Risk perception and psychological state of healthcare workers in referral hospitals during the early phase of the COVID-19 pandemic, Uganda

Table 3 Frequency of GHQ-12 items among healthcare workers in tertiary referral hospitals during the early phase of the epidemic, Uganda, April–May 2020 (N = 328)

Items^† from GHQ-12 questionnaire^§	Percentage of score responses (N = 328)
Items^† from GHQ-12 questionnaire^§	0	1	2	3	2 or 3*
Not enjoying daily activities	21	25	25	29	54
Feeling constantly under stress	37	14	22	28	50
Not feeling reasonably happy	20	37	21	22	43
Feeling unhappy and depressed	44	16	17	23	40
Cannot overcome difficulties	30	32	20	18	38
Cannot concentrate on tasks	39	30	20	11	31
Losing sleep worrying about COVID-19	55	16	8.8	20	29
Cannot face up to problems	41	34	16	9.8	26
Lost confidence	61	15	12	13	25
Feeling worthless	70	7.9	10	12	22
Not capable of making decisions	47	34	15	4	19
Not feeling useful in society	73	19	3.4	4.3	8

*A higher score signifies psychologically-distressed state; GHQ: General health questionnaire
^†All items were asked about for the period of the past one month
^§GHQ-12 items as proposed by Goldberg [19]

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