Research Article
Healthcare Workers’ General Health and Its Relation with Anxiety, Anger, and Posttraumatic Stress Disorder during COVID-19 Outbreak in Southeast Iran
Table 1
The participants’ demographic characteristics and their relation with general health (
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| Variable | (%) | General health | Statistical test | value | Mean | SD |
| Age (yr.) | | | | | | 23-30 | 206 (45.9) | 11.43 | 6.0 | | 0.16 | 31-40 | 167 (37.2) | 12.66 | 6.21 | >40 | 76 (16.9) | 11.78 | 6.86 | Gender | | | | | | Male | 88 (19.3) | 10.22 | 5.49 | | 0.003 | Female | 367 (80.7) | 12.39 | 6.38 | Marital status | | | | | | Unmarried | 124 (27.4) | 11.80 | 6.40 | | 0.66 | Married | 328 (72.6) | 12.09 | 6.23 | Educational level | | | | | | Practical nursing | 8 (1.8) | 15.75 | 7.22 | | 0.22 | B.Sc. | 372 (81.8) | 12.03 | 6.29 | M.Sc. | 41 (9.0) | 10.48 | 5.64 | MD | 7 (1.5) | 10.86 | 7.31 | PhD/specialty | 27 (5.9) | 12.59 | 6.08 | Major | | | | | | Operating room | 25 (5.5) | 13.68 | 7.06 | | 0.17 | Nursing | 334 (73.6) | 11.84 | 6.19 | Anesthesiology | 38 (8.4) | 11.36 | 5.43 | Medicine | 33 (7.3) | 12.06 | 6.30 | Midwifery | 14 (3.1) | 13.21 | 7.27 | Laboratory | 2 (0.4) | 4.0 | 5.66 | Nursing assistant | 8 (1.7) | 15.75 | 7.22 | Work experience (yr.) | | | | | | 1-5 | 194 (43.0) | 11.52 | 5.88 | | 0.09 | 5.1-10 | 73 (16.2) | 11.23 | 6.26 | >10 | 184 (40.8) | 12.75 | 6.64 | Hospital | | | | | | A | 152 (33.4) | 13.10 | 6.96 | | 0.002 | B | 123 (27.0) | 10.29 | 5.80 | C | 140 (30.8) | 11.90 | 5.54 | D | 40 (8.8) | 13.12 | 6.31 | Monthly income (million rials-IRR) | | | | | | 20-40 | 6 (1.3) | 14.83 | 8.13 | | 0.61 | 40-60 | 36 (8.0) | 11.60 | 5.78 | 60-80 | 149 (33.0) | 11.90 | 6.81 | 80-100 | 214 (47.5) | 12.27 | 6.0 | >100 | 46 (10.2) | 11.11 | 6.01 | Caring for patients infected with COVID-19 | | | | | | Yes | 408 (89.9) | 12.06 | 6.28 | | 0.42 | No | 46 (10.1) | 11.27 | 6.25 | Infected with COVID-19 | | | | | | Yes | 328 (72.4) | 12.13 | 6.52 | | 0.44 | No | 125 (27.6) | 11.62 | 5.60 | Relatives infected with COVID-19 | | | | | | Yes | 408 (89.7) | 12.10 | 6.34 | | 0.20 | No | 47 (10.3) | 10.86 | 5.58 | History of mental disorders | | | | | | Yes | 34 (7.5) | 18.85 | 7.68 | | <0.001 | No | 419 (92.5) | 11.39 | 5.81 |
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Missing value. 1 USD = 250,000 IRR at the time of study; = independent -test; = analysis of variance. |