Table 3.

Associations of sociodemographic and job characteristics, and lifetime mental health disorders with resilience in primary healthcare workers

CharacteristicResilience score, CD-RISC-10
Under 25th percentile (n = 660), n (%)Over 25th percentile (n = 2084), n (%)P-valuea
Sex0.003
  Male91 (18.8)394 (81.2)
  Female569 (25.2)1690 (74.8)
Age, years0.23
  18–2949 (25.8)141 (74.2)
  30–49285 (25.5)834 (74.5)
  ≥50326 (22.7)1109 (77.3)
Marital status0.99
  Single, divorced/separated or widowed262 (24.1)826 (75.9)
  Married398 (24.1)1254 (75.9)
Children in care0.298
  Aged ≤12 years167 (22.9)563 (77.1)
  Aged >12 years111 (22.3)387 (77.7)
  None382 (25.2)1134 (74.8)
Caring for older person or person with disabilities0.57
  Yes74 (22.9)249 (77.1)
  No502 (24.4)1559 (75.6)
Profession0.008
  Physician313 (23.7)1008 (76.3)
  Nurse or auxiliary nurse206 (25.4)604 (74.6)
  Administrative staff87 (29.0)213 (71.0)
  Other profession involved in patient care36 (16.4)183 (83.6)
  Other staff NOT involved in patient care16 (18.0)73 (82.0)
Frequency of direct exposure to patients with COVID-19
  All/most of the time298 (22.8)1007 (77.2)0.34
  Some of the time253 (25.4)743 (74.6)
  A little/none of the time109 (24.8)331 (75.2)
Close one infected with COVID-190.05
  No142 (28.0)366 (72.0)
  Close one infected, not family member365 (22.6)1249 (77.4)
  Family member infected153 (24.7)467 (75.3)
COVID-19 infection status0.10
  Admission to hospital11 (31.4)24 (68.6)
  Test positive/diagnosed138 (27.1)371 (72.9)
  None509 (23.2)1686 (76.8)
Lifetime mental disorders before COVID-19 outbreak<0.001
  Yes370 (32.6)764 (67.4)
  No285 (18.0)1296 (82.0)
  • a Mann–Whitney U-test for continuous variables and χ2-test for categorical variables. CD-RISC-10 = 10-item Connor–Davidson Resilience Scale. Close one = partner, children, parents, other relatives, or close friends. IQR = interquartile range.