Table 2.

Descriptive properties of items (n = 180).

Item	Mean	Standard Deviation	Number of Items
I felt that my neighbors avoided me when we met in a building, on the street, or in a store because of my work in the hospital.	3.28	1.35
People close to me avoided me because of fear of exposing them to a possible infection.	3.23	1.43
I felt that I could not talk to close people about my work because they would not understand me.	3.24	1.55
I preferred spending free time with my colleagues because we were at the same risk of infection, so I didn’t feel afraid that I would infect them.	3.44	1.45
Factor I: Stigmatization and misunderstanding	3.30	1.14	4
I avoided intimacy with my partner because of the possibility to exposing him/her to a possible infection.	3.98	1.27
I spent less time with my family because of the possibility to exposing them to a possible infection.	3.58	1.46
I considered having physical separation from my family while working in a department with infected patients.	2.89	1.58
When we were on shift, we had problems with food delivery because the restaurant staff didn’t want to deliver food to a department with infected persons.	2.54	1.59
Factor II: Social distancing	3.49	1.23	4
I was afraid I would get a COVID-19 infection.	3.39	1.28
I was afraid I would pass the infection on to my family.	4.47	0.91
Factor III: Fear of infection	3.93	0.98	2