Anxiety levels scored by different groups of doctors
| Variables | Frightened of dealing with SARS as frontline doctor | Worried about infecting family because of job | Family worried about being infected by them | Impact of SARS on quality of life | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mean | Analysis of variance | Mean | Analysis of variance | Mean | Analysis of variance | Mean | Analysis of variance | |
| p Value | p Value | p Value | p Value | |||||
| *Significant at 0.05 level. | ||||||||
| Overall | 4.7 | 3.4 | 4.4 | 3.7 | ||||
| (1) Gender | ||||||||
| Male | 4.8 | 0.279 | 3.7 | 0.012* | 4.7 | 0.012* | 3.9 | 0.121 |
| Female | 4.2 | 2.2 | 3.2 | 2.9 | ||||
| (2) Age group | ||||||||
| Young | 5.2 | 0.273 | 3.2 | 0.153 | 4.7 | 0.594 | 3.7 | 0.013* |
| Middle | 4.4 | 3.3 | 4.2 | 3.3 | ||||
| Old | 4.3 | 4.7 | 4.5 | 5.5 | ||||
| (3) Exposure to suspected or probable SARS cases | ||||||||
| Exposed | 4.6 | 0.559 | 3.5 | 0.947 | 4.2 | 0.174 | 3.7 | 0.926 |
| Non-exposed | 4.9 | 3.4 | 4.8 | 3.7 | ||||
| (4) Working district | ||||||||
| High infection region | 4.3 | 0.204 | 3.1 | 0.481 | 4.1 | 0.315 | 3.3 | 0.206 |
| Low infection region | 4.9 | 3.5 | 4.6 | 3.9 | ||||
| (5) Professional experience | ||||||||
| Experienced | 4.6 | 0.364 | 3.3 | 0.431 | 4.2 | 0.114 | 3.6 | 0.341 |
| Inexperienced | 5.1 | 3.7 | 5.1 | 4.1 | ||||
| (6) Primary practice setting | ||||||||
| Solo practice | 4.8 | 0.467 | 3.6 | 0.281 | 4.6 | 0.238 | 3.9 | 0.164 |
| Group practice | 4.5 | 3.0 | 4.0 | 3.3 | ||||
| (7) Type of clinic | ||||||||
| Private | 4.8 | 0.274 | 3.6 | 0.033* | 4.5 | 0.172 | 3.9 | 0.077 |
| Public | 4.0 | 2.0 | 3.6 | 2.6 | ||||