Table 2.
Impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on professional aspects among German urologists.
| Not at all (1) | Hardly (2) | Moderate (3) | Strong (4) | Very strong (5) | p Value | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Has your daily work routine changed because of the COVID-19 outbreak? | 0.3 (2) | 2.6 (15) | 15.2 (87) | 42.4 (243) | 39.4 (226) | |
| Hospital Ambulatory health care center/medical practice |
0 (0) 0.8 (2) |
2.5 (8) 2.7 (7) |
14.5 (46) 16.1 (41) |
42.5 (135) 42.4 (108) |
40.6 (129) 38.0 (97) |
0.400 |
| Operating room Standard care ward Outpatient clinic |
0 (0) 0 (0) 0 (0) |
1.9 (3) 2.2 (3) 2.1 (1) |
9.5 (15) 13.3 (18) 27.1 (13) |
50.0 (79) 43.0 (58) 16.7 (8) |
38.6 (61) 41.5 (56) 54.2 (26) |
0.931 |
| Do you fear that past health policy decisions will have a negative impact on the COVID-19 pandemic in Germany? | 1.0 (6) | 7.9 (45) | 23.0 (132) | 41.2 (236) | 26.9 (154) | |
| Hospital Ambulatory health care center/medical practice |
0.9 (3) 1.2 (3) |
7.2 (23) 8.6 (22) |
23.3 (74) 22.7 (58) |
39.6 (126) 43.1 (110) |
28.9 (92) 24.3 (62) |
0.342 |
| Not at all (1) | Hardly (2) | Significantly (3) | Completely (4) | p Value | ||
| To what extent is the routine operation of your institution restricted due to the COVID-19 pandemic? | 1.2 (7) | 11.5 (66) | 77.9 (446) | 9.4 (54) | ||
| Hospital Ambulatory health care center/medical practice |
0.3 (1) 2.4 (6) |
6.9 (22) 17.3 (44) |
85.6 (272) 68.1 (174) |
7.2 (23) 12.2 (31) |
0.046 | |
| Very poor (1) | Poor (2) | Neutral (3) | Good (4) | Very good (5) | p Value | |
| How well prepared do you think Germany is for the COVID-19 pandemic? | 6.1 (36) | 29.7 (175) | 27.3 (161) | 33.6 (198) | 3.2 (19) | |
| University hospital/maximum-care hospital Regional Hospital Ambulatory health care center/medical practice |
2.9 (4) 4.2 (48) '9.1 (24) |
26.5 (36) 25.3 (48) 34.6 (91) |
27.9 (38) 28.9 (55) 25.9 (68) |
36.8 (50) 38.4 (73) 28.5 (75) |
5.9 (8) 3.2 (6) 1.9 (5) |
0.001 0.001 |
| How do you rate the measures taken by your employer against COVID-19? | 3.5 (20) | 13.5 (77) | 28.5 (163) | 39.9 (228) | 14.7 (84) | |
| Never (1) | Only once (2) | Only for a short time (3) | Regularly (4) | Continuously (5) | p Value | |
| Was there a shortage of consumables (eg, face masks or protective gowns) in your institution at one time to protect against SARS-CoV-2? | 21.4 (123) | 5.7 (33) | 25.3 (145) | 20.7 (119) | 26.8 (154) | |
| University hospital/maximum-care hospital Regional hospital Ambulatory health care center/medical practice |
34.1 (45) 29.0 (54) 9.4 (24) |
9.1 (12) 5.9 (11) 3.9 (10) |
34.8 (46) 31.7 (59) 15.6 (40) |
9.1 (12) 19.4 (36) 27.7 (71) |
12.9 (17) 14.0 (36) 43.4 (111) |
<0.001 <0.001 |
| No (1) | Yes (2) | p Value | ||||
| Was a specific COVID-19 training offered to you by your employer? | 55.3 (316) | 44.7 (225) | ||||
| University hospital/maximum-care hospital Regional hospital Ambulatory health care center/medical practice |
43.2 (57) 43.5 (81) 70.4 (178) |
56.8 (75) 56.5 (105) 29.6 (75) |
<0.001 <0.001 |
|||
In case of multiple pairwise comparisons, the level of significance was adjusted by Bonferroni correction. For three groups (three pairwise comparisons), a p-value of p=0.017 was considered statistically significant.