Anxiety and Depression Survey and Analysis of Hospital Staff in a Designated Hospital in Shannan City During the COVID-19 Pandemic

18 May 2023: Human Study

Peijin Zhang ^1ABCDEFG* , Liling Tang ^1BCDE , Deji Ciren ^2BCDE

DOI: 10.12659/MSMBR.939514

Med Sci Monit Basic Res 2023; 29:e939514

Table 1 Comparison of the prevalence of anxiety and depression by characteristics of hospital staff.

Projects	n (%)	SAS			SDS
Projects	n (%)	Prevalence (%)	χ2 value	P value	Prevalence (%)	χ2 value	P value
Sex
Male	83 (31.09)	31.33	1.500	0.221	53.01	5.915	0.015
Female	184 (68.91)	39.13			68.48

Marital status
Married	209 (78.28)	36.84	0.221	0.895	63.16	1.096	0.578
Unmarried	45 (16.85)	37.78			68.89
Other	13 (4.87)	30.77			53.85

Ethnicity
Han	103 (38.58)	39.81	0.708	0.702	51.46	12.253	0.002
Tibetan	153 (57.30)	34.64			72.55
Other	11 (4.12)	36.36			51.46

Education level
Junior or lower	98 (36.70)	30.61	2.770	0.250	67.35	2.361	0.307
Undergraduate	147 (55.06)	39.46			63.27
Master or higher	22 (8.24)	45.45			50.00

Professional titles
Primary or lower	153 (57.30)	38.56	3.015	0.221	71.90	10.695	0.005
Intermediate	70 (26.22)	28.57			54.29
Vice-senior or higher	44 (16.48)	43.18			50.00

Working years
	54 (20.22)	33.33			66.67
5–10	84 (31.46)	39.29	0.542	0.910	67.86	4.131	0.248
11–20	70 (26.22)	37.14			65.71
>20	59 (22.10)	35.59			52.54

Job category
Doctor	99 (37.08)	33.33			53.54
Nurse	127 (47.56)	40.94	2.069	0.558	74.02	11.382	0.010
Medical technician	24 (8.99)	29.17			54.17
Administrative personnel	17 (6.37)	35.29			58.82

Whether they had contact with confirmed patients
Yes	119 (44.57)	38.66	0.352	0.553	61.34	0.502	0.479
No	148 (55.43)	35.14			65.54

Career establishment
Yes	204 (76.40)	37.75	0.403	0.525	59.80	5.588	0.018
No	63 (23.60)	33.33			76.19

Tibetan aid staff
Yes	29 (10.86)	37.93	0.021	0.885	44.83	4.994	0.025
No	238 (89.14)	36.55			65.97
SAS – Self-Rating Anxiety Scale; SDS – Self-Rating Depression Scale.