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Table 4 Psychological distress between primary and non-primary institutions

From: Difficulties encountered by public health workers in COVID-19 outbreak: a cross-sectional study based on five provinces

 

Total

M ± SD

Primary-

rural

M ± SD

Primary-

urban

M ± SD

Non-

primary

M ± SD

P value

Primary

vs.

Non-primary

P value*

Primary-rural

vs.

Primary-urban

P value*

Being treated differently at work

2.437 ± 0.984

2.395 ± 1.002

2.383 ± 0.909

2.527 ± 1.013

< 0.001

< 0.001

0.741

Feeling aggrieved at work

2.572 ± 1.003

2.539 ± 1.013

2.506 ± 0.945

2.665 ± 1.029

< 0.001

< 0.001

0.405

Family members not understanding

1.867 ± 0.883

1.849 ± 0.904

1.903 ± 0.867

1.857 ± 0.870

0.046

0.654

0.002

Worrying about routine work outside of the epidemic

2.640 ± 0.990

2.692 ± 0.999

2.608 ± 0.963

2.604 ± 0.999

< 0.001

0.003

0.003

  1. * The P values were corrected for multiple comparisons. M ± SD indicates mean ± standard deviation
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