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Table 1 Characteristic of the collected studies related to the prevalence of depression, anxiety and stress

From: The prevalence of stress, anxiety and depression within front-line healthcare workers caring for COVID-19 patients: a systematic review and meta-regression

Author, year, references

Age (years)

Country

Sample size

Prevalence%

Mean ± standard deviation

Diagnostic criteria

Population

Total

Female

Male

Depression

Anxiety

Stress

Depression

Anxiety

Stress

Zhu-1, 2020 [7]

34.16 ± 8.06

China

79

–

–

45.6

11.4

–

–

–

–

SDSa

SASb

Doctor

Zhu-2, 2020 [7]

–

China

86

–

–

43

27.9

–

–

–

–

SDS

SAS

Nurse

Xiao-1, 2020 [8]

–

China

180

129

51

–

29.4

29.4

–

55.25 ± 14.18

77.58 ± 29.52

SAS

SASRc

Hospital staff

Chew, 2020 [9]

29 (25–35)

Singapore

906

583

323

10.6

15.7

5.2

–

–

–

DASS-21d

Hospital staff

Zhang-1, 2020 [10]

–

Hong Kong

564

478

77

39.5

30.0

–

–

–

–

DASS-21

Doctor

Zhang-2, 2020 [10]

–

Hong Kong

999

804

195

31.0

25.4

–

–

–

–

DASS-21

Nurse

Wang-1, 2020 [11]

–

China

194

–

–

–

–

–

6.25 ± 1.93

6.16 ± 2.22

7.76 ± 15.2

BDI-IIe

BAIf

PSSg

Doctor

Wang-2, 2020 [11]

–

China

1304

–

–

–

–

–

6.38 ± 1.66

6.15 ± 2.36

7.86 ± 17.5

BDI-II

BAI

PSS

Nurse

Liu-1, 2020 [13]

–

China

512

433

79

–

12.5

–

–

39.56 ± 8.91

–

SAS

Hospital staff

Du, 2020 [17]

36.00 ± 8.05

China

134

81

53

12.7

20.1

–

5.76 ± 7.04

4.96 ± 8.13

–

BDI-II

BAI

Hospital staff

Kazmi, 2020 [18]

–

Iran

1000

620

380

61.1

57.0

64.3

–

–

–

DASS-21

Hospital staff

Gautam, 2020 [19]

–

China

187

–

–

–

23.0

–

–

–

–

SAS

Hospital staff

Ong, 2020 [20]

–

China, Indian, Others

158

111

47

0.6

0.6

–

–

–

–

DASS-21

Hospital staff

Xiao-2, 2020 [21]

–

China

958

644

314

42.7

39.9

–

–

–

–

HADh

Hospital staff

Guixia, 2020 [22]

–

China

86

–

–

54.7

44.2

45.3

5.78 ± 4.36

46.89 ± 10.47

50.7 ± 12.11

BDI-II

SAS

SASR

Hospital staff

Aghili, 2020 [23]

–

Iran

289

–

–

44.6

33.9

71.3

–

–

–

SDS

SAS

SASR

Hospital staff

Dimitriu, 2020 [24]

27.92 ± 2.66

Romania

100

50

50

9.0

–

–

–

–

–

SDS

SAS

Hospital staff

Sharif, 2020 [25]

–

India

375

–

–

13.9

–

–

–

–

–

SDS

Hospital staff

Geoffroy, 2020 [26]

32.7 ± 11.00

France

149

–

–

4.0

49.0

70.5

–

–

–

DASS-21

Hospital staff

Abdulah, 2020 [27]

35.06 (33–70)

Australia

268

80

188

–

–

93.7

–

–

4.20 ± 2.46

PSS

Doctor

Yin, 2020 [28]

35.30 ± 9.48

China

371

228

143

–

–

44.5

–

–

–

SASR

Hospital staff

Gao, 2020 [29]

–

China

118

88

30

44.9

44.9

–

–

–

–

SDS

SAS

Hospital staff

Huang-1, 2020 [30]

–

China

230

187

43

–

23.0

–

–

–

–

SAS

Hospital staff

Huang-2, 2020 [31]

49(41–58)

China

2250

1642

608

19.8

35.6

–

–

–

–

GAD-7i

Hospital staff

Lai, 2020 [32]

26–40

China

1257

964

293

50.4

44.6

–

–

–

–

GAD-7

Hospital staff

Liu-2, 2020 [33]

–

China

4679

3851

828

34.6

16.0

–

–

–

–

SDS

SAS

Nurse

Lu, 2020 [34]

–

China

2299

1779

512

11.7

24.7

–

–

–

–

SDS

SAS

Nurse

Tan, 2020 [35]

–

China

470

321

149

8.9

14.5

6.6

–

–

–

DASS-21

Hospital staff

Zhang-3, 2020 [36]

–

China

2178

1401

781

10.7

10.5

–

–

–

–

SDS

SAS

Hospital staff

  1. aSelf-rating Depression Scale (SDS)
  2. bSelf-rating Anxiety Scale (SAS)
  3. cStanford Acute Stress Reaction (SASR)
  4. dDepression Anxiety Stress Scales (DASS-21)
  5. eBeck Depression Inventory-II (BDI-II)
  6. fBeck Anxiety Inventory (BAI)
  7. gPerceived Stress Scale (PSS)
  8. hHospital Anxiety/Depression Scale (HAD)
  9. iThe 7-item Generalized Anxiety Disorder (GAD-7) Scale (range, 0–21)