187 (60.5%) 0.002
Hospital 0.38 0.70
   COVID-19 wards 524 (69.2%) 233 (30.8%) 245 (32.4%) 512 (67.6%)
   No COVID-19 wards 127 (72.6%) 48 (27.4%) 54 (30.9%) 121 (69.1%)
Occupation 0.25 0.62
   Frontline healthcare workers 530 (68.8%) 240 (31.2%) 251 (32.6%) 519 (67.4%)
   Non-frontline healthcare workers 71 (77.2%) 21 (22.8%) 34 (37.0%) 58 (63.0%)
   Non-healthcare workers 71 (70.3%) 30 (29.7%) 31 (30.7%) 70 (69.3%)
   Site of work 0.57 0.10
   Ward (clinical or surgical) 397 (69.9%) 171 (30.1%) 170 (29.9%) 398 (70.1%)
   Outpatient’s department 139 (68.5%) 64 (31.5%) 74 (36.4%) 129 (63.6%)
   Laboratory 61 (76.3%) 19 (23.7%) 33 (41.2%) 47 (58.8%)
   Offices 75 (67.6%) 36 (32.4%) 38 (34.2%) 73 (65.8%)
Shift workers 295 (67.2%) 144 (32.8%) 0.12 153 (34.8%) 286 (65.2%) 0.21
Workers in COVID-19 ward 198 (69.9%) 85 (30.1%) 0.81 91 (32.2%) 192 (67.8%) 0.25
Modified work schedules 287 (70.2%) 122 (29.8%) 0.78 150 (36.7%) 259 (63.3%) 0.027
Increased hours at work 189 (67.7%) 90 (32.3%) 0.39 102 (36.6%) 177 (63.4%) 0.11
Modified duties at work 235 (71.7%) 93 (28.3%) 0.34 119 (36.3%) 209 (63.7%) 0.10
Teleworking 109 (80.2%) 27 (19.8%) 0.004 37 (27.2%) 99 (72.8%) 0.13
Sleep disorders before the COVID-19 pandemic 194 (69.3%) 86 (30.7%) 0.85 128 (45.7%) 152 (54.3%)  < 0.001
Sleep disorders during the COVID-19 pandemic
   With drug use 120 (68.2%) 56 (31.8%) 0.46 98 (55.7%) 78 (44.3%)  < 0.001
   Without drug use 363 (68.8%) 165 (31.2%) 187 (35.4%) 341 (64.6%)
   New-onset sleep disorders 308 (68.3%) 143 (31.7%) 0.81 165 (36.6%) 286 (63.4%) 0.005
   Pre-existing sleep disorders 175 (69.2%) 78 (30.8%) 120 (47.4%) 133 (52.6%)

*p-values from chi-square tests