EASE scores on the COVID-19 Acute Stress in Care Scale
| Mean (95% CI) | SD | It often happens to me (%) | I am like this all the time (%) | |
| I can't help but think of recent critical situations. I can't get out of work. | 1.5 (1.4 to 1.6) | 1.0 | 33.4 | 16.4 |
| I have completely lost the taste for things that gave me peace of mind. | 1.1 (1.0 to 1.2) | 0.9 | 25.5 | 8.0 |
| I keep my distance, I resent dealing with people, I'm irascible even at home. | 1.3 (1.2 to 1.4) | 1.0 | 24.4 | 12.8 |
| I feel that I am neglecting many people who need my help. | 1.0 (0.9 to 1.1) | 1.0 | 21.5 | 9.2 |
| I have difficulty thinking and making decisions, I have many doubts, I have entered a kind of emotional blockage. | 1.1 (1.0 to 1.1) | 1.0 | 23.1 | 8.9 |
| I feel intense physiological reactions (shocks, sweating, dizziness, shortness of breath, insomnia, etc) related to the current crisis. | 1.2 (1.1 to 1.3) | 1.0 | 25.5 | 11.2 |
| I feel on permanent alert. I believe that my reactions now put other patients, my colleagues or myself at risk. | 1.0 (0.9 to 1.1) | 1.0 | 20.7 | 9.9 |
| Worrying about not getting sick causes me a strain that’s hard to bear. | 0.9 (0.8 to 1.0) | 0.9 | 16.4 | 7.6 |
| I'm afraid I'm going to infect my family. | 1.5 (1.4 to 1.6) | 1.0 | 28.2 | 20.7 |
| I have difficulty empathising with patients' suffering or connecting with their situation (emotional distancing, emotional anaesthesia). | 0.6 (0.5 to 0.7) | 0.9 | 11.7 | 5.8 |
| Total score | 11.1 (10.6 to 11.6) | 6.7 | 23.9 | 4.5 |
| Factor 1. Affective response | 3.6 (3.4 to 3.8) | 2.4 | ||
| Factor 2. Fears and anxiety | 3.8 (3.6 to 4.0) | 2.5 |
N=685.
Scores from 0 to 3 points on each of the items on the scale.
Scores from 0 to 30 in total on the scale.
Score transformed from 0 to 10 points in factor 1
Score transformed from 0 to 10 points in factor 2.
Mean difference between factors p=0.2.