Table 1.

Demographic and occupational characteristics by country

	China		UK		US		Other		Total
	N	%	N	%	N	%	N	%	N	%
Overall	1213	100.0	891	100.0	252	100.0	171	100.0	2527	100.0
Gender
Male	171	14.1	242	27.2	43	17.1	50	29.2	506	20.0
Female	1042	85.9	649	72.8	209	82.9	121	70.8	2021	80.0
Age
18–25	188	15.5	72	8.1	7	2.8	8	4.7	275	10.9
26–33	525	43.3	307	34.5	43	17.1	41	24	916	36.2
34–40	226	18.6	202	22.7	62	24.6	37	21.6	527	20.9
41–48	179	14.8	175	19.6	67	26.6	43	25.1	464	18.4
49+	95	7.8	135	15.2	73	29.0	42	24.6	345	13.7
Living arrangements
Lives with others	1120	92.3	756	84.8	201	79.8	147	86.0	2224	88.0
Lives alone	93	7.7	135	15.2	51	20.2	24	14.0	303	12.0
Role
Doctors	165	13.6	496	55.7	114	45.2	99	57.9	874	34.6
Nurses	993	81.9	244	27.4	97	38.5	33	19.3	1367	54.1
Other	55	4.5	151	16.9	41	16.3	39	22.8	286	11.3
Involved in care of person who died of COVID-19
No	1002	82.6	401	45	117	46.4	137	80.1	1657	65.6
Yes	211	17.4	490	55	135	53.6	34	19.9	870	34.4
Redeployment
Not redeployed	623	51.4	557	62.5	169	67.1	129	75.4	1478	58.5
General medicine	51	4.2	71	8.0	15	6.0	5	2.9	142	5.6
Emergency medicine	49	4	29	3.3	6	2.4	7	4.1	91	3.6
Intensive Care Unit	59	4.9	168	18.9	45	17.9	15	8.8	287	11.4
Other	431	35.5	66	7.4	17	6.7	15	8.8	529	20.9
Redeployment: training received (of those redeployed)
No training/ not satisfied	248	42.0	199	59.6	54	65.1	22	52.4	523	49.9
Satisfied with training	342	58.0	135	40.4	29	34.9	20	47.6	526	50.1
PPE: perceived risk
Low	1025	84.5	707	79.3	191	75.8	136	79.5	2059	81.5
High	188	15.5	184	20.7	61	24.2	35	20.5	468	18.5
Support in area/ specialty
Adequate	1084	89.4	732	82.2	166	65.9	120	70.2	2102	83.2
Poor	129	10.6	159	17.8	86	34.1	51	29.8	425	16.8
Mental health support
Adequate	853	70.3	476	53.4	115	45.6	63	36.8	1507	59.6
Poor	360	29.7	415	46.6	137	54.4	108	63.2	1020	40.4

‘Other’ roles include allied healthcare professionals, interns, and hospital management/administrative staff; ‘Other’ redeployment includes contingency planning and telehealth

ICU Intensive Care Unit, PPE Personal Protective Equipment