Research Article

The Mental Health Toll: Medical Trainees Living with Disabilities during the COVID-19 Pandemic

Table 2

Means and standard deviations of the mental health outcome measures by groups.

Interns mean (SD)Residents mean (SD)Attendings mean (SD)
Living with a disability (n = 19)No disability (n = 49)Living with a disability (n = 26)No disability (n = 106)Living with a disability (n = 46)No disability (n = 101)

Fear of COVID-1915.36 (4.77)15.95 (4.58)18.57 (5.73)14.93 (4.66)15.15 (5.25)14.13 (4.46)
DASS depression6.11 (5.51)2.94 (2.99)5.92 (4.43)2.55 (2.70)3.26 (3.40)2.59 (3.14)
DASS anxiety2.83 (3.55)1.02 (1.94)3.00 (2.97)0.75 (1.18)0.91 (1.74)0.74 (1.83)
DASS stress7.55 (5.13)4.49 (3.75)9.84 (5.26)4.93 (3.64)5.21 (4.36)4.52 (3.80)
Emotional wellbeing13.47 (4.75)14.28 (4.61)12.68 (3.74)14.77 (4.11)14.25 (3.61)14.91 (4.28)
Belonging17.70 (7.93)20.02 (7.09)16.68 (6.49)19.67 (6.26)20.46 (6.28)21.74 (7.08)
Psychological meaning26.43 (8.76)30.63 (8.29)25.40 (7.87)29.38 (7.86)29.55 (6.38)31.38 (7.42)