Table 2A.
Attitude of healthcare workers towards COVID-19 (n (%))
| Characteristics | Total n (%) | COVID-19 frontline | Non- COVID-19 frontline | P value | Age (yrs) | P value | Sex | P value | ||||
| 20–30 | 31–40 | 41–50 | 51–60 | Women | Men | |||||||
| I feel more burn-out now than compared with before COVID-19 crisis | ||||||||||||
| Agree/strongly agree | 370 (57.55) | 232 (61.54) | 138 (51.88) | 75 (65.22) | 98 (60.12) | 82 (54.30) | 88 (55.00) | 287 (60.81) | 83 (48.54) | |||
| Neither agree or disagree | 120 (18.66) | 77 (20.42) | 43 (16.17) | <0.001 | 23 (20.00) | 35 (21.47) | 28 (18.54) | 22 (13.75) | 0.026 | 84 (17.80) | 36 (21.05) | 0.016 |
| Disagree/strongly disagree | 153 (23.79) | 68 (18.04) | 85 (31.95) | 17 (14.78) | 30 (18.40) | 41 (27.15) | 50 (31.25) | 101 (21.40) | 52 (30.41) | |||
| I am worried about being infected | ||||||||||||
| Agree/strongly agree | 384 (59.72) | 218 (57.82) | 166 (62.41) | 62 (53.91) | 98 (60.12) | 91 (60.26) | 94 (58.75) | 292 (61.87) | 92 (53.80) | |||
| Neither agree or disagree | 126 (19.60) | 81 (21.49) | 45 (16.92) | 0.33 | 25 (21.74) | 25 (15.34) | 37 (24.50) | 33 (20.63) | 0.244 | 95 (20.13) | 31 (18.13) | 0.021 |
| Disagree/strongly disagree | 133 (20.69) | 78 (20.69) | 55 (20.67) | 28 (24.35) | 40 (24.54) | 23 (15.23) | 33 (20.63) | 85 (18.01) | 48 (28.07) | |||
| I am worried about infecting my family | ||||||||||||
| Agree/strongly agree | 538 (83.67) | 318 (84.35) | 220 (82.70) | 100 (86.96) | 142 (87.12) | 128 (84.77) | 124 (77.50) | 403 (85.38) | 135 (78.95) | |||
| Neither agree or disagree | 51 (7.93) | 28 (7.43) | 23 (8.65) | 0.82 | 8 (6.96) | 7 (4.29) | 13 (8.61) | 19 (11.88) | 0.419 | 34 (7.20) | 17 (9.94) | 0.146 |
| Disagree/strongly disagree | 54 (17.07) | 31 (8.22) | 23 (8.65) | 7 (6.09) | 14 (8.59) | 10 (6.62) | 17 (10.63) | 35 (7.42) | 19 (11.11) | |||
| I am worried this pandemic goes on for too long | ||||||||||||
| Agree/strongly agree | 573 (89.11) | 334 (88.60) | 239 (89.85) | 104 (90.43) | 149 (91.41) | 131 (86.75) | 143 (89.38) | 427 (90.47) | 146 (85.38) | |||
| Neither agree or disagree | 42 (6.53) | 22 (5.84) | 20 (7.52) | 0.15 | 6 (5.22) | 7 (4.29) | 15 (9.93) | 7 (4.38) | 0.294 | 28 (5.93) | 14 (8.19) | 0.161 |
| Disagree/strongly disagree | 28 (4.36) | 21 (5.57) | 7 (2.63) | 5 (4.35) | 7 (4.29) | 5 (3.31) | 10 (6.25) | 17 (3.60) | 11 (6.43) | |||
| I am worried about my patient’s outcome | ||||||||||||
| Agree/strongly agree | 546 (84.91) | 323 (85.68) | 223 (83.84) | 96 (83.48) | 138 (84.66) | 125 (82.78) | 141 (84.91) | 404 (85.59) | 142 (83.04) | |||
| Neither agree or disagree | 77 (11.98) | 43 (11.41) | 34 (12.78) | 0.81 | 18 (15.65) | 18 (11.04) | 22 (14.57) | 5 (9.43) | 0.607 | 54 (11.44) | 23 (13.45) | 0.727 |
| Disagree/strongly disagree | 20 (3.11) | 11 (2.92) | 9 (3.38) | 1 (0.87) | 7 (4.29) | 4 (2.65) | 3 (5.66) | 14 (2.97) | 6 (3.51) | |||
| I am worried for my performance and quality of care provided | ||||||||||||
| Agree/strongly agree | 471 (73.25) | 288 (76.39) | 183 (68.80) | 91 (79.13) | 124 (76.07) | 115 (76.16) | 109 (68.13) | 358 (75.84) | 113 (66.08) | |||
| Neither agree or disagree | 84 (13.06) | 44 (11.67) | 40 (15.04) | 0.09 | 11 (9.57) | 18 (11.04) | 21 (13.91) | 24 (15.00) | 0.207 | 60 (12.71) | 24 (14.04) | 0.015 |
| Disagree/strongly disagree | 88 (13.68) | 45 (11.94) | 43 (16.17) | 13 (11.30) | 21 (12.88) | 15 (9.93) | 27 (16.88) | 54 (11.44) | 34 (19.88) | |||