Table 2 Independent factors associated with the anxiety gradient after multivariate analysis.

From: Post-traumatic stress disorder, anxiety, depression and burnout in nursing home staff in South France during the COVID-19 pandemic

ANXIETY

N = 494*

Noƚ. /Total No. (%)

Univariate analysisǂ

Multivariate analysis* (N = 479)

OR (95% CI)

p-value

AOR (95% CI)§

p-value

Staff characteristics

Fear for managing COVID-19 residents

     

No/Somewhat

62/290 (21.4)

1 [Reference]

<0.0001

1 [Reference]

<0.0001

Moderately

31/94 (33.0)

1.9 (1.2–3.0)

 

1.8 (1.1–2.8)

 

A lot

47/99 (47.5)

3.2 (2.0–4.9)

 

2.8 (1.7–4.4)

 

Missing Data

11 (2.2)

    

Age (years)

     

<30 and ≥50

61/245 (24.9)

1 [Reference]

0.01

1 [Reference]

0.002

30–49

79/239 (33.1)

1.5 (1.1–2.2)

 

1.7 (1.2–2.5)

 

Missing Data

10 (2.0)

    

Feelings about the communication of COVID-19 pandemic medical data by the media

     

Medium or total confidence

58/250 (23.2)

1 [Reference]

0.0001

1 [Reference]

0.0002

Distrust or low confidence

80/233 (34.3)

2.0 (1.4–2.8)

 

2.0 (1.4–2.8)

 

Missing data

11 (2.2)

    

Same family environment as before the pandemic

     

No

12/32 (37.5)

1 [Reference]

0.04

1 [Reference]

0.009

Yes

128/453 (28.3)

0.5 (0.2–0.9)

 

0.4 (0.2–0.8)

 

Missing Data

9 (1.8)

    

Conflicts with residents

     

Never/Rarely/Sometimes

102/412 (24.8)

1 [Reference]

<0.0001

1 [Reference]

<0.0001

Frequently/Very frequently

37/72 (51.4)

3.3 (2.0–5.4)

 

2.9 (1.8–4.9)

 

Missing Data

10 (2.0)

    
  1. This table shows only independent factors significantly associated with the anxiety gradient after multivariate analysis.
  2. Other variables included in the initial model but not significantly associated with the anxiety gradient are listed below:
  3. - Personal shortage (never /rarely/sometimes versus frequently/very frequently).
  4. - Feelings on media communication about personal preventing measures (medium or total confidence versus distrust or low confidence).
  5. - Feelings on media communication about the means to fight measures (medium or total confidence versus distrust or low confidence).
  6. - Perception of information about the pandemic in the center (insufficient versus medium versus excellent).
  7. - Perception of the level of personal protective equipment (insufficient versus medium versus sufficient).
  8. - Conflicts with colleagues (never/rarely/sometimes versus frequently/very frequently).
  9. - Level of severity of the episode (free-covid/unqualified episode versus severe episode/critical episode).
  10. *According to the order of appearance of the survey forms, an imbalance in the completion rate was noted between the first questionnaire (PCL-5) and the last form (Socio-demographic questionnaire used to research the factors associated with the psychological disorders studied) (higher completion rate for the first questionnaire). In order to evaluate the prevalence associated with psychological disorders, all the answers filled in for each scale of evaluation of the latter were taken into account, although the questionnaire was not completed in full. For this reason, a difference in the numbers analyzed (between those for the prevalence of anxiety and those for the analysis of associated factors) is observed (see Fig. 1). The search for factors associated with the occurrence of psychological disorders was carried out on 494 people (those who completed all the survey forms).
  11. ƚNo./Total No.: Number of observations/Total number of observations.
  12. ǂThe results presented correspond to the pre-selection of variables at p-value ≤ 20%. A second selection of variables was made at the 5% threshold and then integrated into the multivariate model.
  13. §AOR: Adjusted odd ratio for nursing-home COVID status (FREE-COVID/Unqualified episode versus Severe episode/Critical episode) and all the variables of the table with 95% confidence interval.
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