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. 2020 Apr 23;87:84–92. doi: 10.1016/j.bbi.2020.04.055

Table 3.

Views of respondents towards the strict quarantine and lockdown before returning to work.

  All respondents (n=673) Workers and Technical staff (n= 551) Management and executive staff (n = 122) P-value
Do you think the strict quarantine and lockdown is useful to stop the spread of the virus?
 No 50 (7.4%) 47 (8.5%) 3 (2.5%) 0.08
 A little bit 193 (28.7%) 163 (29.6%) 30 (24.6%)
 Moderate 73 (10.8%) 58 (10.5%) 15 (12.3%)
 Useful 189 (28.1%) 147 (26.7%) 42 (34.4%)
 Extremely useful 168 (25.0%) 136 (24.7%) 32 (26.2%)



Do you think the 2-week duration of the closure of the workplace was useful to stop the spread of COVID-19?
 No 43 (6.4%) 40 (7.3%) 3 (2.5%) 0.033*
 A little bit 123 (18.3%) 106 (19.2%0 17 (13.9%)
 Moderate 79 (11.7%) 68 (12.3%) 11 (9.0%)
 Useful 221 (32.8%) 169 (30.7%) 52 (42.6%)
 Extremely useful 207 (30.8%) 168 (30.5%) 39 (32.0%)



Do you think returning to work is a threat to your life during the COVID-19 epidemic?
 None 313 (46.5%) 265 (48.1%) 48 (39.3%) 0.157
 A little bit 260 (38.6%) 207 (37.6%) 53 (43.4%)
 Moderate 70 (10.4%) 52 (9.4%) 18 (14.8%)
 Serious 22 (3.3%) 20 (3.6%) 2 (1.6%)
 Extremely serious 8 (1.2%) 7 (1.3%) 1 (0.8%)



Do you think the workplace hygiene has improved after the COVID-10 outbreak?
 Workplace hygiene was enough before the 166 (24.7%) 131 (23.8%) 35 (28.7%) 0.072
 COVID-19 outbreak
  Substantial improvement since the outbreak 182 (27.0%) 141 (25.6%) 41 (33.6%)
 Moderate improvement since the outbreak 176 (26.2%) 150 (27.2%) 26 (21.3%)
 Small improvement since the outbreak 120 (17.8%) 103 (18.7%) 17 (13.9%)
 Need further improvement 17 (2.5%) 17 (1.3%) 0 (0.0%)



Do you think your company cares and concerns about your health?
 No care and concern at all 18 (2.7%) 15 (2.7%) 3 (2.5%) 0.107
 Little care and concern 6 (0.9%) 3 (0.5%) 3 (2.5%)
 Neutral or no comment 99 (14.7%) 87 (15.8%) 12 (9.8%)
 Moderate level of care and concern 228 (33.9%) 189 (34.3%) 39 (32.0%)
 High level of care and Concern 322 (47.8%) 257 (46.6%) 65 (53.3%)

*p < 0.05