Table 1.
Baseline characteristics and physical and mental symptoms of respondents
| Variables, n (%) | All respondents (n = 228) | Specialists (n = 108) | Residents (n = 120) | P | Not worked in COVID-19 units (n = 32) | Worked in COVID-19 units (n = 196) | P | Not had COVID-19 (n = 163) | Had COVID-19 (n = 65) |
P |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Age, years (Mean ± SD) | 35.7 ± 9.8 | 42.6 ± 10.3 | 29.5 ± 2.6 | < 0.001 | 37.5 ± 10.9 | 35.4 ± 9.6 | 0.275 | 36.4 ± 10.1 | 34.1 ± 8.8 | 0.119 |
| Job role | ||||||||||
| Resident | 120 (52.6) | – | – | 18 (56.2) | 102 (52.0) | 0.802 | 78 (47.9) | 42 (64.6) | 0.032 | |
| Specialist (Consultant, Attending) | 108 (47.4) | – | – | 14 (43.8) | 94 (48.0) | 85 (52.1) | 23 (35.4) | |||
| Worked in COVID-19 wards | 0.802 | 0.493 | ||||||||
| Yes | 196 (86.0) | 94 (87.0) | 102 (85.0) | – | – | 138 (84.7) | 58 (89.2) | |||
| No | 32 (14.0) | 14 (13.0) | 18 (15.0) | – | – | 25 (15.3) | 7 (10.8) | |||
| History of COVID-19 | 0.032 | 0.493 | ||||||||
| Yes | 65 (28.5) | 23 (21.3) | 42 (35.0) | 7 (21.9) | 58 (29.6) | – | – | |||
| No | 163 (71.5) | 85 (78.7) | 78 (65.0) | 25 (78.1) | 138 (70.4) | – | – | |||
| Medical specialty | 0.504 | 0.006 | 0.747 | |||||||
| Internal medicine | 161 (70.6) | 75 (69.4) | 86 (71.7) | 19 (59.4) | 142 (72.4) | 114 (69.9) | 47 (72.3) | |||
| Geriatrics | 23 (10.1) | 13 (12.0) | 10 (8.3) | 1 (3.1) | 22 (11.2) | 15 (9.2) | 8 (12.3) | |||
| Emergency medicine | 5 (2.2) | 1 (0.9) | 4 (3.3) | 0 (0.0) | 5 (2.6) | 4 (2.5) | 1 (1.5) | |||
| Other | 39 (17.1) | 19 (17.6) | 20 (16.7) | 12 (37.5) | 27 (13.8) | 30 (18.4) | 9 (13.8) | |||
| Workload | ||||||||||
| More than 45 h per week | 80 (35.1) | 29 (26.9) | 51 (42.5) | 0.020 | 8 (25.0) | 72 (36.7) | 0.276 | 50 (30.7) | 30 (46.2) | 0.040 |
| More than 4 night shifts per month | 65 (28.5) | 38 (35.2) | 27 (22.5) | 0.049 | 5 (15.6) | 60 (30.6) | 0.126 | 52 (31.9) | 13 (20.0) | 0.102 |
| Questionnaire—physical and mental symptoms | ||||||||||
| Did you notice the onset or worsening of any of these physical signs/symptoms? | ||||||||||
| Esophageal reflux, heartburn | 69 (30.3) | 34 (31.5) | 35 (29.2) | 0.814 | 24 (75.0) | 135 (68.9) | 0.623 | 42 (25.8) | 27 (41.5) | 0.029 |
| Asthenia | 68 (29.8) | 36 (33.3) | 32 (26.7) | 0.340 | 9 (28.1) | 59 (30.1) | 0.985 | 45 (27.6) | 23 (35.4) | 0.318 |
| Unintentional weight changes | 81 (35.5) | 38 (35.2) | 43 (35.8) | 1.000 | 10 (31.2) | 71 (36.2) | 0.729 | 59 (36.2) | 22 (33.8) | 0.856 |
| Headache | 83 (36.4) | 40 (37.0) | 43 (35.8) | 0.960 | 10 (31.2) | 73 (37.2) | 0.649 | 56 (34.4) | 27 (41.5) | 0.387 |
| Dyspepsia | 23 (10.1) | 12 (11.1) | 11 (9.2) | 0.790 | 28 (87.5) | 177 (90.3) | 0.863 | 12 (7.4) | 11 (16.9) | 0.055 |
| Abdominal pain/bowel habit changes | 46 (20.2) | 25 (23.1) | 21 (17.5) | 0.370 | 3 (9.4) | 43 (21.9) | 0.160 | 29 (17.8) | 17 (26.2) | 0.216 |
| Muscular pain/tremor | 19 (8.3) | 11 (10.2) | 8 (6.7) | 0.472 | 0 (0.0) | 19 (9.7) | 0.135 | 12 (7.4) | 7 (10.8) | 0.565 |
| Insomnia/sleep disorder | 133 (58.3) | 61 (56.5) | 72 (60.0) | 0.687 | 16 (50.0) | 117 (59.7) | 0.402 | 92 (56.4) | 41 (63.1) | 0.442 |
| Did you notice the onset or worsening of any of these other sign/symptoms? | ||||||||||
| Anxiety/panic attack | 56 (24.6) | 24 (22.2) | 32 (26.7) | 0.532 | 8 (28.1) | 47 (24.0) | 0.777 | 39 (23.9) | 17 (26.2) | 0.855 |
| Apathy | 68 (29.8) | 20 (18.5) | 48 (40.0) | 0.001 | 9 (28.1) | 59 (30.1) | 0.985 | 41 (25.2) | 27 (41.5) | 0.023 |
| Amnesia | 21 (9.2) | 10 (9.3) | 11 (9.2) | 1.000 | 5 (15.6) | 16 (8.2) | 0.306 | 10 (6.1) | 11 (16.9) | 0.022 |
| Crying fit | 51 (22.4) | 18 (16.7) | 33 (27.5) | 0.072 | 7 (21.9) | 44 (22.4) | 1.000 | 35 (21.5) | 16 (24.6) | 0.735 |
| Attention deficits/difficulties in concentrating | 82 (36.0) | 31 (28.7) | 51 (42.5) | 0.042 | 13 (40.6) | 69 (35.2) | 0.694 | 52 (31.9) | 30 (46.2) | 0.061 |
| Eating behaviour disorders | 52 (22.8) | 29 (26.9) | 23 (19.2) | 0.221 | 4 (12.5) | 48 (24.5) | 0.204 | 40 (24.5) | 12 (18.5) | 0.416 |
| Depression | 35 (15.4) | 16 (14.8) | 19 (15.8) | 0.977 | 5 (15.6) | 30 (15.3) | 1.000 | 24 (14.7) | 11 (16.9) | 0.832 |
| Mood changes | 109 (47.8) | 49 (45.4) | 60 (50.0) | 0.571 | 12 (37.5) | 97 (49.5) | 0.285 | 71 (43.6) | 38 (58.5) | 0.059 |