Table 1.
Mental health symptoms and balance work and private during the COVID-19 pandemic.
| Questions | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Compared to before the COVID-19 pandemic, i experience | ||||||
|
More symptoms of n (%) |
Not more/not less symptoms of n (%) |
Less symptoms of n (%) |
Missing n (%) |
|||
| Anxiety | 262 (19.4) | 1055 (78.3) | 31 (2.3) | 24 (1.8) | ||
| Depression | 409 (30.3) | 911 (67.5) | 29 (2.1) | 23 (1.7) | ||
| Higher levels of stress | 658 (48.5) | 650 (47.9) | 49 (3.6) | 15 (1.1) | ||
| Sadness | 190 (14.2) | 1119 (83.4) | 33 (2.5) | 30 (2.2) | ||
| Anger | 318 (23.6) | 994 (73.8) | 35 (2.6) | 25 (1.8) | ||
| Compared to before the COVID-19 pandemic: | ||||||
| Due to working from home, work and private balance has tipped the scale toward work | ||||||
|
Agree n (%) |
Partly agree n (%) |
Neutral n (%) |
Partly disagree n (%) |
Disagree n (%) |
Missing n (%) |
|
| 127 (9.4) | 331 (24.6) | 387 (28.7) | 157 (11.7) | 345 (25.6) | ||
| 25 (1.8) | ||||||
| I can less effectively balance work and private | ||||||
|
Agree n (%) |
Partly agree n (%) |
Neutral n (%) |
Partly disagree n (%) |
Disagree n (%) |
||
| 213 (15.7) | 457 (33.7) | 264 (19.5) | 126 (9.3) | 295 (21.8) | ||
| 25 (1.8) | ||||||
| I cannot balance (anymore) between work and private | ||||||
|
Agree n (%) |
Partly agree n (%) |
Neutral n (%) |
Partly disagree n (%) |
Disagree n (%) |
||
| 49 (3.6) | 224 (16.7) | 403 (30.0) | 213 (15.8) | 455 (33.9) | ||
| 17 (1.2) | ||||||
missing values are displayed in last column and reflect missed responses on the according question and are calculated using the total sample of respondents (N = 1372).