Data suggestive of generalised anxiety by GAD-7, stratified by gender, professional role, ethnicity, age and place of work
| Variables | Total, n (%) | Anxiety | χ2 | P value | ||
| No, n (%) | Mild, n (%) | Moderate to severe, n (%) | ||||
| Gender | ||||||
| Male | 106 (35) | 78 (73.6) | 17 (16.0) | 11 (10.4) | 15.2 | <0.001 |
| Female | 196 (65) | 99 (50.5) | 55 (28.1) | 42 (21.4) | ||
| Professional role | ||||||
| Doctors | 62 (21) | 43 (69.4) | 15 (24.2) | 4 (6.5) | 9.7 | 0.008 |
| Nurses | 115 (38) | 60 (52.2) | 26 (22.6) | 29 (25.2) | ||
| Ethnicity | ||||||
| BAME | 168 (56) | 98 (58.3) | 41 (24.4) | 29 (17.3) | 0.073 | 0.96 |
| White | 134 (44) | 79 (59.0) | 31 (23.1) | 24 (17.9) | ||
| Age (years) | ||||||
| 18–29 | 102 (34) | 53 (52.0) | 33 (32.4) | 16 (15.7) | 10.2 | 0.11 |
| 30–39 | 94 (31) | 58 (61.7) | 22 (23.4) | 14 (14.9) | ||
| 40–49 | 64 (31) | 38 (59.4) | 13 (20.3) | 13 (20.3) | ||
| 50+ | 42 (14) | 28 (66.7) | 4 (9.5) | 10 (23.8) | ||
| Place of work | ||||||
| ITU | 66 (22) | 37 (56.1) | 17 (25.8) | 12 (18.2) | 1.97 | 0.92 |
| Theatre | 43 (14) | 26 (60.5) | 8 (18.6) | 9 (20.9) | ||
| Ward | 148 (49) | 90 (60.8) | 35 (23.6) | 23 (15.5) | ||
| Other | 45 (15) | 24 (53.3) | 12 (26.7) | 9 (20.0) | ||
The total score for the seven items in the GAD questionnaire ranges from 0 to 21, with scores of 5, 10 and 15 representing cut-points for mild, moderate and severe anxiety, respectively.
BAME, black, Asian and minority ethnicity; GAD-7, Generalised Anxiety Disorder-7; ITU, intensive therapy unit.