Table 2.
Medians for each of the survey items, together with the proportions of respondents who agreed and strongly agreed with the difficulty, stratified by profession, for each of the countries.
| Survey Item/Profession | Israel | Portugal | ||||||||
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Score, median (range) | Participants, n/N (%) | Score, median (range) | Participants, n/N (%) | |||||
| Difficulty of donning | ||||||||||
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Medicine | 2 (1-5) | 18/67 (27) | 3 (1-5) | 53/96 (55) | |||||
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Nursing | 2 (1-5) | 16/26 (38) | 2 (1-5) | 60/140 (43) | |||||
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Paramedics | 2 (1-5) | 65/268 (24) | —a | — | |||||
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Medics | 2 (1-5) | 76/264 (29) | 2 (1-5) | 27/74 (36) | |||||
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Other | 2 (1-5) | 13/43 (30) | 2.5 (1-5) | 22/52 (42) | |||||
| Discomfort | ||||||||||
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Medicine | 4 (1-5) | 42/61 (69) | 4 (1-5) | 96/102 (94) | |||||
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Nursing | 4 (1-5) | 32/45 (71) | 4 (1-5) | 133/150 (89) | |||||
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Paramedics | 4 (1-5) | 224/264 (85) | — | — | |||||
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Medics | 4 (1-5) | 208/280 (74) | 4 (1-5) | 39/51 (82) | |||||
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Other | 4 (1-5) | 33/38 (87) | 4 (1-5) | 39/51 (76) | |||||
| Difficulty in seeing | ||||||||||
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Medicine | 4 (2-5) | 55/70 (78) | 4 (1-5) | 82/94 (87) | |||||
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Nursing | 4 (2-5) | 38/44 (86) | 4 (1-5) | 139/153 (91) | |||||
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Paramedics | 4 (2-5) | 280/300 (93) | — | — | |||||
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Medics | 4 (1-5) | 266/303 (88) | 4 (1-5) | 55/73 (75) | |||||
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Other | 4 (1-5) | 40/46 (87) | 3.5 (1-5) | 40/50 (77) | |||||
| Difficulty in hearing | ||||||||||
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Medicine | 3 (1-5) | 31/65 (48) | 4 (1-5) | 68/97 (70) | |||||
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Nursing | 4 (1-5) | 27/39 (69) | 4 (1-5) | 105/146 (72) | |||||
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Paramedics | 3 (1-5) | 132/262 (50) | — | — | |||||
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Medics | 3 (1-5) | 100/259 (38) | 3 (1-5) | 37/75 (49) | |||||
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Other | 3 (1-5) | 24/36 (67) | 3 (1-5) | 25/49 (51) | |||||
| Difficulty in understanding speech | ||||||||||
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Medicine | 3 (1-5) | 32/61 (52) | 4 (1-5) | 70/96 (73) | |||||
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Nursing | 4 (1-5) | 28/37 (76) | 4 (1-5) | 109/144 (76) | |||||
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Paramedics | 3 (1-5) | 135/251 (54) | — | — | |||||
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Medics | 3 (1-5) | 106/258 (41) | 3 (1-5) | 34/75 (45) | |||||
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Other | 3 (1-5) | 20/34 (59) | 3 (1-5) | 29/53 (55) | |||||
| Difficulty in understanding the surroundings | ||||||||||
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Medicine | 3 (1-5) | 25/52 (48) | 4 (1-5) | 73/96 (76) | |||||
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Nursing | 3 (1-5) | 24/39 (61) | 4 (1-5) | 107/147 (73) | |||||
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Paramedics | 3 (1-5) | 147/236 (62) | — | — | |||||
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Medics | 3 (1-5) | 108/238 (45) | 4 (1-5) | 45/72 (62) | |||||
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Other | 3 (1-5) | 21/34 (62) | 3 (1-5) | 26/48 (54) | |||||
| Difficulty in thinking clearly | ||||||||||
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Medicine | 2 (1-5) | 22/60 (37) | 4 (1-5) | 50/84 (59) | |||||
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Nursing | 3 (1-5) | 24/41 (58) | 4 (1-5) | 84/123 (68) | |||||
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Paramedics | 3 (1-5) | 121/245 (49) | — | — | |||||
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Medics | 2 (1-5) | 92/260 (35) | 3 (1-5) | 27/64 (42) | |||||
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Other | 3 (1-5) | 16/38 (42) | 2 (1-5) | 19/48 (40) | |||||
| Difficulty in making decisions | ||||||||||
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Medicine | 2.5 (1-5) | 14/51 (27) | 3 (1-5) | 50/79 (63) | |||||
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Nursing | 3 (1-5) | 15/33 (45) | 3 (1-5) | 64/119 (54) | |||||
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Paramedics | 3 (1-5) | 107/208 (51) | — | — | |||||
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Medics | 3 (1-5) | 69/226 (30) | 2 (1-5) | 25/67 (37) | |||||
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Other | 3 (1-5) | 13/34 (38) | 2.5 (1-5) | 18/48 (37) | |||||
| Difficulty of doffing | ||||||||||
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Medicine | 3 (1-5) | 38/70 (54) | 4 (1-5) | 80/93 (86) | |||||
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Nursing | 4 (2-5) | 25/44 (57) | 4 (1-5) | 121/149 (81) | |||||
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Paramedics | 3 (1-5) | 124/277 (45) | — | — | |||||
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Medics | 2 (1-5) | 110/280 (40) | 4 (1-5) | 54/76 (71) | |||||
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Other | 2.5 (1-5) | 18/42 (43) | 4 (1-5) | 34/52 (65) | |||||
| The importance of wearing the personal protective equipment | ||||||||||
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Medicine | 5 (2-5) | 74/75 (99) | 5 (4-5) | 104/107 (97) | |||||
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Nursing | 5 (2-5) | 47/48 (98) | 5 (4-5) | 159/160 (99) | |||||
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Paramedics | 5 (1-5) | 294/299 (98) | — | — | |||||
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Medics | 5 (1-5) | 314/319 (98) | 5 (4-5) | 84/84 (100) | |||||
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Other | 5 (3-5) | 46/46 (100) | 5 (3-5) | 60/60 (100) | |||||
aThe emergency medical services in Portugal do not include paramedics; nurses working in prehospital settings fulfill parallel functions.