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. 2022 Mar 11;31(3):321–330. doi: 10.1089/jwh.2021.0277

Table 3.

Distribution of Faculty by Perceived Changes to Self-Care During Coronavirus Disease by Latent Class Assignment (n = 483)

Self-care characteristics Class 1 n = 181 Class 2 n = 95 Class 3 n = 125 Class 4 n = 82 Chi square p-valuea
Sleepb,c
 Disturbed 112 (61.9) 60 (63.8) 56 (44.8) 28 (34.1) <0.001
 No change 52 (28.7) 32 (34.1) 57 (45.6) 41 (50.0)
 Improved 17 (9.4) 2 (2.1) 12 (9.6) 13 (15.9)
Dietb,c
 Disturbed 93 (51.4) 46 (48.9) 34 (27.2) 23 (28.1) <0.001
 No change 54 (29.8) 37 (39.4) 57 (45.6) 38 (46.3)
 Improved 34 (18.8) 11 (11.7) 34 (27.2) 20 (24.4)
Exerciseb,c
 Decreased 112 (61.9) 55 (58.5) 57 (45.6) 34 (41.5) <0.001
 No change 20 (11.0) 22 (23.4) 33 (26.4) 25 (30.5)
 Increased 49 (27.1) 16 (17.0) 35 (28.0) 23 (28.0)
Use of mental health servicesb,c
 Increased 24 (13.3) 12 (12.8) 1 (0.8) 3 (3.6) <0.001
 No change 143 (79.0) 79 (84.0) 116 (92.8) 75 (91.5)
 Decreased 14 (7.7) 2 (2.1) 5 (4.0) 3 (3.7)
Emotional support from friends, colleagues, familyb,c
 Decreased 56 (30.9) 32 (34.0) 32 (25.6) 12 (14.6) <0.001
 No change 69 (38.1) 38 (40.4) 61 (48.8) 56 (68.3)
 Increased 56 (30.9) 23 (24.5) 31 (24.8) 14 (17.1)

Class 1: high work stress, high home stress, more likely to be women, assistant professors, not tenured, and more likely to have a child 12 years of age and younger; Class 2: high work stress, high home stress, more likely to be females, associate professors, tenured, and more less likely to have a child 12 years of age and younger; Class 3: moderate work stress, low home stress, more likely to be men, professors, tenured, and less likely to have a child 12 years of age and younger; Class 4: low work stress, low home stress, more likely to be males and adjunct or visiting professor, less likely to be tenured, and less likely to have a child 12 years of age and younger.

a

p-values <0.05 are shown in bold font.

b

Totals do not add up due to missing values.

c

Data presented as n (%) and analyzed by chi square.