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. 2021 Mar 31;26(3):189–197. doi: 10.1016/j.idh.2021.03.002

Table 1.

Characteristics of 1591 HCP.

Characteristic HCP
N (%)
Gender (n = 1544)
 Male 540 (35)
 Female 1004 (65)
Age group, years (n = 1591)
 ≤30 282 (17.7)
 31-40 363 (22.8)
 41-50 450 (28.3)
 >50 496 (31.2)
Profession (n = 1521)
 Physiciana 480 (31.6)
 Nursing personnel 607 (39.9)
 Paramedical personnel 171 (11.2)
 Supportive personnel 72 (4.7)
 Administrative personnel 191 (12.6)
Comorbiditiesb (n = 1591) 361 (22.7)
Family member with a comorbidity (n = 1591) 702 (44.1)
Complete vaccination against hepatitis B (n = 639) 480 (75.1)
Complete vaccination against measles (n = 294) 253 (86.1)
Vaccination against pandemic A (H1N1)c (n = 1591) 445 (28)
Influenza vaccination in 2019–2020 (n = 1591) 945 (59.4)
Intention to get influenza vaccination in 2020–2021 (n = 1583) 1084 (68.5)
Involvement in care of a COVID-19 case (n = 1591) 431 (27.1)
History of COVID-19 (n = 1591) 115 (7.2)

COVID-19: coronavirus disease 2019; n: the number of HCP who answered the specific question.

a

Of 424 physicians for whom their specialty was known: internal medicine specialists: 257; surgical specialists: 107; laboratory specialists: 35; imaging specialists: 11; no specialty: 14.

b

361 HCP had a total of 442 comorbidities: hypertension (129); obesity (71); diabetes mellitus (59); chronic pulmonary disease (50); immunosuppression (44); chronic cardiovascular disease (37); malignancy (28); chronic neurological disease (12); chronic renal disease (7); chronic hepatic disease (5).

c

In 2009–2010.