Psychological adverse effects of COVID-19 pandemic on health service providers: an online survey

Middle East Current Psychiatry

Table 3 COVID-19-related common mental health symptoms in health service providers at Tabriz Uni Med Sci

Variables			Health service providers (n= 298)					P-value
Variables			Health	Treatment	Support	Total		P-value
Major depressive disorder (MDD)^a	Yes		14	7	6	27 (9.1)		0.052
Major depressive disorder (MDD)^a	No		100	54	117	271 (90.9)		0.052
Threshold depressive syndrome^b	Yes		31	14	28	73 (24.5)		0.432
Threshold depressive syndrome^b	No		83	47	95	225 (75.5)		0.432
Depressive symptoms	Non-minimal (0–4)		44	22	59	125 (42.0)		0.477
	Mild (5–9)		26	19	34	79 (26.5)	58.1%
	Moderate (10–14)		25	13	17	55 (18.5)
	Moderately severe (15–19)		10	3	67	20 (6.7)
	Severe (20–27)		9	4	6	19 (6.4)
Probable PTSD (positive for 4 or more items of the 5 items)	Yes		20	10	14	44 (14.8)		0.370
	No		94	51	109	254 (85.2)		0.370
Low probable PTSD (positive for 3 items of the 5 items)	Yes		30	13	26	69 (23.2)		0.603
Low probable PTSD (positive for 3 items of the 5 items)	No		84	48	97	229 (76.8)		0.603
Phobia	Mean ± SD					17.65 ± 6.27		0.248
	Scale	0–7	10	1	4	15 (5.0)
		8–15	30	22	46	98 (32.9)	95%
		16–23	55	26	57	138 (46.3)
		24–31	16	10	12	38 (12.8)
		≥ 32	3	1	4	8 (2.7)
Anxiety	Mean ± SD		7.18± 5.7	8.34±5.9	5.78±4.9	6.96 ± 5.60		0.022
	Scale	Minimal: 0–4	72	16	42	130 (52.7)
		Mild: 5–9	64	14	34	112 (27.9)	210 (61.7)
		Moderate: 10–14	35	9	13	57 (15.1)
		Severe: 15–21	24	10	7	41 (3.7)

^aMDD is suggested if: of the 9 items, 5 or more are checked as at least “more than half the days” and/or either item 1 or 2 is checked as at least “more than half the days”
^bThreshold depressive symptoms are suggested if: of the 9 items, between 2 and 4 are checked as at least “more than half the days” and/or either item 1 or 2 is checked as at least “more than half the days”