Table 1 Demographic and clinical characteristics of the matched sample (N = 520).

From: Post COVID-19 mental health symptoms and quality of life among COVID-19 frontline clinicians: a comparative study using propensity score matching approach

Variables

Total (N = 520)

Non-COVID-19 treating frontline clinicians (N = 260)

COVID-19 treating frontline clinicians (N = 260)

Univariable analyses

Standardized difference

n

%

n

%

n

%

χ2

df

p

Male gender

212

40.8

111

42.7

101

38.8

0.8

1

0.37

0.084

Occupation

      

1.9

3

0.59

0.016

Doctor

124

23.8

67

25.8

57

21.9

Nurse

339

65.2

162

62.3

177

68.1

Medical technician

48

9.2

26

10.0

22

8.5

Others

9

1.7

5

1.9

4

1.5

Education level

      

1.1

2

0.58

0.074

PhD

132

25.4

71

27.3

61

23.5

Master

335

64.4

164

63.1

171

65.8

Bachelor

53

10.2

25

9.6

28

10.8

Personal annual income (CNY)

      

3.0

3

0.40

0.038

<200 thousand

336

64.6

169

65.0

167

64.2

200–300 thousand

163

31.3

77

29.6

86

33.1

300–500 thousand

16

3.1

11

4.2

5

1.9

>500 thousand

5

1.0

3

1.2

2

0.8

Marital status

      

0.6

2

0.73

0.063

Never married

174

33.5

85

32.7

89

34.2

Married

329

63.3

165

63.5

164

63.1

Divorced

17

3.3

10

3.8

7

2.7

PHQ-9 total score of 5 and above

181

34.8

91

35.0

90

34.6

0.01

1

0.93

GAD-7 total score of 5 and above

155

29.8

75

28.8

80

30.8

0.2

1

0.63

ISI total score of 8 and above

91

17.5

48

18.5

43

16.5

0.3

1

0.56

Experienced WPV since COVID-19

53

10.2

36

13.8

17

6.5

7.6

1

0.006

 

Mean

SD

Mean

SD

Mean

SD

t/Z

df

p

 

Age

34.3

7.2

34.4

7.8

34.2

6.6

0.2

505.9a

0.84

−0.016

PHQ-9 total score

3.6

4.2

3.5

4.1

3.7

4.3

0.4

b

0.69

GAD-7 total score

3.0

3.3

2.9

3.3

3.1

3.3

0.7

b

0.50

ISI total score

4.0

5.1

3.9

5.3

4.1

5.0

0.5

b

0.59

Global QOL

7.2

1.5

7.0

1.6

7.3

1.5

−2.5

518

0.015

  1. Bold values indicates statistical significant p values (p < 0.05); COVID-19 coronavirus disease 2019, GAD-7 generalized anxiety disorder-7, CNY Chinese yuan, df degree of freedom, PhD degree of philosophy, PHQ-9 patient health questionnaire-9, QOL quality of life, ISI insomnia severity index, SD standard deviation, WPV workplace violence.
  2. aSatterthwaite corrected.
  3. bWilcoxon rank-sum test.