EnCORE study school staff, March–October 2021 mental health scores by school level
Mental health assessment tool | Daycare staff N (%) | Elementary school staff N (%) | High school staff N (%) |
Burnout level (EE) (N=379) | |||
Low | 73/113 (64.6%) | 74/133 (55.6%) | 63/133 (47.4%) |
High | 40/113 (35.4%) | 59/133 (44.4%) | 70/133 (52.6%) |
Anxiety (GAD-7) (N=389) | |||
None—minimal | 72/113 (63.7%) | 82/142 (57.7%) | 72/134 (53.7%) |
Mild | 25/113 (22.1%) | 40/142 (28.2%) | 45/134 (33.6%) |
Moderate | 10/113 (8.8%) | 13/142 (9.2%) | 9/134 (6.7%) |
Severe | 6/113 (5.3%) | 7/142 (4.9%) | 8/134 (6.0%) |
Depression (PHQ-9) (N=389) | |||
None—minimal | 69/113 (61.1%) | 78/142 (54.9%) | 78/134 (58.2%) |
Mild | 26/113 (23.0%) | 51/142 (35.9%) | 37/134 (27.6%) |
Moderate | 14/113 (12.4%) | 7/142 (4.9%) | 12/134 (9.0%) |
Moderately–severe | 3/113 (2.7%) | 3/142 (2.1%) | 5/134 (3.7%) |
Severe | 1/113 (0.9%) | 3/142 (1.5%) | 2/134 (1.5%) |
Resilience (BRS) (N=389) | |||
High resilience | 16/113 (14.2%) | 28/142 (19.7%) | 27/134 (20.1%) |
Normal resilience | 77/113 (68.1%) | 92/142 (64.8%) | 91/134 (67.9%) |
Low resilience | 20/113 (17.7%) | 22/142 (15.5%) | 16/134 (11.9%) |
Afraid of catching COVID from work | |||
Not/little/not applicable | 47/113 (41.6%) | 54/137 (39.4%) | 34/133 (25.6%) |
Somewhat/very | 66/113 (58.4%) | 83/137 (60.6%) | 99/133 (74.4%) |
BRS, Brief Resilience Scale; EE, emotional exhaustion; GAD-7, 7-item General Anxiety Disorder assessment; NPI, non-pharmaceutical interventions; PHQ-9, Patient Health Questionnaire-9.