Table 2.
Health care workers’ concerns and worries about COVID-19 pandemic.
| (A) Worries | All N = 2078 |
1. Physicians N = 847 |
2. Nurses N = 668 |
3. Medical Staff N = 374 |
4. Health Care Support Staff N = 94 |
5. Administrative Staff N = 95 |
p-Value |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| (A.1) How much you worry about, n (%): | |||||||
| (A.1.1) The contagion | 0.198 # | ||||||
| Very worried | 566 (27.24) | 220 (25.97) | 193 (28.89) | 102 (27.27) | 27 (28.72) | 24 (25.26) | |
| Quite worried | 1292 (62.18) | 526 (62.10) | 425 (63.62) | 227 (60.70) | 56 (59.57) | 58 (61.05) | |
| Not worried | 220 (10.59) | 101 (11.92) | 50 (7.49) | 45 (12.03) | 11 (11.70) | 13 (13.68) | |
| (A.1.2) The disease’s dangerousness/health consequences | 0.592 # | ||||||
| Very worried | 648 (31.18) | 261 (30.81) | 206 (30.84) | 125 (33.42) | 29 (30.85) | 27 (28.42) | |
| Quite worried | 1247 (60.01) | 500 (59.03) | 414 (61.98) | 220 (58.82) | 55 (58.51) | 58 (61.05) | |
| Not worried | 183 (8.81) | 86 (10.15) | 48 (7.19) | 29 (7.75) | 10 (10.64) | 10 (10.53) | |
| (A.1.3) The risk of infection for the surrounding people | 0.683 # | ||||||
| Very worried | 1268 (61.02) | 516 (60.92) | 408 (61.08) | 228 (60.96) | 55 (58.51) | 61 (64.21) | |
| Quite worried | 724 (34.84) | 295 (34.83) | 237 (35.48) | 132 (35.29) | 32 (34.04) | 28 (29.47) | |
| Not worried | 86 (4.14) | 36 (4.25) | 23 (3.44) | 14 (3.74) | 7 (7.45) | 6 (6.32) | |
| (A.1.4) The isolation from family and/or social environment | 0 | 0.037 # | |||||
| Very worried | 586 (28.20) | 258 (30.46) | 201 (30.09) | 80 (21.39) | 25 (26.60) | 22 (23.16) | |
| Quite worried | 1018 (48.99) | 394 (46.52) | 322 (48.20) | 201 (53.74) | 53 (56.38) | 48 (50.53) | |
| Not worried | 474 (22.81) | 195 (23.02) | 145 (21.71) | 93 (24.87) | 16 (17.02) | 25 (26.32) | |
| (A.2) What worries you most about, n (%): | 0.148 # | ||||||
| The contagion | 71 (3.42) | 29 (3.42) | 21 (3.14) | 15 (4.01) | 3 (3.19) | 3 (3.16) | |
| The risk of infection for the surrounding people | 1142 (54.96) | 463 (54.66) | 373 (55.84) | 204 (54.55) | 51 (54.26) | 51 (53.68) | |
| The isolation from family and-or social environment | 72 (3.46) | 41 (4.84) | 17 (2.54) | 10 (2.67) | 1 (1.06) | 3 (3.16) | |
| The disease’s dangerousness/health consequences | 338 (16.27) | 144 (17.00) | 95 (14.22) | 62 (16.58) | 14 (14.89) | 23 (24.21) | |
| None of the above | 18 (0.87) | 7 (0.83) | 5 (0.75) | 3 (0.80) | 3 (3.19) | 0 (0.00) | |
| All of the above | 437 (21.03) | 163 (19.24) | 157 (23.50) | 80 (21.39) | 22 (23.40) | 15 (15.79) | |
| (A.3) How would you score your degree of worry? Score 0–4 | <0.001 § | ||||||
