Psychological Distress Was Still Serious Among Anesthesiologists Under the Post COVID-19 Era

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Table 1 Sociodemographic Characteristics of Anesthesiologists in This Study (n=795)

Sociodemographic Characteristics		n(%)
Gender	Male	291 (36.6%)
	Female	504 (63.4%)
Age	20–29	186 (23.4%)
	30–39	422 (53.1%)
	40–49	137 (17.2%)
	≥ 50	50 (6.3%)
Marital status	Single	105 (13.2%)
	In love	44 (5.5%)
	Married without children	74 (9.3%)
	Married with children	572 (72.0%)
Educational background	College	102 (12.8%)
	Bachelor	589 (74.1%)
	Graduate	93 (11.7%)
	Doctor	11 (1.4%)
Academic rank	Primary title	350 (44.0%)
	Middle title	318 (40.0%)
	High title	127 (16.0%)
Monthly income(CNY)	< 5000	363 (45.7%)
	5000–10,000	354 (44.5%)
	> 10,000	78 (9.8%)
Daily working time (hours)	≤ 8	289 (36.4%)
	> 8	506 (63.6%)
Basic chronic disease	Yes	97 (12.2%)
	No	698 (87.8%)
Exposure to COVID-19	Yes	73 (9.2%)
	No	722 (90.8%)
Vaccination	Yes	572 (71.9%)
	No	223 (28.1%)

Abbreviations: CNY, Chinese Yuan; COVID-19,coronavirus disease 2019.

Figure 1 Psychological symptoms among anesthesiologists.

Figure 2 The composition of anesthesiologists with different PTSD sum scores.

Table 2 Anesthesiologists’ Attitudes Toward the COVID-19 Vaccine

Items	Yes	No	Uncertain
	n(%)	n(%)	n(%)
1. Do you think the infectious risk of COVID-19 can be reduced by vaccination?	681(85.7%)	14(1.8%)	100(12.5%)
2. Do you think there is a big difference in the effectiveness of COVID-19 vaccines produced by different manufacturers?	284(35.7%)	190(23.9%)	321(40.4%)
3. Do you think you will never infect COVID-19 after getting vaccination?	55(7.0%)	507(63.7%)	233(29.3%)
4. Do you think the COVID-19 vaccine has side effects?	263(33.1%)	154(19.4%)	378(47.5%)
5. Do you worry about the COVID-19 vaccine having side effects?	424(53.3%)	201(25.3%)	170(21.4%)
6. Do you think the medical staff should be a priority for getting the COVID-19 vaccine?	692(87.0%)	48(6.0%)	55(7.0%)

Abbreviation: COVID-19, coronavirus disease 2019.

Table 3 The Logistic Regression Analysis of the Potential Factors in Psychological Symptoms

Psychological Symptoms	Potential Factors	B	S.E.	P	OR	95%C.I. for OR
						Lower	Upper
Depression	Daily working time (˃ 8 hours)	0.452	0.180	0.012	1.572	1.104	2.237
	Basic chronic disease	0.797	0.229	0.001	2.218	1.416	3.474
	Exposure to COVID-19	0.590	0.265	0.026	1.804	1.073	3.033
	Vaccination	−0.541	0.176	0.002	0.582	0.412	0.822
Anxiety	Elder age	−0.296	0.103	0.004	0.744	0.608	0.909
	Basic chronic disease	0.939	0.238	0.000	2.557	1.604	4.076
	Exposure to COVID-19	0.772	0.255	0.002	2.165	1.312	3.571
	Vaccination	−0.666	0.166	0.000	0.514	0.371	0.712
Stress	Married status	−0.178	0.086	0.038	0.837	0.708	0.990
	Daily working time (˃ 8 hours)	0.686	0.214	0.001	1.985	1.305	3.020
	Basic chronic disease	1.341	0.243	0.000	3.823	2.374	6.154
	Exposure to COVID-19	0.963	0.279	0.001	2.620	1.516	4.528
	Vaccination	−0.582	0.197	0.003	0.559	0.380	0.822

Abbreviations: COVID-19, coronavirus disease 2019; CI, confidence interval; OR, odds ratio; S.E., standard error.