Table 2 Results of the path model.

From: Psychological distress in health care workers during the beginning, the middle, and the last part of the COVID-19 pandemic

Predictor

Outcome: distress

β

SE

z-value

p value

Distress

Wave 0

Wave 1

0.53

0.06

8.68

< 0.001

Wave 1

Wave 2

0.35

0.05

7.02

< 0.001

Stressors

Wave 0

Wave 0

0.82

0.28

2.88

0.004

Wave 0

Wave 1

−0.33

0.32

−1.03

0.302

Wave 1

Wave 1

0.85

0.24

3.58

< 0.001

Wave 1

Wave 2

0.15

0.22

0.69

0.488

Wave 2

Wave 2

0.26

0.26

0.98

0.329

Gender: man

Wave 0

−1.59

0.65

−2.46

0.014

Wave 1

−1.72

0.66

−2.63

0.009

Wave 2

−0.47

0.62

−0.76

0.449

Age

Wave 0

−0.01

0.03

−0.38

0.702

 

Wave 1

−0.02

0.03

−0.64

0.526

 

Wave 2

0.01

0.03

0.22

0.827

Occupation

Physician

Wave 0

0.81

0.73

1.10

0.270

Wave 1

−0.00

0.73

−0.00

0.998

Wave 2

0.22

0.68

0.32

0.752

Nurse or other medical staff

Wave 0

0.56

0.75

0.75

0.456

Wave 1

−1.31

0.75

−1.74

0.081

Wave 2

0.37

0.70

0.52

0.603

  1. Note: SE = standard error. The model also included age and occupation (physician, nurse or other medical staff) as covariates.