Table 1.
HCWs' sociodemographic.
| Variable | Level | Dental practitioners (DP) | Nursing assistants (NA) | Physicians (P) | Respiratory therapists (RT) | Total | p | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Participants | n (%) | 86 (28.0) | 78 (25.4) | 76 (24.8) | 67 (21.8) | 307 (100) | 0.0195ꬸ | |
| Age (Years) | Median (IR) | 35 (29–47) | 35 (27–42) | 36.5 (28–46) | 46 (30–49) | 36 (29–47) | ||
| Gender n (%) | Female | 65 (75.6) | 69 (88.5) | 49 (64.5) | 60 (89.6) | 243 (79.2) | < 0.001ꬹ | |
| Male | 21 (24.4) | 9 (11.5) | 27 (35.5) | 7 (10.4) | 64 (20.8) | |||
| Comorbidity n (%) | No | 68 (79.1) | 61 (78.2) | 52 (68.4) | 55 (82.1) | 236 (76.9) | 0.222 | |
| Yes | 18 (20.9) | 17 (21.8) | 24 (31.6) | 12 (17.9) | 71 (23.1) | |||
| Working hours per week | Median (IR) | 40 (37–44) | 48 (46–60) | 48 (37–60) | 48 (45–48) | 48 (40–50) | 0.0001ꬸ | |
| Work activities stop (days) | Median (IR) | 14.5 (14–20) | 15 (14–30) | 14 (7–40) | 14 (10–15) | 14.5 (10–21) | 0.2034ꬸ | |
| Stop working activities | BL | No | 68 (79.1) | 64 (82.0) | 57 (75.0) | 51 (76.1) | 240 (78.2) | 0.719 |
| Yes | 18 (20.9) | 14 (18.0) | 19 (25.0) | 16 (23.9) | 67 (21.8) | |||
| Follow-up 1 | No | 78 (90.7) | 68 (87.2) | 70 (92.1) | 60 (89.6) | 276 (89.9) | 0.774 | |
| Yes | 8 (9.3) | 10 (12.8) | 6 (7.9) | 7 (10.4) | 31 (10.1) | |||
| Follow-up 2 | No | 81 (94.2) | 78 (100) | 76 (100) | 66 (98.5) | 301 (98.0) | 0.017ꭝ | |
| Yes | 5 (5.8) | 0 (0.0) | 0 (0.0) | 1 (1.5) | 6 (2%) | |||
| Travel 14 days before data collection n (%) | No | 83 (96.5) | 77 (98.7) | 72 (94.7) | 66 (98.5) | 298 (97.1) | 0.470 | |
| Yes | 3 (3.5) | 1 (1.3) | 4 (5.3) | 1 (1.5) | 9 (2.9) | |||
| Social activities attendance | BL | No | 76 (88.4) | 76 (97.4) | 70 (92.1) | 67 (100) | 289 (94.1) | 0.005ꭝ |
| Yes | 10 (11.6) | 2 (2.6) | 6 (7.9) | 0 (0.0) | 18 (5.9) | |||
| Follow-up 1 | No | 86 (100) | 74 (94.9) | 74 (97.4) | 61 (91.0) | 295 (96.1) | 0.018ꭝ | |
| Yes | 0 (0.0) | 4 (5.1) | 2 (2.6) | 6 (9.0) | 12 (2.9) | |||
| Follow-up 2 | No | 86 (100) | 78 (100) | 76 (100) | 67 (100) | 307 (100) | Not calculated | |
| Yes | 0 (0.0) | 0 (0.0) | 0 (0.0) | 0 (0.0) | 0 (0.9) | |||
| Exposure (outside work) |
BL | No | 69 (80.2) | 72 (92.3) | 62 (81.6) | 64 (95.5) | 267 (87.0) | 0.009ꬹ |
| Yes | 17 (19.8) | 6 (7.7) | 14 (18.4) | 3 (4.5) | 40 (13.0) | |||
| Follow-up 1 | No | 84 (97.7) | 73 (93.6) | 73 (96.0) | 57 (85.1) | 287 (93.5) | 0.019ꭝ | |
| Yes | 2 (2.3) | 5 (6.4) | 3 (4.0) | 10 (14.9) | 20 (6.5) | |||
| Follow-up 2 | No | 86 (100) | 78 (100) | 76 (100) | 67 (100) | 307 (100) | Not calculated | |
| Yes | 0 (0.0) | 0 (0.0) | 0 (0.0) | 0 (0.0) | 0 (0.9) | |||
| Yes | 5 (5.8) | 0 (0.0) | 0 (0.0) | 1 (1.5) | 6 (2%) | |||
Main characteristics collected through survey/clinical health records in the whole study or at each time point. P-values were calculated using the chi-squared (ꬹ), Fisher exact (ꭝ), or Kruskal–Wallis (ꬸ) tests. Not calculated: No comparisons were made when extreme data were compared.