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Table 2 Evaluation of the psychological effects on the pediatric health-care workers caused by COVID-19 pandemic in Italy

From: Evaluation of sleep quality and anxiety in Italian pediatric healthcare workers during the first wave of COVID-19 pandemic

 

All (N = 175)

Primary care staff (N = 47)

Secondary care staff (N = 128)

p value

PSQI

8.0 (5.0–10.0)

6.0 (5.0–9.0)

8.0 (5.0–10.0)

NS

SASR

63.0 (39.0–83.0)

63.0 (33.0–89.0)

64.0 (41.0–81.2)

NS

Zung Index

34.0 (30.0–44.0)

31.0 (29.0–41.5)

35.0 (31.0–44.2)

0.027

GSES

29.0 (25.0–34.0)

30.0 (27.0–35.0)

29.0 (24.0–33.0)

NS

PSS

5.9 (5.3–6.5)

5.8 (5.2–6.0)

6.0 (5.4–6.6)

 < 0.001

*Acute post-traumatic stress disorder

   

#NS

 No

82 (47.0)

23(49.9)

59 (46.1)

 

 Yes

93 (53.0)

24 (51.1)

69 (53.9)

 
  1. Values are absolute numbers (percentages) for categorical variables and median (range) for continuous variables. N numbers, NS not significant; primary care staff consisted of family pediatricians; pediatric secondary care staff consisted of hospital pediatricians, residents in Pediatrics and pediatric nurses
  2. COVID-19 novel coronavirus 19 disease, PSQI Pittsburgh Sleep Quality Index, SASR Stanford Acute Stress Reaction Index, GSES General Self-Efficacy Scale, PSS Perceived Social Support; Acute post-traumatic stress disorder is defined according to DSM-IV criteria
  3. p value from Mann Whitney U test for continuous variables
  4. #p value from Pearson’s Chi squared test for categorical variables; bold formatting to values where the p-value is < 0.05