Table 1.
Characteristics of the study population
| All | San Carlo | San Paolo | Territory | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| N = 172 | N = 74 | N = 71 | N = 27 | |
| Gender | ||||
| Female | 99 (58) | 46 (62) | 33 (46) | 20 (74) |
| Male | 73 (42) | 28 (38) | 38 (54) | 7 (26) |
| Age (years) | 44 (24–66) | 48 (27–66) | 38 (24–64) | 50 (27–63) |
| Job title | ||||
| Nurse (qualified) | 84 (49) | 46 (62) | 29 (41) | 9 (33) |
| Doctor | 42 (24) | 16 (23) | 23 (3) | 3 (11) |
| Nursing assistant | 20 (13) | 7 (9) | 10 (15) | 3 (11) |
| Intern | 9 (5) | 2 (3) | 7 (10) | 0 (0) |
| Administrative | 9 (5) | 0 (0) | 2 (2) | 7 (26) |
| Psychologist | 5 (3) | 0 (0) | 0 (0) | 5 (19) |
| Laboratory | 1 (0) | 1 (1) | 0 (0) | 0 (0) |
| Worker (general) | 2 (1) | 2 (2) | 0 (0) | 0 (0) |
| Source of infection | ||||
| HCWs | 86 (50) | 51 (69) | 20 (28) | 15 (56) |
| Unknown | 50 (29) | 18 (25) | 24 (34) | 8 (30) |
| Family | 19 (11) | 4 (5) | 12 (17) | 3 (11) |
| Patients | 17 (10) | 1 (1) | 15 (21) | 1 (3) |
| No. of daily symptoms reports | 10 (1–26) | 13 (1–24) | 7 (1–26) | 8 (1–21) |
| Duration of infection (days) | 22 (10–49) | 19 (13–49) | 26 (10–48) | 25 (10–48) |
N (%) shown for categorical variables, and median (min–max) shown for continuous variables.