Table 1.
Respondents’ professional and demographic characteristics.
Fig 1.
Perceived risks of personal exposure & poor outcomes among hospital workers during the COVID-19 pandemic.
Fig 2.
The professional impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on hospital workers.
Fig 3.
Box plots with Tukey whiskers demonstrating scores on psychological questionnaires among hospital workers during the COVID-19 pandemic by professional role.
[* indicates a significant difference was found in the pairwise comparisons, p < 0.005; Not significant (NS), p > 0.05]. K10: Kessler Psychological Distress Scale; IES-R: Impact of Events Scale Revised. A. K10 psychological distress—Physicians vs. Nursing: H = -121.24, p < 0.001; Physicians vs. Other: H = -103.43, p = 0.002; Other vs. Nursing: H = 17.81, p = 0.33. B. K10 Depression subscore—Physicians vs. Nursing: H = -116.20, p < 0.001; Physicians vs. Other: H = -104.50, p = 0.001; Other vs. Nursing: 11.702, p = 0.64. C: K10 Anxiety subscore—Physicians vs. Nursing: H = -117.69, p < 0.001; Physicians vs. Other: H = -96.49, p = 0.003; Other vs. Nursing: H = 21.20, p = 0.25. D: IES-R total score—Physicians vs. Nursing: H = -134.66, p < 0.001; Physicians vs. Other: H = -109.69, p < 0.001; Other vs. Nursing: H = 24.97, p = 0.16.
Table 2.
Multivariable analysis of the predictors of increased workplace stress among hospital workers during the COVID-19 pandemic.
Table 3.
Multivariable analysis of the predictors of psychological outcomes among hospital workers during the COVID-19 pandemic.
Fig 4.
Strategies used by hospital workers to cope with the stresses of the COVID-19 pandemic.
Fig 5.
Preferred workplace strategies to help staff cope with the stresses of the COVID-19 pandemic.
Data is presented separately for Frontline workers (unfilled circles) and All respondents (filled circles), which is inclusive of frontline and non-frontline workers to inform strategic implementation of supportive strategies either broadly (for all hospital workers) or targeted towards frontline workers only.