Table 1.
Characteristics of the survey respondents and details of their volunteering service (n = 158).
| Age (in years) | Mean | 23.3 |
| Median | 23 | |
| Sex | Female | 72.78% (n = 115) |
| Male | 27.22% (n = 43) | |
| Field of study | Medicine | 70.89% (n = 112) |
| Nursing | 6.33% (n = 10) | |
| Medical laboratory science | 6.33% (n = 10) | |
| Dentistry | 3.80% (n = 6) | |
| Public health | 3.16% (n = 5) | |
| Midwifery | 2.53% (n = 4) | |
| Other fields | 6.96% (n = 11) | |
| Prior volunteering experience | YES | 74.05% (n = 117) |
| NO | 25.95% (n = 41) | |
| Volunteering placement | Inpatient health facility (hospital/nursing home/quarantine facility) | 42.40% (n = 67) |
| (more than one answer allowed) | Hospital checkpoint | 31.65% (n = 50) |
| Home, student hostel, Chamber of Physicians or other field work not directly at health facility | 20.25% (n = 32) | |
| Outpatient clinic | 13.92% (n = 22) | |
| Emergency service | 13.29% (n = 21) | |
| Laboratory or drive thru | 12.02% (n = 19) | |
| Sanitary and Epidemiological Inspection office | 6.96% (n = 11) | |
| Pharmacy | 1.90% (n = 3) | |
| Patient contact | YES | 65.19% (n = 103) |
| NO | 34.81% (n = 55) | |
| Volunteering responsibilities | Taking patients' temperature | 51.27% (n = 81) |
| (more than one answer allowed) | Taking patients' medical history face to face | 46.84% (n = 74) |
| Transport or logistics of patients, equipment or supplies | 36.07% (n = 57) | |
| Patient triage | 35.44% (n = 56) | |
| Patient care or support | 29.75% (n = 47) | |
| Documentation (reports, analyses, contact tracing) | 27.85% (n = 44) | |
| Taking patients' medical history on the phone | 19.62% (n = 31) | |
| Informational and educational activities | 16.45% (n = 26) | |
| Supporting healthcare workers with everyday tasks or helping to provide them with personal protective equipment | 10.13% (n = 16) | |
| Helping at laboratories | 8.86% (n = 14) | |
| Operating diagnostic equipment | 3.80% (n = 6) |