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Table 2 Associations between mental health status/self-perceived health status and background variables

From: Working conditions and health status of 6,317 front line public health workers across five provinces in China during the COVID-19 epidemic: a cross-sectional study

Variables

Depression

Anxiety

Poor self-perceived health

Row (%)

ORu

AOR (95% CI)

Row (%)

ORu

AOR (95% CI)

Row (%)

ORu

AOR (95% CI)

Socio-demographic characteristics

 Sex

  Male

18.7

1.00

NA

17.8

1.00

NA

43.0

1.00

NA

  Female

22.9

1.29**

NA

19.6

1.13

NA

46.0

1.13*

NA

 Age group (years)

  <30

28.0

1.00

NA

20.8

1.00

NA

44.0

1.00

NA

  ≥30

19.6

0.63***

NA

18.5

0.86

NA

45.2

1.05

NA

 Having children under 6 years

  No

19.8

1.00

NA

17.6

1.00

NA

44.2

1.00

NA

  Yes

25.8

1.41***

NA

22.9

1.39***

NA

47.0

1.12*

NA

 Job title

         

  Junior

20.9

1.00

NA

19.4

1.00

NA

42.5

1.00

NA

  Intermediate/senior

21.4

1.03

NA

18.4

0.94

NA

48.3

1.26***

NA

  Others (e.g., volunteers)

22.7

1.11

NA

19.1

0.98

NA

42.0

0.98

NA

COVID-19 control and prevention work-related variables

 Outbreak severity (by province)1

  Hubei

21.0

1.00

1.00

20.6

1.00

1.00

44.3

1.00

1.00

  Other provinces

21.4

1.03

0.95 (0.81,1.11)

18.4

0.87

0.83 (0.70,0.98)*

45.1

1.03

1.01 (0.89,1.14)

 Work content

  Involved in field work only

19.2

1.00

1.00

17.3

1.00

1.00

38.1

1.00

1.00

  Involved in non-field work only

29.5

1.76**

1.57 (1.10,2.23)*

16.4

0.94

0.88 (0.58,1.35)

51.1

1.70***

1.64 (1.24,2.16)***

  Involved in both work types

21.5

1.16

1.25 (1.05,1.49)*

19.6

1.16

1.21 (1.01,1.45)*

47.0

1.44***

1.46 (1.29,1.64)***

 Institution

  CDC

27.1

1.00

1.00

20.6

1.00

1.00

55.0

1.00

1.00

  PHI

17.5

0.57***

0.57 (0.49,0.66)***

17.9

0.84*

0.84 (0.72,0.97)*

39.1

0.53***

0.53 (0.47,0.59)***

 Received training on COVID-19

  None

28.9

1.00

1.00

22.5

1.00

1.00

56.7

1.00

1.00

  Yes

21.1

0.66*

0.70 (0.48,1.01)

18.9

0.80

0.83 (0.56,1.24)

44.6

0.62**

0.62 (0.46,0.84)**

 Had sufficient knowledge of COVID-19 prevention and control

  Adequate/relatively adequate

19.2

1.00

1.00

17.6

1.00

1.00

39.8

1.00

1.00

  Average

25.7

1.46***

1.41 (1.21,1.65)***

21.7

1.30**

1.27 (1.08,1.49)**

58.6

2.14***

2.19 (1.94,2.46)***

  Inadequate/very inadequate

43.5

3.23***

3.16 (2.07,4.84)***

37.0

2.75***

2.68 (1.74,4.14)***

76.2

4.85***

4.88 (3.10,7.69)***

 Start time of COVID-19 prevention and control work

  Before 23 January 2020

23.3

1.00

1.00

21.5

1.00

1.00

50.8

1.00

1.00

  On or after 23 January 2020

19.4

0.79**

0.71 (0.62,0.83)***

16.9

0.74***

0.70 (0.60,0.82)***

40.6

0.66***

0.64 (0.58,0.72)***

Efforts and sacrifices during the outbreak

 Number of days worked all night

  0

17.4

1.00

1.00

14.6

1.00

1.00

39.3

1.00

1.00

  1–3

23.3

1.45***

1.61 (1.35,1.91)***

21.5

1.60***

1.71 (1.43,2.05)***

50.1

1.55***

1.65 (1.46,1.88)***

  >3

28.0

1.85***

2.14 (1.80,2.55)***

25.9

2.05***

2.25 (1.88,2.70)***

55.3

1.91***

2.11 (1.84,2.41)***

 Worked throughout Chinese New Year

  No

20.5

1.00

1.00

17.3

1.00

1.00

39.7

1.00

1.00

  Yes

22.0

1.09

1.25 (1.08,1.44)**

20.4

1.23**

1.31 (1.13,1.52)***

51.3

1.61***

1.73 (1.56,1.92)***

 To avoid infecting family members, chose not to live at home

  No

20.0

1.00

1.00

18.2

1.00

1.00

43.6

1.00

1.00

  Yes

28.2

1.57***

1.53 (1.28,1.83)***

23.2

1.36**

1.36 (1.13,1.64)**

53.3

1.48***

1.53 (1.32,1.77)***

 To avoid infecting family members, sent children to parents’ homes.

  No

20.7

1.00

1.00

18.1

1.00

1.00

44.4

1.00

1.00

  Yes

24.8

1.26**

1.14 (0.94,1.38)

23.8

1.41***

1.29 (1.06,1.57)*

47.9

1.15*

1.11 (0.96,1.29)

Perceptions

 Worry about being infected at work

  None/mild

13.0

1.00

1.00

9.7

1.00

1.00

35.1

1.00

1.00

  Medium/very worried

26.9

2.46***

2.42 (2.07,2.83)***

25.3

3.16***

3.12 (2.63,3.71)***

51.2

1.94***

1.92 (1.73,2.14)***

 Perceived ability to maintain current intensity of work

  <1 month

26.7

1.00

1.00

23.4

1.00

1.00

54.1

1.00

1.00

  ≥1 month

11.5

0.36***

0.36 (0.31,0.43)***

11.0

0.41***

0.40 (0.34,0.48)***

29.2

0.35***

0.35 (0.32,0.40)***

 Perceived support

 

0.93***

0.94 (0.90,0.97)***

 

0.98

0.98 (0.95,1.02)

 

0.89***

0.89 (0.87,0.92)***

 Perceived troubles at work

 

1.29***

1.29 (1.26,1.32)***

 

1.32***

1.32 (1.29,1.35)***

 

1.16***

1.16 (1.14,1.18)***

  1. Abbreviations: ORu odds ratio of univariate analysis, AOR odds ratio adjusted for sociodemographic variables (sex, age, having a child <6 years of age, job title), CI confidence interval, COVID-19 coronavirus disease 2019, CDC Centre for Disease Control and Prevention, PHI primary health care institute
  2. * p < 0.05; **p < 0 .01; ***p < 0.001; ORs and 95% CIs with p values < 0.05 are in bold.