Table 1.
Demographic and occupational characteristics of EHFR, N95-FFR, and PAPR users (N = 1,152)
| N and % of user group† |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| EHFR users |
N95-FFR users |
PAPR users |
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| Characteristic | N = 280 | 24% | N = 606 | 53% | N = 266 | 23% | P value* | |
| Sex | .033 | |||||||
| Female | 239 | 85% | 484 | 80% | 204 | 77% | ||
| Age (y) | .198 | |||||||
| <30 | 93 | 33% | 164 | 27% | 87 | 33% | ||
| 30-40 | 91 | 33% | 206 | 34% | 73 | 27% | ||
| 40+ | 96 | 34% | 236 | 39% | 106 | 40% | ||
| Race‡ | .002 | |||||||
| Black/African American | 68 | 24% | 126 | 21% | 33 | 12% | ||
| White | 175 | 63% | 366 | 60% | 185 | 70% | ||
| All others | 37 | 13% | 114 | 19% | 48 | 18% | ||
| Job category | <.001 | |||||||
| RN | 131 | 47% | 256 | 42% | 165 | 62% | ||
| RT | 20 | 7% | 36 | 6% | 9 | 3% | ||
| Provider (attending or resident Dr, NP, PA) | 24 | 9% | 162 | 27% | 30 | 11% | ||
| Pt support/other§ | 105 | 38% | 152 | 25% | 62 | 23% | ||
| Site | <.001 | |||||||
| A | 226 | 81% | 411 | 68% | 193 | 73% | ||
| B | 6 | 2% | 109 | 18% | 6 | 2% | ||
| C | 1 | 0% | 33 | 5% | 56 | 21% | ||
| D | 1 | 0% | 40 | 7% | 4 | 2% | ||
| E | 46 | 16% | 13 | 2% | 7 | 3% | ||
| Primary unit setting | <.001 | |||||||
| Higher risk inpatient units | 186 | 66% | 318 | 52% | 86 | 32% | ||
| Lower risk inpatient units | 22 | 8% | 183 | 30% | 152 | 57% | ||
| Radiology/lab | 37 | 13% | 49 | 8% | 6 | 2% | ||
| Ambulatory | 27 | 10% | 21 | 3% | 8 | 3% | ||
| Nonfixed | 8 | 3% | 35 | 6% | 14 | 5% | ||
| Percentage of time wearing a respirator | .019 | |||||||
| 0%-1% | 124 | 44% | 326 | 54% | 147 | 55% | ||
| 1%-10% | 99 | 35% | 199 | 33% | 84 | 32% | ||
| >10%-25% | 57 | 20% | 81 | 13% | 35 | 13% | ||
| Tenure | mean in y (SD) | P value¶ | ||||||
| Worked in health care (y) | 12.04 | (9.98) | 13.94 | (10.90) | 13.96 | (11.43) | <.001 | |
| Worked for current employer (y) | 7.14 | (8.11) | 8.17 | (9.34) | 9.01 | (9.04) | .075 | |
Dr, doctor; EHFR, elastomeric half-face respirator; lab, laboratory; N95-FFR, N95 filtering facepiece respirator; NP, nurse practitioner; PA, physician's assistant; PAPR, powered air-purifying respirator; PT, patient; RN, registered nurse; RT, respiratory therapist.
Calculated using the Pearson χ² test.
Total may be >100 because of rounding.
Hispanic evaluated by ethnicity, not race. No significant differences among groups. There were only 35 total participants who were Hispanic.
Patient support includes patient care technicians, nurse's aides, speech/occupational/physical therapists, licensed vocational nurses, housekeeping, maintenance/facilities/safety staff, pharmacy staff, and administration/management staff.
Calculated using analysis of variance.