Table 1 Descriptive characteristics of the studied population
Overall | Not retireda | Retireda | |
|---|---|---|---|
N | 1759 | 1336 | 423 |
Age, median (IQR) | 53 (40—64) | 48 (36—56) | 70 (67—74) |
Sex | |||
Female | 909 (52%) | 722 (54%) | 187 (44%) |
Male | 846 (48%) | 610 (46%) | 236 (56%) |
Other | 4(0.1%) | 4 (0.3%) | 0 (0%) |
One or more chronic health conditions | 621 (35%) | 356 (27%) | 265 (63%) |
SARS-CoV-2 positive test | 154 (8.8%) | 130 (9.7%) | 24 (5.7%) |
SARS-CoV-2 Vaccinated | 397 (23%) | 117 (8.8%) | 280 (66%) |
Language | |||
German | 886 (50%) | 631(47%) | 255 (60%) |
Italian | 505 (29%) | 481 (36%) | 24 (5.7%) |
French | 353 (20%) | 211 (16%) | 142 (34%) |
English | 15 (0.9%) | 13 (1.0%) | 2 (0.5%) |
Living alone | 278 (16%) | 190 (14%) | 88 (21%) |
Loneliness score, median (IQR)b | 5 (4—7) | 5 (3—7) | 6 (4—8) |
Worries about Swiss economy, median (IQR)b | 3 (2—4) | 3 (2—4) | 3 (3—4) |
Perceived risk to be infected, median (IQR)b | 4.4 (2.1—6.5) | 4.4 (2.1 – 6.4) | 4.6 (1.9 – 6.9) |
Change in workload | |||
No change | 1,046 (78%) | 1,046 (78%) | 0 (0%) |
Increase | 150 (11%) | 150 (11%) | 0 (0%) |
Decrease | 140 (10%) | 140 (10%) | 0 (0%) |
Mental health outcomesc | |||
Depression | |||
Median (IQR) | 0 (0—6) | 0 (0—6) | 0 (0—4) |
Normal | 1,472 (84%) | 1,102 (82%) | 370 (87%) |
Mild to moderate | 227 (13%) | 183 (14%) | 44 (10%) |
Sever to extremely severe | 60 (3.4%) | 51 (3.8%) | 9 (2.1%) |
Anxiety | |||
Median (IQR) | 0 (0—2) | 0 (0—2) | 0 (0—2) |
Normal | 1,613 (92%) | 1,214 (91%) | 399 (94%) |
Mild to moderate | 107 (6.1%) | 87 (6.6%) | 20 (4.7%) |
Sever to extremely severe | 39 (2.2%) | 35 (2.6%) | 4 (0.9%) |
Stress | |||
Median (IQR) | 2 (0—10) | 2 (0—10) | 0 (0—6) |
Normal | 1,581 (90%) | 1,178 (88%) | 403 (95%) |
Mild to moderate | 136 (7.7%) | 120 (9.0%) | 16 (3.8%) |
Sever to extremely severe | 42 (2.4%) | 38 (2.8%) | 4 (0.9%) |