Prevalence of psychological problems in healthcare workers
| Anxiety | Depression | Insomnia | Overall psychological problems | |||||||||
| No, n (%) | Mild*, n (%) | Moderate/severe†, n (%) | No, n (%) | Mild‡, n (%) | Moderate/severe§, n (%) | No, n (%) | Subthreshold¶, n (%) | Moderate/severe**, n (%) | No, n (%) | Mild††, n (%) | Moderate/severe‡‡ n (%) | |
| Healthcare workers (N=2285) | 1233 (53.96) | 787 (34.44) | 265 (11.60) | 1271 (55.62) | 721 (31.55) | 293 (12.82) | 1628 (71.25) | 502 (21.97) | 155 (6.78) | 992 (43.41) | 879 (38.47) | 414 (18.12) |
| Physicians (n=860) | 421 (48.95) | 336 (39.07) | 103 (11.98) | 448 (52.09) | 301 (35.00) | 111 (12.91) | 594 (69.07) | 215 (25.00) | 51 (5.93) | 341 (39.65) | 363 (42.21) | 156 (18.14) |
| Residents (n=913) | 557 (61.01) | 274 (30.01) | 82 (8.98) | 543 (59.47) | 259 (28.37) | 111 (12.16) | 689 (75.47) | 168 (18.40) | 56 (6.13) | 449 (49.18) | 317 (34.72) | 147 (16.10) |
| Nurses (n=208) | 101 (48.56) | 76 (36.54) | 31 (14.90) | 112 (53.85) | 71 (34.13) | 25 (12.02) | 139 (66.83) | 49 (23.56) | 20 (9.62) | 79 (37.98) | 85 (40.87) | 44 (21.15) |
| Technicians (n=179) | 90 (50.28) | 63 (35.20) | 26 (14.53) | 104 (58.10) | 55 (30.73) | 20 (11.17) | 122 (68.16) | 42 (23.46) | 15 (8.38) | 76 (42.46) | 67 (37.43) | 36 (20.11) |
| Public health professionals (n=125) | 64 (51.20) | 38 (30.40) | 23 (18.40) | 64 (51.20) | 35 (28.00) | 26 (20.80) | 84 (67.20) | 28 (22.40) | 13 (10.40) | 47 (37.60) | 47 (37.60) | 31 (24.80) |
*GAD-7 score of 5–9 indicates mild anxiety symptoms.
†GAD-7 score ≥10 indicates moderate to severe anxiety symptoms.
‡PHQ-9 score of 5–9 indicates mild depressive symptoms.
§PHQ-9 score ≥10 indicates moderate to severe depressive symptoms.
¶ISI score of 8–14 indicates subthreshold insomnia.
**ISI score ≥15 indicates moderate to severe insomnia.
††Met the criteria in * or ‡ or ¶, but not in † or § or **.
‡‡Met the criteria in † or § or **.
GAD-7, Seven-Item Generalized Anxiety Disorder Scale; ISI, Insomnia Severity Index; PHQ-9, Nine-Item Patient Health Questionnaire.