Assessment of Attentional Functioning in Health Professionals of a Brazilian Tertiary Referral Hospital for COVID-19
Table 2
Group characteristics of the matched groups.
Minimal exposure to COVID-19
Substantial exposure to COVID-19
value
32
32
-
Age (years)
0.431
Sex (male/female; % male)
9/23 (28.1)
8/24 (25.0)
0.999
Education level
0.113
Elementary level (%)
0 (0.0)
1 (3.1)
High school level (%)
0 (0.0)
3 (9.4)
Bachelor or higher (%)
32 (100.0)
28 (87.5)
Exposure time to COVID-19 (%)
-
5 hours or less
22 (68.8)
-
6 to 11 hours
7 (21.9)
-
12 to 23 hours
3 (9.4)
-
24–35 hours
-
8 (25.0)
36–47 hours
-
16 (50.0)
48 or more hours
-
8 (25.0)
Self-reported poor sleep quality (last 2 weeks)
0.910
Never
7 (21.9)
9 (14.1)
Less than a week
12 (37.5)
11 (34.4)
More than a week
3 (9.4)
4 (12.5)
Almost all days
10 (31.3)
8 (25.0)
Previous COVID-19 infection (%)
4 (12.5)
10 (31.1)
0.129
Professiona
0.430
Medical/paramedical (%)
19 (59.4)
23 (71.9)
Other (%)
13 (40.6)
9 (28.1)
Attentional performance
Cohen’s
Reaction time (ms)
-0.41
Variability of reaction time (ms)
-0.81
Coefficient of variability
-0.81
Omission errors (min-max)
0 (0–21)
0.50 (0–31)
-0.22
Commission errors (min-max)
2 (0–10)
3 (0–10)
-0.36
Data are presented as mean with standard deviation, as absolute numbers with percentages between parentheses, or as absolute numbers with the minimum and maximum values. 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.
