Assessment of Attentional Functioning in Health Professionals of a Brazilian Tertiary Referral Hospital for COVID-19
Table 1
Group characteristics of all included participants.
Minimal exposure to COVID-19
Substantial exposure to COVID-19
value
44
80
-
Age (years)
0.110
Sex (male/female; % male)
15/29 (34.1)
28/52 (35.0)
0.999
Education level
0.014
Elementary level (%)
0 (0.0)
1 (1.3)
High school level (%)
0 (0.0)
10 (12.5)
Bachelor or higher (%)
44 (100.0)
69 (86.3)
Exposure time to COVID-19 (%)
-
5 hours or less
28 (63.6)
-
6 to 11 hours
10 (22.7)
-
12 to 23 hours
6 (13.6)
-
24–35 hours
-
16 (20.0)
36–47 hours
-
48 (60.0)
48 or more hours
-
16 (20.0)
Self-reported poor sleep quality (last 2 weeks)
0.639
Never
7 (15.9)
19 (23.8)
Less than a week
14 (31.8)
26 (32.5)
More than a week
11 (25.0)
20 (25.0)
Almost all days
12 (27.3)
15 (18.8)
Previous COVID-19 infection (%)
4 (9.1)
18 (22.5)
0.085
Professiona
0.260
Medical/paramedical (%)
28 (63.6)
42 (52.5)
Other (%)
16 (36.6)
38 (47.5)
Attentional performance
Cohen’s
Reaction time (ms)
-0.41
Variability of reaction times (ms)
-0.55
Coefficient of variability
-0.56
Commission errors (min–max)
2 (0–10)
3 (0–10)
-0.29
Omission errors (min–max)
0 (0–21)
1 (0–31)
-0.27
Data are presented as mean with standard deviation, absolute numbers with minimum and maximum, or as absolute numbers with percentages between parentheses. aMedical and paramedical professions included medical doctors and medical residents, nurses, physiotherapists, and psychologists. Other professions included nutritionists, pharmacists, engineers, and administrative, security, and laboratory employees.