| I’m not worried—I’m very worried, mean ± sd | 2.8 ± 0.8 | 2.8 ± 0.9 | 2.9 ± 0.8 | 2.7 ± 0.8 | 3.0 ± 0.9 | 2.6 ± 0.9 | |
| median (Iqr) | 3 (2–3) | 3 (2–3) 5 | 3 (2–3) 3,5 | 3(2–3) 4 | 3 (2–4) 5 | 3 (2–3) | |
| (A.4) How would you score your degree of job satisfaction? Score 0–4 | <0.001 § | ||||||
| I’m not satisfied-I’m very satisfied, mean ± sd | 2.8 ± 1.0 | 2.6 ± 1.1 | 3.0 ± 1.0 | 2.8 ± 1.1 | 3.4 ± 0.8 | 3.0 ± 1.1 | |
| median (Iqr) | 3 (2–4) | 3 (2–3) 5 | 3 (2–4) 3,5 | 3 (2–4) 4 | 4 (3–4) 5 | 3 (2–4) | |
| (A.5) What worries you most about your ward/department? n (%) | |||||||
| (A.5.1) Insufficient information about infection | <0.001 # | ||||||
| Very worried | 421 (20.26) | 158 (18.65) | 146 (21.86) | 80 (21.39) | 24 (25.53) | 13 (13.68) | |
| Quite worried | 1038 49.95) | 405 (47.82) | 350 (52.40) | 188 (50.27) | 55 (58.51) | 40 (42.11) | |
| Not worried | 619 (29.79) | 284 (33.53) | 172 (25.75) | 106 (28.34) | 15 (15.96) | 42 (44.21) | |
| (A.5.2) Insufficient personal protective equipment | 0.274 # | ||||||
| Very worried | 688 (33.11) | 285 (33.65) | 223 (33.38) | 120 (32.09) | 38 (40.43) | 22 (23.16) | |
| Quite worried | 872 (41.96) | 359 (42.38) | 278 (41.62) | 149 (39.84) | 38 (40.43) | 48 (50.53) | |
| Not worried | 518 (24.93) | 203 (23.97) | 167 (25.00) | 105 (28.07) | 18 (19.15) | 25 (26.32) | |
| (A.5.3) Insufficient staff | <0.001 # | ||||||
| Very worried | 558 (26.85) | 207 (24.44) | 216 (32.34) | 78 (20.86) | 37 (39.36) | 20 (21.05) | |
| Quite worried | 841 (40.47) | 331 (39.08) | 280 (41.92) | 160 (42.78) | 34 (36.17) | 36 (37.89) | |
| Not worried | 679 (32.68) | 309 (36.48) | 172 (25.75) | 136 (36.36) | 23 (24.47) | 39 (41.05) | |
| (A.5.4) Intentional absenteeism in the workplace | <0.001 # | ||||||
| Very worried | 212 (10.20) | 54 (6.38) | 81 (12.13) | 48 (12.83) | 16 (17.02) | 13 (13.68) | |
| Quite worried | 476 (22.91) | 138 (16.29) | 183 (27.40) | 99 (26.47) | 32 (34.04) | 24 (25.26) | |
| Not worried | 1390 (66.89) | 655 (77.33) | 404 (60.48) | 227 (60.70) | 46 (48.94) | 58 (61.05) | |
| (A.5.5) Lack of recognition of my work | <0.001 # | ||||||
| Very worried | 118 (5.68) | 33 (3.90) | 42 (6.29) | 32 (8.56) | 4 (4.26) | 7 (7.37) | |
| Quite worried | 1475 (70.98) | 687 (81.11) | 442 (66.17) | 224 (59.89) | 62 (65.96) | 60 (63.16) | |
| Not worried | 485 (23.34) | 127 (14.99) | 184 (27.54) | 118 (31.55) | 28 (29.79) | 28 (29.47) |
# Chi-square of Fisher Exact-Test; § Kruskal-Wallis Test; 3–5 Significant differences between this group and the one mentioned by numbers (correction Bonferroni post hoc tests)