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. 2022 Aug 11;13:980361. doi: 10.3389/fpsyt.2022.980361

Table 3.

Level of social anxiety and intensity of state anxiety (X-1) and trait anxiety (X-2) according to self-perceived anxiety due to starting work with coronavirus patients.

Liebowitz social anxiety State-trait anxiety inventory
scale
STAI X-1 STAI X-2
Mean Min. Max. Mean Min. Max. Mean Min. Max.
Self-assessment of the anxiety due to working with coronavirus patients
Yes 61.9 ± 27.3 9 105 50.0 ± 2.4 46 55 49.5 ± 3.3 47 59
Sometimes 59.9 ± 28.0 0 144 49.9 ± 1.9 44 56 48.9 ± 2.7 41 56
No 36.8 ± 33.7 0 126 50.3 ± 1.8 45 55 49.3 ± 2.3 42 55
I do not know 19.3 ± 12.4 6 36 50.0 ± 0 50 50 46.3 ± 3.3 43 50
  ρ-value
  P-value
NS <0.001 NS
Self-assessment of the experienced fear on a 5-point scale
0 33.2 ± 31.4 0 98 50.5 ± 1.7 46 55 49.2 ± 2.3 44 55
1 52.9 ± 37.5 0 144 50.1 ± 2.0 44 54 48.8 ± 2.9 41 55
2 56.5 ± 27.0 0 105 49.7 ± 1.7 46 56 49.0 ± 2.7 42 56
3 62.0 ± 23.4 9 108 50.0 ± 2.3 44 56 49.4 ± 2.0 45 55
4 80.4 ± 17.5 61 97 48.6 ± 1.0 48 50 49.4 ± 5.0 43 58
5 82.5 ± 23.3 66 99 53.5 ± 0.7 53 54 51.5 ± 10.6 44 59
  ρ-value 0.337 NS NS
  P-value <0.001

Spearman's Rank Correlation Test, ρ = Spearman's rank correlation coefficient, NS- not significant.