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Table 4 Overall results of the HADS and ProQOL scales

From: Baseline well-being, perceptions of critical incidents, and openness to debriefing in community hospital emergency department clinical staff before COVID-19, a cross-sectional study

HADS

Normal

Borderline abnormal

Abnormal

Mean

Std. Deviation

Anxiety

54.3% (n = 19)

25.7% (n = 9)

20.0% (n = 7)

7.20

3.954

Depression

85.7% (n = 30)

11.4% (n = 4)

2.9% (n = 1)

3.37

3.040

ProQOL

Low

Moderate

High

Mean

Std. Deviation

Compassion satisfaction

0% (n = 0)

64.7% (n = 22)

35.3% (n = 12)

39.44

6.165

Burnout

44.1% (n = 15)

55.9% (n = 19)

0% (n = 0)

23.47

6.278

Secondary traumatic stress

44.1% (n = 15)

52.9% (n = 18)

2.9% (n = 1)

23.24

6.867