Table 1. Characteristics of study population.

Characteristics	Study population
Number of participants	n  = 2827
Age (years, median and range)	42 [18–80]
Gender (%)  Female  Male  Diverse  no answer	51.1 47.6 0 1.3
Professional group (%)  Doctors  Nursing staff  Others (e.g. psychotherapists, physiotherapists, occupational therapists)	65.6 29.5 4.9
Work site (%)  University Hospital/maximum-care hospital  Regional hospital  Ambulatory healthcare centre/medical practice  Private clinic  Rehabilitation clinic  Others (e.g. ambulatory nursing service)  No answer	43.8 26.5 21.6 2.1 1.6 3.9 0.5
Work environment (%)  Outpatient clinic  Standard care ward  Intensive care unit  Operating room  Diagnostics  Not applicable (e.g. ambulatory sector)	10.0 26.5 17.2 14.2 5.2 26.8
Federal state of the work site (%)  East German federal states (inlc. Berlin)  West German federal states	89.6 10.4
Timeframe of online survey	27.03.2020 to 11.04.2020