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. 2021 Feb 24;11(2):e044945. doi: 10.1136/bmjopen-2020-044945

Table 1.

Baseline characteristics of healthcare workers (n (%))

Characteristics Total n (%) COVID-19 frontline Non-COVID-19 front line
Overall 643 (100) 377 (58.63) 266 (41.37)
Sex
 Women 472 (73.41) 290 (76.92) 182 (68.42)
 Men 171 (26.59) 87 (23.08) 84 (31.58)
Age (years)
 20–30 115 (17.88) 81 (21.49) 34 (12.78)
 31–40 163 (25.35) 98 (25.99) 65 (24.44)
 41–50 151 (23.48) 87 (23.08) 64 (24.06)
 51–60 160 (24.88) 84 (22.28) 76 (28.57)
 61–70 53 (8.24) 27 (7.16) 26 (9.77)
 >70 1 (0.16) 0 (0.00) 1 (0.38)
Marriage status
 Married 491 (76.36) 284 (75.33) 207 (77.82)
 Unmarried 152 (23.64) 93 (24.67) 59 (22.18)
Occupation
 Physician 408 (63.45) 214 (56.76) 194 (72.93)
 Nurse 172 (26.75) 121 (32.10) 51 (19.17)
 Other 63 (9.80) 42 (11.14) 21 (7.89)
Specialty
 Unspecified 27 (4.20) 22 (5.84) 5 (1.88)
 EMS (out-of-hospital EMS care) 128 (19.91) 101 (26.79) 27 (10.15)
 Medical 406 (63.14) 213 (56.50) 193 (72.56)
 Surgical 82 (12.75) 41 (10.88) 41 (15.41)
Type of hospital (no of beds)
 Primary care 123 (19.13) 90 (23.87) 33 (12.41)
 <300 106 (16.49) 68 (18.04) 38 (14.29)
 300–600 154 (23.95) 77 (20.42) 77 (28.95)
 >600 260 (40.44) 142 (37.67) 118 (44.36)
Years of experience
 ≤5 119 (18.51) 82 (21.75) 37 (13.91)
 6–10 82 (12.75) 52 (13.79) 30 (11.28)
 11–15 83 (12.91) 41 (10.88) 42 (15.79)
 >15 359 (55.83) 202 (53.58) 157 (59.02)
Average weekly working hours
 <10 7 (1.09) 5 (1.33) 2 (0.75)
 11–20 23 (3.58) 13 (3.45) 10 (3.76)
 21–40 236 (36.70) 110 (29.18) 126 (47.37)
 41–60 290 (45.10) 185 (49.07) 105 (39.47)
 61–80 62 (9.64) 44 (11.67) 18 (6.77)
 >80 25 (3.89) 20 (5.31) 5 (1.88)
Weekends worked during pandemic
 Never 138 (21.46) 28 (7.43) 110 (41.35)
 Every 2 weeks 260 (40.44) 151 (40.05) 109 (40.98)
 Every week (1 day) 177 (27.53) 141 (37.40) 36 (13.53)
 Every week (2 days) 68 (10.58) 57 (15.12) 11 (4.14)