Table 2. COVID-19 pandemic and work-related concerns of dental healthcare professionals.
| Concerns (Agree) | Clinical N (%) |
Non-clinical N (%) |
Total N (%) |
Unadjusted OR | P-value | Adjusted ORa |
P-value |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Work-related concerns | |||||||
| My job would put me at great exposure risk | 166(90.2) | 130(95.6) | 296(92.5) | 0.12 (0.02–0.57) | 0.007 | 0.42 (0.16–1.10) | 0.07 |
| I am afraid of falling ill with Covid-19 | 166(90.2) | 106(77.9) | 272(85.0) | 2.16 (0.80–5.80) | 0.12 | 2.61 (1.38–4.91) | 0.003 |
| I should not be looking after Covid-19 patients | 128(69.6) | 68(50.0) | 196(61.3) | 3.66 (1.68–7.95) | 0.001 | 2.28 (1.44–3.62) | 0.001 |
| The risk I am exposed to is not acceptable | 116(63.0) | 68(50.0) | 184(57.5) | 1.49 (0.75–2.98) | 0.251 | 1.70 (1.08–2.67) | 0.020 |
| I accept that risk of contracting Covid-19 is part of job | 148(80.4) | 128(94.1) | 276(86.3) | 0.43 (0.15–1.24) | 0.119 | 0.25 (0.11–0.57) | 0.001 |
| Might look for another job because of risk | 40(21.7) | 10(11.0) | 50(7.4) | 3.77 (1.40–10.1) | 0.008 | 3.50 (1.68–7.28) | 0.001 |
| Acceptable if colleagues resign because of their fear | 74(40.2) | 62(45.6) | 136(42.5) | 0.68 (0.34–1.36) | 0.28 | 0.80 (0.51–1.25) | 0.33 |
| Health care employers would look after my needs if I fall ill with Covid-19 | 140(76.1) | 106(77.9) | 246(76.9) | 1.27 (0.59–2.73) | 0.532 | 0.90 (0.53–1.52) | 0.69 |
Notes.
a
Adjusted for age, gender, civil status, place of work, “Staying with”.