Prevalence and correlates of depressive symptoms among nurses during COVID-19 pandemic

Table 2 Comparison between the studied groups regarding Specific COVID-19 Associated Stressors (SCAS)questionnaire score

Parameter	Groups		Test
	Nurses directly exposed to COVID-19 group	Nurses less exposed to COVID-19 group	Test of sig	p
	N = 228 (%)	N = 228 (%)	Test of sig	p
SCAS score
Median	52	31	Z − 15.721	< 0.001**
IQR	44–59	1–38
Range	19–71	2–49
SCAS
Low	92 (40.3%)	153 (67.1%)	χ² 203.421	< 0.001**
Moderate	82 (36%)	52 (22.8%)
High	54 (23.7%)	23 (10.1%)

Z Mann Whitney test χ² Chi square for trend test **p ≤ 0.001 is statistically highly significant IQR interquartile range