Table 6 Emotional impairment of teachers (10 items derived from the BDI-II) referring to the confinement period (n = 97)
Sadness | N (%) |
|---|---|
0. I did not feel sad | 70 (72.2) |
1. I felt sad | 23 (23.7) |
2. I was sad all the time and I couldn’t snap out of it | 1 (1) |
3. I was so sad or unhappy that I couldn’t stand it | 0 |
Missing | 3 (3.1) |
Pessimism | |
0. I was not particularly discouraged about the future | 65 (67) |
1. I felt discouraged about the future | 29 (29.9) |
2. I felt I had nothing to look forward to | 0 |
3. I felt the future was hopeless and that things could not improve | 0 |
Missing | 3 (3.1) |
Loss of pleasure | |
0. I got as much satisfaction out of things as I used to | 71 (73.2) |
1. I didn’t enjoy things the way I used to | 5 (5.2) |
2. I didn’t get real satisfaction out of anything anymore | 5 (5.2) |
3. I was dissatisfied or bored with everything | 13 (13.4) |
Missing | 3 (3.1) |
Loss of interest | |
0. I didn’t lose interest in other people or activities | 86 (88.7) |
1. I was less interested in other people or things than before | 6 (6.2) |
2. I lost most of my interest in other people or things | 1 (1) |
3. It was hard to get interested in anything | 1 (1) |
Missing | 3 (3.1) |
Loss of energy | |
0. I had as much energy as ever | 68 (70.1) |
1. I had less energy than I used to have | 25 (25.8) |
2. I didn’t have enough energy to do very much | 1 (1) |
3. I didn’t have enough energy to do anything | 0 |
Missing | 3 (3.1) |
Changes in sleeping pattern | |
0. I did not experience any change in my sleeping pattern | 43 (44.3) |
1.a I slept somewhat more than usual | 22 (22.7) |
1.b I slept somewhat less than usual | 20 (20.6) |
2.a I slept a lot more than usual | 2 (2.1) |
2.b I slept a lot less than usual | 3 (3.1) |
3.a I slept most of the day | 0 |
3.b I woke up 1–2 h early and I couldn’t get back to sleep | 4 (4.1) |
Missing | 3 (3.1) |
Irritability | |
0. I was not more irritable than usual | 70 (72.1) |
1. I was more irritable than usual | 21 (21.6) |
2. I was much more irritable than usual | 3 (3.1) |
3. I was irritable all the time | 0 |
Missing | 3 (3.1) |
Changes in appetite | |
0. I did not experience any change in my appetite | 66 (68) |
1.a My appetite was somewhat less than usual | 5 (5.1) |
1.b My appetite was somewhat greater than usual | 23 (23.5) |
2.a My appetite was much less than usual | 0 |
2.b My appetite was much greater than usual | 0 |
3.a I had no appetite at all | 0 |
3.b I craved food all the time | 0 |
Missing | 3 (3.1) |
Concentration difficulty | |
0. I could concentrate as well as ever | 75 (77.3) |
1. I couldn’t concentrate as well as usual | 16 (16.5) |
2. It was hard to keep my mind on anything for very long | 3 (3.1) |
3. I found I couldn’t concentrate on anything | 0 |
Missing | 3 (3.1) |
Tiredness or fatigue | |
0. I was no more tired or fatigued than usual | 60 (61.9) |
1. I got tired or fatigued more easily than usual | 31 (32) |
2. I was too tired or fatigued to do a lot of the things I used to do | 3 (3.1) |
3. I was too tired or fatigued to do most of the things I used to do | 0 |
Missing | 3 (3.1) |