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Table 3 Consent with burden in terms of Covid- and work-related problems

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

Variable of interest

POC T1 Consent %

POC/PICT1

PIC T1 Consent %

p

Cramer`s V

POC T2 Consent %

POC/PICT2

PIC T2 Consent %

p

Cramer`s V

POCT1/T2

p

Cramer `s V

work-related

 Increased workload

21.3

 

30.7

.008

.099

62.4

 > 

54.1

.108

.078

 < 

 < .001*

.411

 Reduced workload

47.5

 > 

33.7

 < .001*

.126

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

COVID-19 related

 Fear of infection

26.5

 

27.0

.893

.005

40.5

 

35.3

.253

.052

 < 

 < .001*

.145

 Fear infecting others

40.0

 

44.5

.233

.043

55.3

 

50.8

.336

.043

 < 

.001*

.148

 Burden due to increased workload

21.1

 

24.6

.267

.040

58.6

 > 

41.2

 < .001*

.169

 < 

 < .001*

.379

 Burden due to change of tasks

51.8

 > 

34.0

 < .001*

.169

59.5

 > 

24.1

 < .001*

.346

 

.032

.075

Timidity to work

9.1

 

8.2

.682

.015

12.5

 

8.0

.120

.070

 

.122

.054

 Insomnia

27.1

 

25.4

.617

.018

41.8

 > 

29.4

.006

.124

 < 

 < .001*

.151

 Physical & mental exhaustion

39.5

 

36.7

.461

.026

66.4

 > 

38.5

 < .001*

.273

 < 

 < .001*

.261

 Fear of triage situations

8.7

 

8.2

.815

.008

11.2

 

11.2

.988

.001

 

.245

.041

 Fear patients could die without relatives

30.6

 > 

25.8

.168

.050

39.8

 

32.1

.085

.078

 

.007

.094

 Security of patients affected

13.7

 

16.8

.258

.041

34.9

 

32.6

.610

.023

 < 

 < .001*

.248

 Increase of smoking

6.0

 

4.3

.327

.035

4.6

 

5.9

.532

.028

 

.398

.030

 Increase of alcohol intake

13.3

 

13.3

.980

.001

16.1

 

12.8

.321

.045

 

.274

.038

 Increase of intake of antidepressants

1.9

 

3.1

.302

.037

7.2

 

1.6

.006

.124

 < 

 < .001*

.132

 Burden due to restricted social contacts

-

 

-

-

-

72.2

 

71.4

.298

.051

 

-

-

  1. POC Physicians in the outpatient care, PIC Physicians in the inpatient care, T1 timepoint one of survey, T2 timepoint two of survey Consent %: (rate in % of: sum of 3: rather agree + 4: fully agree on a 5 point Likert-Scale (0-4)), “- “ = not assessed at T1/T2 “ > “ = significant decrease, “ < “ = significant increase, *significance after Bonferoni-Correction: (.05/27) = .002