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Table 1 Average sample characteristics by wave

From: Healthcare workers’ heterogeneous mental-health responses to prolonging COVID-19 pandemic: a full year of monthly follow up in Finland

 

Survey wave (waves 0-6 in year 2020, waves 7-11 in year 2021)

Variable

0

1

2

3

4

5

6

7

8

9

10

11

Date of 1st answer per wave (mm:dd) a

06:04

07:03

08:07

09:04

10:02

11:06

12:04

01:08

02:05

03:05

04:09

05:07

N

4804

2262

2172

1923

1913

1744

1685

1598

1579

1578

1523

1364

At least 1 re-participation (%) b

46.82

63.18

69.19

73.11

75.65

77.54

78.48

79.23

80.14

81.12

81.72

Woman (%) c

88.60

89.33

89.58

88.82

89.03

88.86

89.29

88.85

88.60

88.26

88.28

88.74

Age (years)

46.74

49.55

48.50

48.18

48.89

48.31

49.54

47.68

47.78

49.63

48.08

47.86

Direct care (%) d

24.40

14.32

14.19

14.19

16.83

16.76

20.27

19.35

19.30

20.11

19.47

18.43

Nursing staff (%) e

63.03

62.30

61.02

59.85

59.64

60.71

61.54

58.99

58.87

58.69

58.80

60.18

Work changes (%) f

82.37

39.48

29.31

37.05

40.20

23.04

38.97

20.72

18.01

29.88

24.81

17.13

MHI-5 (score) g

72.32

78.25

78.80

76.49

74.98

74.42

71.69

74.78

74.67

72.86

74.52

75.79

MHI-5 ≤ 52 (%)

16.66

9.41

9.05

12.02

14.24

15.02

19.14

13.59

14.25

17.06

13.52

13.45

ISI (score) h

7.11

6.33

6.05

6.35

6.60

6.61

6.95

6.86

6.52

6.64

6.59

6.42

ISI ≥ 15 (%)

9.53

5.88

5.57

7.54

7.58

7.51

8.78

8.76

8.23

8.43

8.40

7.55

PTE (%) i

27.85

18.60

15.89

13.23

13.61

12.81

17.18

14.95

11.76

15.99

14.84

13.24

PTE1 (%) j

12.99

8.28

6.26

5.21

4.74

4.41

6.38

5.00

3.68

6.32

5.87

5.03

PTE2 (%) k

19.87

12.00

9.74

8.35

8.76

7.74

11.74

9.63

7.43

9.63

7.25

5.92

PTE3 (%) l

2.84

2.92

3.37

2.57

2.81

3.03

3.31

3.56

3.51

4.36

4.77

4.80

PTE4 (%) m

0.83

1.12

1.12

1.00

1.11

0.87

0.84

1.40

1.21

1.86

1.49

1.50

  1. a Month and date (format mm:dd) of the first recorded answer per wave. The year-part of the datum is 2020 for the waves 0-6 and 2021 for the waves 7-11
  2. b At least one re-participation to surveys after the zero survey wave
  3. c Woman or someone not indentifying as man
  4. d Directly caring for COVID-19 patients
  5. e Belonging to nursing staff at baseline (i.e., in survey wave 0)
  6. f Reporting changes in work due to COVID-19
  7. g MHI-5 (Mental Health Index −5 rating, 0-100 points, under 53 refer to psychological distress)
  8. h ISI (Insomnia severity index rating 0-28 points, 15 or over refer to moderate or severe insomnia symptoms)
  9. i Potentially traumatic event (any of PTE 1-4, questions i-l below)
  10. j Has your work with suspected or confirmed COVID-19 patients included exceptionally disturbing or distressing assignments?
  11. k Have you had strong anxiety due to your own or close one’s risk of contracting serious illness for your work with suspected or confirmed COVID-19 patients?
  12. l Have you or your close one contracted a severe COVID-19 that required hospital care?
  13. m Has a close one to you died of COVID-19?