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Table 1 Description and comparability of the study subsamples

From: Mental distress of physicians in the outpatient care throughout the COVID-19 pandemic: emotional and supportive human relations matter – Cross-sectional results of the VOICE-study

Time point

T1

T2

Variables of interest/ Control-variables

POC

n(%) = 536(100)

PIC

n(%) = 262 (100)

POC/PIC

p

Cramer`s V

POC

n (%) = 312 (100)

PIC (T2)

n (%) = 196

POC/PIC T2

p

Cramer`s V

Gender

 Male

216 (40.3)

129 (49.2)

.017

126 (40.4)

101 (51.5)

.038

 Female

320 (59.7)

133 (50.8)

.085

185 (59.3)

95 (48.5)

.113

 Diverse

0 (0%)

  

1 (0.3)

  

Age-group in years

 18–30

6 (1.1)

3 (1.1)

.998

1 (0.3)

1 (0.5)

.513

 31–40

51 (9.5)

25 (9.5)

.018

19 (6.1)

12 (6.1)

.092

 41–50

137 (25.6)

67 (25.6)

 

57 (18.3)

37 (18.9)

 

 51–60

219 (40.9)

108 (41.2)

 

151 (48.4)

98 (50.0)

 

 61–70

112 (20.9)

55 (21.0)

 

71 (22.8)

46 (23.5)

 

  > 70

11 (2.1)

5 (1.5)

 

13 (4.2)

2 (1.0)

 

Care for relatives

 Yes, own household

23 (4.3)

8 (3.1)

.276

15 (4.8)

6 (3.1)

.282

 Yes, not own household

86 (16.0)

33 (12.6)

.057

69 (22.1)

35 (17.9)

.071

 No

427 (79.7)

221 (84.4)

 

228 (73.1)

155 (79.1)

 

Children

 Yes own household

261 (48.7)

127 (48.5)

.397

133 (42.6)

98 (50.0)

.035

 Yes not own household

168 (31.3)

73 (27.9)

.048

126 (40.4)

57 (29.1)

.115

 No

107 (20.0)

62 (23.7)

 

53 (17.0)

41 (20.9)

 

Professional experience

  < 3 years

14 (2.6)

6 (2.3)

.029

3 (1.0)

4 (2.0)

 < .001*

 3–6 years

14 (2.6)

9 (3.4)

.106

7 (2.2)

7 (3.6)

.182

  > 6 years

499 (93.1)

233 (88.9)

 

301 (96.5)

174 (88.8)

 

 Not direct patient care

9 (1.7)

14 (5.3)

 

1 (0.3)

11 (5.6)

 

Full-time/Part-time

 Full-time

428 (79.9)

191 (72.9)

.027

255 (81.7)

141 (71.9)

.010

 Part-time

108 (20.1)

71 (27.1)

.078

57 (18.3)

55 (28.1)

.115

Homeoffice

 Yes completely

18 (3.4)

2 (0.8)

.021

1 (0.3)

0 (0.0)

.595

 In parts

119 (22.2)

46 (17.6)

.099

51 (16.3)

28 (14.3)

.045

 No

399 (74.4)

214 (81.7)

 

260 (83.3)

168 (85.7)

 

Change of department

 Yes

66 (12.4)

43 (16.5)

.223

17 (5.5)

21 (10.8)

.027

 No

466 (87.4)

217 (83.5)

.062

293 (94.5)

173 (89.2)

.098

Contact with COVID-19 (infected patients and/or contaminated material)

 Yes

259 (48.6)

151 (58.1)

.012

237 (76.5)

116 (60.1)

 < .001*

 No

274 (51.4)

109 (41.9)

.089

73 (23.5)

77 (39.9)

.174

Being at risk

 Yes

225 (42.3)

103 (39.6)

.472

156 (50.3)

92 (47.4)

.526

 No

307 (57.7)

157 (60.4)

.026

154 (49.7)

102 (52.6)

.028

Infection

 Yes

4 (.9)

6 (2.3)

.102

8 (2.6)

8 (4.1)

.618

 No

345 (64.8)

152 (58.5)

.088

245 (79.0)

151 (78.2)

.044

 Don´t know

182 (34.2)

102 (39.2)

 

57 (18.4)

34 (17.6)

 
  1. *significance after Bonferroni-correction (p ≤ .05/11 = .005)
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