Post-traumatic stress disorder symptoms among nursing staff who provided direct care to COVID-19 patients: a cross-sectional study

Middle East Current Psychiatry

Table 1 Sociodemographic characteristics of the studied population

Variables	Nursing staff		P-value
	COVID-dealing nursing staff (n = 51)	Non-COVID-dealing nursing staff (n = 51)
Gender, n (%)
Male	34 (66.7)	25 (49)	0.071^a
Female	17 (33.3)	26 (51)	0.071^a
Age, mean ± SD	27.00 ± 4.26	26.69 ± 4.45	0.717^b
Social status, n (%)
Single	29 (56.9)	26 (51)	0.961^a
Married	23 (43.1)	25 (49)	0.961^a
Presence of children, n (%)
Absent	33 (64.7)	31 (60.8)	0.838^a
Present	18 (35.3)	20 (39.2)	0.838^a
One	8 (15.7)	6 (11.8)
Two	2 (3.9)	5 (9.8)
Three	1 (2)	0 (0)
Dependent parents, n (%)
No	27 (52.9)	36 (70.6)	0.103^a
Yes	24 (47.1)	15 (29.4)	0.103^a

SD standard deviation
^aP-values are based on the chi-square test. Statistical significance at P ≤ 0.05
^bP-values are based on an independent t-test. Statistical significance at P ≤ 0.05