Volume 12, Number 12—December 2006
Research
Long-term Psychological and Occupational Effects of Providing Hospital Healthcare during SARS Outbreak
Table 5
Characteristics | Burnout | Psychological distress | Posttraumatic stress | ||||||||
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n | Median | Interquartile range | p value | Median | Interquartile range | p value | Median | Interquartile range | p value | ||
Sex | |||||||||||
Male | 82 | 18 | 9–29 | 14 | 12–19 | 10 | 2–19 | ||||
Female | 505 | 19 | 10–29 | 0.30 | 15 | 12–19 | 0.91 | 12 | 4–21 | 0.02 | |
Job type | |||||||||||
Nurse | 418 | 21 | 11–29 | 14 | 11–18 | 12 | 5–22 | ||||
Other | 169 | 14 | 8–27 | 0.002 | 15 | 12–20 | 0.16 | 10 | 2–19 | 0.1 | |
Healthcare experience | |||||||||||
<10 y | 205 | 21 | 12–30 | 16 | 12–21 | 11 | 11–21 | ||||
>10 y | 382 | 18 | 10–28 | 0.82 | 14 | 11–18 | 0.03 | 11 | 5–22 | 0.06 | |
Worked on SARS unit | |||||||||||
<5 shifts | 498 | 19 | 10–30 | 15 | 12–19 | 12 | 4–22 | ||||
>5 shifts | 89 | 17 | 11–26 | 0.75 | 15 | 11–20 | 0.54 | 10 | 3–17 | 0.63 | |
Worked in ICU | |||||||||||
<5 shifts | 427 | 20 | 10–30 | 15 | 12–19 | 11 | 4–21 | ||||
>5 shifts | 160 | 17 | 9–17 | 0.02 | 14 | 11–20 | 0.29 | 11 | 3–22 | 0.46 | |
Worked in Emergency | |||||||||||
<5 shifts | 434 | 18 | 10–28 | 15 | 12–20 | 12 | 5–21 | ||||
>5 shifts | 153 | 21 | 10–32 | 0.12 | 13 | 11–17 | 0.005 | 9 | 2–21 | 0.24 | |
Ever in SARS patient room | |||||||||||
No | 167 | 19 | 9–30 | 15 | 12–19 | 11 | 4–22 | ||||
Yes | 420 | 19 | 10–28 | 0.33 | 15 | 11–19 | 0.09 | 12 | 4–21 | 0.16 | |
Touched SARS patient | |||||||||||
No | 265 | 19 | 9–30 | 15 | 11–19 | 12 | 4–22 | ||||
Yes | 322 | 19 | 11–28 | 0.42 | 15 | 12–19 | 0.32 | 11 | 4–22 | 0.41 | |
Protected contact with saliva or phlegm of SARS patient | |||||||||||
No | 438 | 19 | 9–29 | 15 | 12–19 | 11 | 4–21 | ||||
Yes | 149 | 19 | 11–29 | 0.43 | 15 | 12–18 | 0.78 | 10 | 4–22 | 0.44 | |
Unprotected exposure to SARS patient | |||||||||||
No | 502 | 18 | 9–28 | 15 | 11–19 | 11 | 4–21 | ||||
Yes | 85 | 24 | 13–32 | 0.012 | 16 | 13–22 | 0.08 | 13 | 6–22 | 0.38 | |
In SARS patients' rooms >5 min, >5 times | |||||||||||
No | 316 | 18 | 9–28 | 15 | 11–18 | 11 | 3–21 | ||||
Yes | 271 | 20 | 11–31 | 0.08 | 15 | 12–21 | 0.02 | 11 | 5–22 | 0.24 | |
Quarantined | |||||||||||
Never | 252 | 19 | 9–28 | 15 | 11–19 | 11 | 4–22 | ||||
<10 d | 235 | 17 | 10–28 | 15 | 11–19 | 11 | 3–21 | ||||
>10 d | 100 | 21 | 11–34 | 0.36 | 16 | 12–22 | 0.09 | 13 | 5–22 | 0.42
*SARS, severe acute respiratory syndrome. *SARS, severe acute respiratory syndrome. |
*SARS, severe acute respiratory syndrome.
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