Detrimental changes to the health and well-being of healthcare workers in an Australian COVID-19 hospital

Table 3 Risk factors for maintaining high psychological distress after the height of the pandemic

Variable	High distress maintained (%)^a	Logistic regression results
		Univariate			Adjusted
		Wald χ2	OR	95% CI	OR	95% CI
Sex
Female	58		Ref		Ref
Male	50	0.44	0.7	(0.30-1.82)	0.9	(0.30-2.97)
Age (years)
18 - 29	53		Ref
30 - 49	53	0.00	1.0	(0.43-2.41)
50 +	67	1.18	1.8	(0.62-5.20)
Poor general health during the height of the pandemic	54	0.07	1.1	(0.51-2.42)
Poor mental health before the pandemic	76	5.66*	3.4	(1.24-9.16)	4.8	(1.29-18.05)
Increased alcohol consumption	53	0.08	0.9	(0.42-1.90)
Less physical activity	67	8.07**	3.0	(1.40-6.32)	5.5	(2.02-15.00)
Worked in a high exposure area	45	4.78*	0.4	(0.21-0.92)
Role
Medical doctor	47	0.66	0.6	(0.19-1.99)
Nurse	55	0.18	0.8	(0.38-1.86)
Other	59		Ref
Years working in professional field
0 - 4	42		Ref		Ref
5 - 9	48	0.16	1.2	(0.43-3.63)	1.2	(0.33-4.06)
10 +	67	4.45*	2.71	(1.07-6.86)	3.9	(1.30-11.56)

^a% of HCWs with high psychological distress during the height of the pandemic who also had current high distress
^*p<0.05 , ^**p<0.01

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