Table 1 Socio-demographics of the study participants compared to their level of stress
From: Predictors of stress among a sample of Egyptian healthcare providers during the COVID-19 pandemic
Demographics | Perceived stress | χ2 | P value | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Average | Slightly higher | Much higher | ||||||
N | % | N | % | N | % | |||
Sex | ||||||||
Male (N = 69) | 5 | 83.3 | 14 | 63.6 | 50 | 59.5 | 1.39 | 0.499 |
Female (N = 47) | 1 | 16.7 | 8 | 36.4 | 34 | 40.5 | ||
Age group | ||||||||
18–34 (N = 59) | 2 | 33.3 | 12 | 54.5 | 45 | 45.2 | 9.56 | 0.049 |
35–54 (N = 50) | 4 | 66.7 | 8 | 36.4 | 38 | 54.8 | ||
55–65 (N = 2) | 0 | 0 | 2 | 9.1 | 0 | 0 | ||
Profession | ||||||||
Nurse (N = 10) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 9 | 11.1 | 6.59 | 0.582 |
Intern doctor (N = 4) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 3 | 3.7 | ||
Resident (N = 35) | 3 | 60 | 6 | 30 | 23 | 28.4 | ||
Specialist (N = 42) | 0 | 0 | 9 | 35 | 32 | 39.5 | ||
Consultant (N = 19) | 2 | 40 | 3 | 15 | 14 | 17.3 | ||
Workplace | ||||||||
University hospital (N = 9) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 9.8 | 3.0 | 0.559 |
General hospital (N = 81) | 5 | 83.3 | 16 | 76.2 | 57 | 69.5 | ||
Health center (N = 23) | 1 | 16.7 | 5 | 23.8 | 17 | 20.7 | ||