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Table 1 Socio-demographic characteristics of participants

From: Psychometric properties of the moral injury symptom scale among Chinese health professionals during the COVID-19 pandemic

 

Overall n = 3006

Nurses n = 583

Physicians n = 2423

x2/t

P

Gender, Male, n (%)

1049 (34.9)

40 (6.9)

1009 (41.6)

250.23

< 0.001

Marital status, n (%)

 Unmarried

656 (21.8)

148 (25.4)

508 (21.0)

6.32

0.042

 Married

2266 (75.4)

416 (71.4)

1850 (76.4)

  

 Divorced/widow

84 (2.8)

19 (3.3)

65 (2.7)

  

Ethnic (minorities) n (%)

371 (12.3)

58 (9.9)

313 (12.9)

3.83

0.050

Work area, n (%)

 Inpatient

1878 (62.5)

367 (63.0)

1511 (62.4)

45.06

< 0.001

 Outpatient

714 (23.8)

94 (16.1)

620 (25.6)

  

 ICU/emergency

280 (9.3)

85 (14.6)

195 (8.0)

  

 Other

134 (4.5)

37 (6.3)

97 (4.0)

  

Education, n (%)

 Bachelors degree

2029 (67.5)

568 (97.4)

1461 (60.3)

295.42

< 0.001

 Masters

813 (27.0)

14 (2.4)

799 (33.0)

  

 Ph.D.

164 (5.5)

1 (0.2)

163 (6.7)

  

WPV, yes, n (%)

1931 (64.2)

337 (57.8)

1594 (65.8)

13.03

< 0.001

Age, years, M ± SD

35.4 ± 8.1

33.0 ± 7.5

35.9 ± 8.1

62.94

< 0.001

LP, years, M ± SD

11.6 ± 8.5

11.1 ± 8.0

11.7 ± 8.6

2.10

0.147

PHQ-9, M ± SD

10.6 ± 6.0

10.6 ± 6.1

10.6 ± 5.9

0.05

0.815

GAD-7, M ± SD

8.3 ± 5.3

8.1 ± 5.4

8.3 ± 5.2

0.39

0.528

EE, M ± SD

26.0 ± 11.7

23.9 ± 11.8

26.5 ± 11.6

22.45

< 0.001

RPA, M ± SD

30.3 ± 14.1

32.3 ± 10.0

34.2 ± 8.9

18.67

< 0.001

Dep, M ± SD

10.4 ± 6.9

9.3 ± 7.0

10.6 ± 6.8

15.96

< 0.001

SFI, M ± SD

6.3 ± 1.6

6.3 ± 1.6

6.2 ± 1.6

2.53

0.112

MISS-HP, M ± SD

46.9 ± 12.7

46.3 ± 12.2

47.1 ± 12.8

2.11

0.146

EMIS-SF, M ± SD

10.2 ± 3.2

9.9 ± 3.2

10.3 ± 3.2

7.05

0.008

  1. *p < 0.05, **p < 0.01
  2. M mean, SD standard deviation, WPV workplace violence, LP length of practice, MISS-HP moral injury symptom scale, EMIS-SF Expressions of Moral Injury Scale-short form, PHQ-9 Patient Health Questionnaire, GAD-7 Generalized Anxiety Disorder, EE Emotional Exhaustion, RPA Reduced Personal Accomplishment, Dep Depersonalization, SFI secure flourishing index