Table 2.
Health Care Workers’ Perspectives and Opinions on COVID-19
| Health Care Providers’ Perspectives and Opinions | No. (%) |
|---|---|
| Think that the health care system in your hospital is well equipped to deal with COVID-19 infection | 87 (26.3) |
| How often have you worried about contracting COVID-19 from a patient? | |
| Never/once in a while | 73 (21.6) |
| Quite often/all the time | 265 (78.4) |
| Has concern of acquiring COVID-19 infection as a result of patient care added to your stress level? | |
| Not at all/very little | 63 (18.9) |
| Quite a bit/a lot | 271 (81.1) |
| If you had provided care to a patient with COVID-19 infection and you were currently asymptomatic, how concerned would you be that you would put your family/friends/coworkers at risk of COVID-19 infection? | |
| Not at all concerned | 9 (2.7) |
| Somewhat concerned/very concerned | 326 (97.3) |
| How willing would you be to provide care for a patient with COVID-19 if the care required by the patient is in your field of expertise? | |
| Always/somewhat willing to treat | 268 (79.3) |
| Neutral | 40 (11.8) |
| Somewhat/very unwilling to treat | 30 (8.9) |
| Think it is ethical to refuse to provide care for COVID-19-infected patients | 37 (11.1) |
| Think it is ethical to refuse to provide care for patients with HIV/AIDS | 27 (8.0) |
| Think it is ethical to refuse to provide care for patients with influenza | 27 (8.0) |
| Agree with a mandated quarantine of asymptomatic health care workers returning from Level 3 Travel Advisory countries | 262 (79.2) |
| Agree with mandated quarantine of asymptomatic health care workers caring for COVID-19-infected patients in the United States | 214 (64.5) |
| Will help a young boy lying on the street, unconscious and blue, by performing rescue breaths during CPR without protective equipment | 117 (35.8) |
Abbreviation: COVID-19, coronavirus disease 2019.