TABLE 3.
Perceived Threat, Risk of Infection, and Evaluation of Hospital Response During the COVID-19 Outbreak
| Variable 1 | Total | Nurse | Physician | Non-Medical | P-value | First-Line | Second-Line | None | P-value |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Perceived Risk of Infection 2 | |||||||||
| Perceived susceptibility | 31 (7.0) | 20 (8.5) | 2 (4.2) | 9 (5.7) | 0.004 | 6 (17.1) | 9 (8.3) | 16 (5.4) | 0.126 |
| Perceived severity | 221 (50.1) | 119 (50.6) | 20 (41.7) | 82 (51.9) | 0.18 | 17 (48.6) | 47 (43.1) | 157 (52.9) | 0.233 |
| Perceived Threat 3 | |||||||||
| I feel my job is a dangerous one. | 240 (54.4) | 163 (69.4) | 22 (45.8) | 55 (34.8) | < 0.001 | 27 (77.1) | 51 (46.8) | 162 (54.5) | 0.22 |
| I think people avoid me because of my job. | 153 (34.7) | 89 (37.9) | 9 (18.8) | 55 (34.8) | 0.12 | 15 (42.9) | 33 (30.3) | 105 (35.4) | 0.354 |
| I feel more stress at work. | 153 (34.7) | 97 (41.3) | 15 (31.2) | 41 (25.9) | 0.029 | 19 (54.3) | 44 (40.4) | 90 (30.3) | 0.03 |
| I was afraid of infection to COVID-19. | 167 (37.9) | 96 (40.9) | 19 (39.6) | 52 (32.9) | 0.577 | 15 (42.9) | 30 (27.5) | 122 (41.1) | 0.028 |
| I have little control over whether I get infected or not. | 42 (9.5) | 24 (10.2) | 4 (8.3) | 14 (8.9) | 0.44 | 8 (22.9) | 12 (11.0) | 22 (7.4) | 0.049 |
| I’m worried I will pass COVID-19 to others. | 154 (34.9) | 82 (34.9) | 16 (33.3) | 56 (35.4) | 0.512 | 16 (45.7) | 32 (29.4) | 106 (35.7) | 0.283 |
| My family and friends worried they might get infected through me. | 165 (37.4) | 84 (35.7) | 11 (22.9) | 70 (44.3) | 0.033 | 16 (45.7) | 39 (35.8) | 110 (37.0) | 0.346 |
| I have thought that I could die if I get infected with the COVID-19. | 59 (13.4) | 36 (15.3) | 4 (8.3) | 19 (12.0) | 0.697 | 5 (14.3) | 15 (13.8) | 39 (13.1) | 0.96 |
| Evaluation of Hospital Response | 4.1(0.7) | 4.3(0.7) | 3.9(0.8) | 4.1(0.6) | < 0.001 | 4.1(0.7) | 4.1(0.7) | 4.0(0.8) | 0.686 |
1
Perceived Risk (perceived susceptibility and perceived severity), Perceived Threat: No. (%), Evaluation of Hospital Response: M (SD)
2
Sum of “high” and “extremely high.”
3
Sum of “agree” and “strongly agree.”