Table 3 Psychopathology and burnout among nursing home and hospital healthcare workers.

From: Comparison of psychopathology, purpose in life and moral courage between nursing home and hospital healthcare workers during the COVID-19 pandemic

 

Total

n = 108

n (%)/Me (IQR)

Hospital

n = 54

n (%)/Me (IQR)

Nursing home

n = 54

n (%)/Me (IQR)

χ2/t/ Mann–Whitney U (p)

CTR

BAI

11 (13.7)

6 (10.2)

14.5 (15.5)

1911.5 (< 0.001)***

Anxiety (yes)

61 (58.7)

21 (42)

40 (74.1)

11.013 (0.001)**

BDI-II

7 (11.7)

4 (10)

11.5 (11.2)

2073.5 (< 0.001)***

Depression (yes)

30 (27.8)

8 (14.8)

22 (40.7)

9.046 (0.003)**

ETEA-PT

10 (10.5)

4 (7)

14 (10.2)

2443.0 (< 0.001)***

Acute stress (yes)

52 (48.1)

14 (25.9)

38 (70.4)

21.363 (< 0.001) ***

PTSD (yes)

39 (39.4)

14 (25.9)

25 (55.6)

9.026 (0.003)**

DAST-10

0 (0)

0 (0)

0 (0)

1439.0 (0.25)

Drug (yes)

9 (8.7)

2 (4)

7 (13)

2.63 (0.10)

AUDIT

2 (3)

2.5 (3)

1.5 (2.2)

1226.5 (0.25)

Alcohol (yes)

13 (12.3)

4 (7.7)

9 (16.7)

1.983 (0.15)

Psychopathology (score)

32 (32.5)

20 (26)

43 (33.5)

1892.5 (< 0.001)***

At least one mental disorder (yes)

73 (71.6)

27 (56.3)

46 (85.2)

10.456 (0.001)**

Self-perceived mental health change

   

11.863 (0.003)**

 Improvement

13 (12.1)

11 (20.1)

2 (3.7)

2.7/ − 2.7

 Decline

54 (50.1)

19 (35.8)

35 (64.8)

 − 3/3

 No change

40 (37.4)

23 (43.4)

17 (31.5)

1.3/-1.3

MBI-HSS (score)

 − 20.5 (42.7)

 − 23.5 (43.5)

 − 18 (43)

1285.5 (0.67)

Burnout (yes)

45 (43.3)

21 (42)

24 (44.4)

0.063 (0.80)

MBI-HSS emotional exhaustion (score)

14 (21)

13 (19)

16 (25)

1504.0 (0.31)

Emotional exhaustion (yes)

26 (25)

11 (22)

15 (27.8)

0.462 (0.49)

MBI-HSS depersonalisation (score)

6 (10)

6 (9)

5.5 (11)

1301.5 (0.75)

Depersonalisation (yes)

37 (35.6)

18 (36)

19 (35.2)

0.008 (0.93)

MBI-HSS personal accomplishment (score)

41.5 (11)

41 (11)

42 (13)

1377.5 (0.85)

Personal accomplishment (yes)

79 (76)

38 (76)

41 (75.9)

 < 0.001 (0.99)

  1. n: number of participants; %: percentage; Me: median; IQR: interquartile range; CTR: corrected typified residuals; BAI: Beck Anxiety Inventory; BDI-II: Beck Depression Inventory; ETEA-PT: Acute/Post-traumatic Stress Disorder Scale; PTSD: Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder; DAST-10: Drug Abuse Screening Test-10; AUDIT: Alcohol Use Disorders Identification Test; MBI-HSS: Maslach Burnout Inventory-Human Services Survey. **p < 0.01; ***p < 0.001.
  2. Significant values are in bold.
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