Mental health among outpatient reproductive health care providers during the US COVID-19 epidemic

Table 1 Summary characteristics of providers

	Full Sample (n = 288)		Sample of providers affected by feelings of stress, anxiety or depression (n = 187)		χ² comparison of sample that did versus did not report increased stress/anxiety/depression
	n	%	n	%
Sex, n (%)
Female	251	94	168	92	χ² = 3.10
Male	14	5	12	7	p = 0.21
Other/non-binary	2	1	2	1
Age (mean ± SD)	46.4 ± 11.5		46.0 ± 11.4		t-stat = 0.92, p=0.36
Race/ethnicity, n (%)
White	165	62	113	62	χ² = 8.38
Black	29	11	14	8	p = 0.14
Hispanic/Latinx	40	15	30	16
Asian/Pacific Islander	26	10	19	10
Native American	4	2	4	2
Other	3	1	2	1
Provider type, n (%)
Physician	44	16	32	18	χ² = 16.39
Physician’s Assistant	14	5	8	4	p = 0.06
Nurse Practitioner/ Certified Nurse Midwife	82	30	53	29
Registered Nurse	61	23	34	19
Other Nurse	7	3	6	3
Medical Assistant	11	4	7	4
Health Educator/Social worker	7	3	6	3
Manager/Director	24	9	20	11
Administrative staff	17	6	15	8
Student	3	1	1	1
Education, n (%)
High school, GED, technical or vocational	13	5	9	5	χ² = 0.40
Two-year college degree	21	8	13	7	p = 0.98
Four-year college degree	61	23	43	24
Graduate or professional	163	61	111	61
Other	8	3	6	3
Practice setting, n (%)
Primary care/Heath department	123	43	83	45	χ² = 1.52
Family planning/abortion clinics	97	34	58	32	p = 0.68
Youth/student clinics	52	18	35	19
Hospital/Other	16	6	9	5
Region, n (%)
Northeast	35	12	21	11	χ² = 5.2723
Midwest	26	9	17	9	p = 0.260
Southeast	90	31	49	26
Southwest	76	26	38	26
West	69	23	52	28

The last column represents chi-square (for categorical) and t-tests (for continuous) comparisons between the sample that reported increased stress, anxiety and depression and the sample that did not

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