Table 1.
Characteristics of study participants (n = 1893).
| Characteristic | |
|---|---|
| Age, mean (std) | 44 (10.7) |
| Female, n (%) | 1459 (77.1) |
| Professional category, n (%) | |
| Physicians | 411 (21.7) |
| Nurses a | 818 (43.2) |
| Support staff | 272 (14.3) |
| Lab technician/Other technicians | 24 (1.3) |
| Psychologist. healthcare assistant | 20 (1.1) |
| Other health personnel b | 216 (11.4) |
| Pharmacists. employees | 132 (7) |
| Working in a COVID-19 unit/ER, n (%) | 1008 (53.2) |
| Comorbidities c, n (%) | 613 (32.4) |
| Pregnancy, n (%) | 22 (1.2) |
| Underlying immunosuppression, n (%) | 45 (2.4) |
| Close contact with confirmed COVID-19 case, n (%) | 1098 (58) |
| Close contact with suspected COVID-19 case, n (%) | 736 (38.9) |
| Reporting COVID-19 compatible symptoms, n (%) | 922 (48.7) |
| Previously diagnosed with positive SARS-CoV-2 rt-PCR, n (%) | 290 (22.4) d |
| Hospitalization among symptomatic subject, n (%) | 24/922 (2.6) |
| Medical ward | 20/922 (2.2) |
| ICU | 4/922 (0.4) |
| Radiologic evidence of viral pneumonia, n (%) | 48/112 e (42.9) |
| Oxygen therapy, n (%) | 28/922 (3) |
a included obstetricians. scrub nurse. b included speech and physical therapist. biologists and microbiologists. c comorbidities include: obesity, cancer, diabetes, heart and liver disease, hypertension, chronic respiratory and renal disease, neurologic impairment, hematologic diseases, and other autoimmune/immunological disorders. d 290 out of 1294 test performed. e confirmed pneumonia among X-ray or CT scan performed.