Research Article
Psychological Distress among Healthcare Workers with Chronic Diseases during the COVID-19 Crisis
Table 5
Association between psychological distress scores and sociodemographic variables.
| | Demographic variables | Psychological distress score | D.F | Chi-square value | Sig. value | | High distress F (%) | Very high distress F (%) | Calc. value | Tab. value |
| | Gender | | Male | 1 (0.3%) | 98 (32.5%) | 1 | 0.111 | 3.84 | 0.739 | | Female | 3 (1.0%) | 200 (66.2%) | | Age | | 20 to <30 years | 2 (0.7%) | 72 (23.8%) | 3 | 9.35 | 7.81 | 0.025 | | 30 to <40 years | 0 (0.0%) | 106 (35.1%) | | 40 to <50 years | 0 (0.0%) | 89 (29.5%) | | 50 to 60 years | 2 (0.7%) | 31 (10.3%) | | Nationality | | Saudi | 4 (1.3%) | 261 (86.4%) | 1 | 0.566 | 3.84 | 0.452 | | Non-Saudi | 0 (0.0%) | 37 (12.3%) | | Working experience | | From 0- <2 | 2 (0.7%) | 10 (3.3%) | 3 | 23.53 | 7.81 | <0.001 | | From 2- <6 | 0 (0.0%) | 53 (17.5%) | | From 6- <10 | 0 (0.0%) | 90 (29.8%) | | ≥10 | 2 (0.7%) | 145 (48.0%) | | Occupation | | Physician | 3 (1.0%) | 119 (39.4%) | 3 | 2.09 | 7.81 | 0.552 | | Nurse | 1 (0.3%) | 150 (49.7%) | | Radiology technician | 0 (0.0%) | 23 (7.6%) | | Pharmacist | 0 (0.0%) | 6 (2.0%) | | Level of education | | Diploma | 1 (0.3%) | 40 (13.2%) | 3 | 0.980 | 7.81 | 0.806 | | Bachelor | 1 (0.3%) | 100 (33.1%) | | Master | 0 (0.0%) | 33 (10.9%) | | Doctorate degree | 2 (0.7%) | 125 (41.4%) | | Marital status | | Married | 2 (0.7%) | 186 (61.6%) | 1 | 2.101 | 3.83 | 0.143 | | Not-married | 2 (0.7%) | 112 (37.08%) | | Living with family members | | Yes | 4 (1.3%) | 285 (94.4%) | 1 | 0.182 | 3.84 | 0.669 | | No | 0 (0.0%) | 13 (4.3%) | | Contracted COVID-19 | | Yes | 1 (0.3%) | 181 (59.9%) | 1 | 2.105 | 3.84 | 0.147 | | No | 3 (1.0%) | 117 (38.7%) |
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Significant at the (0.05) level; significant at the (0.001) level. |
