Psychological Distress among Healthcare Workers with Chronic Diseases during the COVID-19 Crisis

Table 6

Correlation (Pearson’s ) between the psychological distress score and comorbidities.

Variables	Pearson’s coefficient ()	The effect size index ()	Sig. value
Heart disease and psychological distress	0.190	0.036	<0.001
High blood pressure and psychological distress	0.132	0.017	0.021
Lung disease and psychological distress	0.145	0.021	0.012
Diabetes and psychological distress	0.188	0.035	0.001
Ulcer and psychological distress	0.30	0.09	<0.001
Kidney disease and psychological distress	0.023	0.001	0.689
Liver disease and psychological distress	0.005	0.000	0.932
Anemia and psychological distress	0.217	0.047	<0.001
Cancer and psychological distress	0.007	0.000	0.910
Depression and psychological distress	0.122	0.015	0.035
Osteoarthritis and psychological distress	0.011	0.000	0.843
Back pain and psychological distress	0.200	0.040	<0.001
Rheumatoid arthritis and psychological distress	0.047	0.002	0.416