Table 3.
Work-related characteristics of the study participants (n = 475)
| Variables | Category | Number | Percentage |
|---|---|---|---|
| Level of health institution | Central hospital and province hospital | 185 | 39.0 |
| Private hospital | 134 | 28.2 | |
| Health post | 45 | 9.5 | |
| Community hospital | 27 | 5.7 | |
| Primary hospital (under local government) | 20 | 4.2 | |
| Primary Health centre | 19 | 4.0 | |
| Managerial task of COVID19 | 45 | 9.5 | |
| Type of health facility | Primary | 84 | 17.7 |
| Secondary and tertiary | 391 | 82.3 | |
| Work role | Front line | 215 | 45.3 |
| Second line | 260 | 54.7 | |
| Working experience (years) | Up to 5 | 336 | 70.7 |
| > 5 | 139 | 29.3 | |
| Precautionary measures in the workplace | Sufficient | 100 | 21.1 |
| Not sufficient | 375 | 78.9 | |
| Experience of stigma due to occupation | Yes | 255 | 53.7 |
| No | 199 | 41.9 | |
| Don’t want to answer | 21 | 4.4 | |
| Type of major stigma experience (n = 255) | Stigmatised because of profession | 127 | 49.8 |
| Accused of being a carrier of disease | 102 | 40.0 | |
| Threatened | 15 | 5.9 | |
| Asked to leave rented place | 11 | 4.3 | |
| Aware of government incentives for health workers | Yes | 270 | 56.8 |
| No | 205 | 43.2 | |
| Satisfied with government incentive (n = 270) | Yes | 82 | 30.4 |
| No | 188 | 69.6 | |
| Change in regular job duties during covid19 | Yes | 334 | 70.3 |
| No | 141 | 29.7 | |
| Working overtime during COVID-19 | Yes | 233 | 49.1 |
| No | 242 | 50.9 |