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. 2022 Jul 15;18:e174501792206200. doi: 10.2174/17450179-v18-e2206200

Table 1.

Social, demographic, and occupational features; COVID-19 vulnerability; and perceived alterations in workload and social life of the participating health care providers.

Variable Onset group, n=211
n (%)
One-year group, n=212
n (%)
p-value
       Socio-Demographic Characteristics
Age, y Mean ± SD 34.7 ± 9.3 35.9 ± 10.5 0.241
Min-Max 24-70 23-73
Gender Male 154 (73) 147 (69) 0.408
Female 57 (27) 65 (31)
Marital status (*) Never married 79 (37) 89 (42) 0.340
Married 132 (63) 123 (58)
     Number of children in the family (among married ones) Zero 13 (10) 11 (9) 0.901
1-2 56 (42) 58 (47)
3-4 47 (36) 40 (33)
>4 16 (12) 14 (11)
Living with the elderly (65 years or older) Yes 93 (44) 122 (58) 0.006
       Occupational features
Occupation (†) Physician 164 (78) 180 (85) 0.058
Others 47 (22) 32 (15)
Experience years Mean ± SD 9.5 ± 8.9 10.6 ± 10.3 0.253
Working hours per week Mean ± SD 43.6 ± 17 44.6 ± 18.9 0.599
<40 hours 43 (20.4) 59 (27.8) 0.093
≥40 hours 169 (79.6) 153 (72.2)
Monthly income (in JDs) <500 24 (11) 21 (10) 0.026
500-1000 120 (57) 95 (45)
1000-2000 26 (12) 30 (14)
>2000 41 (19) 66 (31)
       COVID-19 vulnerability
  Vaccination status (¥) Vaccinated 0 (0) 152 (72) -
Not vaccinated 0 (0) 60 (28)
Vaccine not available 211 (100) 0 (0)
  Underwent COVID-19 testing Yes 47 (22) 189 (89) <0.001
  Being in direct contact with COVID-19 patients or samples Yes 48 (23) 144 (68) <0.001
  Estimated number of COVID-19 patients that health care providers dealt with Zero 165 (78) 73 (34) <0.001
1-49 34 (16) 67 (32)
50-100 8 (4) 30 (14)
>100 4 (2) 42 (20)
  Perceived level of contact with COVID-19 patients 1 (Lowest) 49 (23) 13 (6) <0.001
2 62 (29) 22 (10)
3 62 (29) 59 (28)
4 23 (11) 63 (30)
5 (Highest) 15 (7) 55 (26)
  Receiving a special education to deal with COVID-19 patients Yes 73 (35) 85 (40) 0.243
  Preparedness of institution to deal with COVID-19 patients Excellent 11 (5) 6 (3) 0.003
Very good 58 (28) 37 (18)
Good 74 (35) 59 (28)
Fair 42 (20) 65 (31)
Bad 21 (10) 35 (17)
Very bad 5 (2) 10 (5)
  Got infected Yes 0 (0) 89 (42) <0.001
        Hospital admission if infected Yes - 3 (3) -
       Perceived levels of change in work and social life due to the COVID-19 pandemic
  Change in work schedule and intensity No change 10 (5) 16 (8) 0.378
Little change 17 (8) 13 (6)
Some change 39 (19) 45 (21)
Much change 75 (36) 82 (39)
Very much change 70 (33) 56 (26)
  Change in social life 1 (No change) 11 (6) 6 (3) 0.647
2 33 (16) 36 (17)
3 87 (41) 87 (41)
4 (Extreme change) 80 (38) 83 (39)

(*) The married category included currently married, divorced, and widowed participants.

(†) Others category in the occupation included pharmacists, nurses, and technicians.

(¥) The vaccine was unavailable in Jordan until January 2021.

HHS Vulnerability Disclosure