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Table 2 Prevalence (number and percent) of elevated depressive symptoms and anxiety among the healthcare professionals by health care system related factors (N = 512)

From: Psychological experiences of healthcare professionals in Sri Lanka during COVID-19

Variable

Depressive symptoms

Anxiety

Mild

Moderate

Severe

A

B

A

B

A

B

A

B

You have been given occupational safety

 No, not at all

52 (75.4%)

22 (64.7%)

39 (56.5%)

10 (29.4%)

4 (5.8%)

4 (11.8%)

2 (2.9%)

4 (11.8%)

 Yes, some what

85 (54.1%)

32 (45.7%)

64 (40.8%)

36 (51.4%)

12 (7.6%)

3 (4.3%)

5 (3.2%)

 Yes, considerable

42 (46.0%)

19 (50.0%)

35 (38.9%)

13 (34.2%)

3 (3.3%)

4 (10.8%)

2 (2.2%)

 Yes, very much

14 (35.0%)

7 (50.0%)

13 (32.5%)

6 (42.9%)

1 (2.4%)

3 (21.4%)

Have you received psychological support

 Yes

31 (53.7%)

8 (57.1%)

23 (39.7%)

3 (21.4%)

3 (5.2%)

2 (3.4%)

 No

162 (54.4%)

72 (50.7%)

128 (42.7%)

62 (44.3%)

17 (5.7%)

14(10.0%)

7 (2.3%)

4 (2.9%)

Work load is heavy

 Yes

118 (66.7%)

32 (65.3%)

90 (50.8%)

23 (46.9%)

12 (6.8%)

4 (8.2%)

6 (3.4%)

2 (4.1%)

 No

75 (41.4%)

48 (44.9%)

61 (33.7%)

42 (39.3%)

8 (4.4%)

10 (9.5%)

3 (1.7%)

2 (1.9%)

Provided PPE equipment

 Yes

68 (49.6%)

18 (45.0%)

52 (38.0%)

14 (35.3%)

6 (4.3%)

3 (7.5%)

4 (2.9%)

3 (7.9%)

 No

116 (57.1%)

42 (45.0%)

90 (44.3%)

32 (41.0%)

14 (6.9%)

10 (12.8%)

4 (2.0%)

2 (2.6%)

 Not applicable

9 (56.3%)

20 (52.6%)

9 (56.3%)

19 (50.0%)

1 (2.6%)

1 (6.3%)

2 (5.3%)

  1. A—Working with COVID-19 confirmed or suspected patients (n = 356)
  2. B—Not working with COVID-19 confirmed or suspected patients (n = 156)