Healthcare workers’ stress when caring for COVID-19 patients: An altruistic perspective
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Participants’ demographics
Variables | M ± SD (range) |
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Age (years) | 30.7 ± 5.4 (21, 5) |
Working years (years) | 7.8 ± 5.7 (0, 35) |
n (%) | |
Gender | |
Male | 118 (9.8) |
Female | 1090 (90.2) |
Marital status | |
Single | 480 (39.7) |
Married | 717 (59.4) |
Divorced | 11 (0.9) |
Number of children | |
None | 602 (49.8) |
One | 496 (41.1) |
≥2 | 110 (9.1) |
Educational level | |
Associate’s degree | 84 (7.0) |
Bachelor’s degree | 958 (79.3) |
Master’s degree | 57 (4.7) |
Doctoral degree | 109 (9.0) |
Seniority | |
Junior | 830 (68.7) |
Intermediate | 329 (27.2) |
Senior | 49 (4.1) |
Profession | |
Doctor | 132 (10.9) |
Nurse | 1040 (86.1) |
Other | 36 (3.0) |
Place of work | |
Isolation ward | 918 (76.0) |
Fever clinic | 123 (10.2) |
Mobile cabin hospital | 26 (2.2) |
Other location | 141 (11.7) |
Working condition | |
Front line | 1023 (84.7) |
Observation period | 149 (12.3) |
End of the observation period | 36 (3.0) |
Rescue staff | |
Yes | 159 (13.2) |
No | 1049 (86.8) |
Previous work department | |
Respiratory department | 47 (3.9) |
Emergency department | 65 (5.4) |
Infectious disease department | 16 (1.3) |
ICU | 97 (8.0) |
Other departments | 983 (81.4) |
Previous infectious disease experience | |
Yes | 92 (7.6) |
No | 1116 (92.4) |
Number of work days spent caring for COVID-19 patients | |
≤10 | 105 (8.7) |
11–20 | 536 (44.4) |
21–30 | 490 (40.6) |
≥31 | 10 (0.8) |
Health workers’ stress when caring for COVID-19 patients
Sub-scales | Median (25–75, percentiles) |
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The worry of social isolation | 9 (5, 14) |
The discomfort caused by the protective equipment | 10 (7, 15) |
The difficulties and anxiety of infection control | 7 (3, 10) |
The workload of caring for patients | 7 (4, 10) |
Items | Moderate or severe stress (%) |
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Worrying about transmitting COVID-19 to my relatives and friends | 58.6 |
Fear of being infected | 52.5 |
Poor vision while wearing protective masks or goggles | 50.7 |
Fear of deterioration or death of the patient | 47.0 |
Living apart from and limited visits with my family for fear of infection | 46.9 |
Items | Moderate or severe stress (%) |
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Immature protective measures | 16.6 |
Taking care of patients is health workers’ professional responsibility and cannot be refused | 16.7 |
No suitable place to live after work | 11.7 |
Not daring to talk about work in public places | 10.6 |
Not supported by relatives and friends, such as being asked to refuse to care for COVID-19 patients or resign | 6.6 |
Factors influencing health workers’ stress when caring for COVID-19 patients
Variables | B | SE | β | t | F | Adjusted R2 |
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Constant | 57.94 | 1.745 | 33.211*** | 11.496*** | 4.40 | |
Nurses | 6.485 | 1.650 | 0.117 | 3.930*** | ||
Married | 5.312 | 1.140 | 0.137 | 4.658*** | ||
Spending 21–30 days caring for COVID-19 patients | 3.072 | 1.142 | 0.080 | 2.690** | ||
Rescue staff | −4.343 | 1.644 | −0.077 | −2.641** |
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