Correlation between social alienation and psychological resilience in patients with multidrug-resistant organism infections under protective isolation

Table 1 Comparison of social alienation scores among patients with different characteristics, mean ± SD

Variable	Category	n	Social alienation score	t/F value	P value
Sex	Male	167	29.56 ± 6.38	1.024	0.307
	Female	122	30.29 ± 6.71
Age (years)	18-44	52	27.35 ± 5.89	5.672	0.001
	45-59	78	29.18 ± 6.24
	60-74	104	30.76 ± 6.58
	≥ 75	55	31.84 ± 6.73
Marital status	Unmarried	31	31.42 ± 6.87	4.358	0.014
	Married	198	29.23 ± 6.31
	Divorced/widowed	60	31.48 ± 6.82
Educational level	Primary school or below	67	32.16 ± 6.74	7.893	< 0.001
	Junior high school	82	30.45 ± 6.28
	High school/technical secondary school	74	29.12 ± 6.19
	College or above	66	27.24 ± 5.96
Employment status	Employed	89	29.13 ± 6.27	1.842	0.161
	Retired	132	30.38 ± 6.64
	Unemployed/other	68	29.82 ± 6.53
MDROs type	Methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus	98	29.54 ± 6.42	0.756	0.555
	Carbapenem-resistant Enterobacteriaceae	72	30.18 ± 6.67
	Multidrug-resistant Acinetobacter baumannii	56	30.32 ± 6.58
	Multidrug-resistant Pseudomonas aeruginosa	41	29.46 ± 6.34
	Vancomycin-resistant enterococci	22	30.64 ± 6.89
Infection site	Respiratory tract	112	30.12 ± 6.54	0.423	0.792
	Urinary tract	68	29.68 ± 6.37
	Bloodstream	43	30.26 ± 6.78
	Skin and soft tissue	38	29.34 ± 6.42
	Other	28	29.82 ± 6.56
Isolation duration (days)	3-7	82	27.64 ± 5.86	12.348	< 0.001
	8-14	118	29.72 ± 6.24
	≥ 15	89	32.36 ± 6.78
Length of hospital stay (days)	7-14	76	27.82 ± 5.92	8.965	< 0.001
	15-28	131	29.64 ± 6.28
	≥ 29	82	32.18 ± 6.86
Number of underlying diseases	0-1	54	27.52 ± 5.94	6.873	0.001
	2-3	137	29.68 ± 6.32
	≥ 4	98	31.54 ± 6.82
First MDROs infection	Yes	196	29.24 ± 6.28	-2.316	0.021
	No	93	31.19 ± 6.84
Frequency of family visits	No visits	34	34.56 ± 6.92	14.726	< 0.001
	Occasional visits	87	31.42 ± 6.47
	Frequent visits	102	28.76 ± 5.98
	Daily visits	66	26.58 ± 5.64

MDROs: Multidrug-resistant organisms.