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. 2021 Sep 3;16(9):e0257109. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0257109

Table 2. Health status and COVID-19 experience of health the professionals working at hospitals of southwestern Ethiopia, 2021 (n = 405).

Variables Category Frequency Percentage
Previously diagnosed with chronic diseases Yes 120 29.6
No 285 70.4
Do you have any of the following diseases? (Type 2 diabetes mellitus, Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD), Cancer, Kidney Failure, Heart diseases, Sickle Cell Anemia) Yes 78 19.3
No 327 80.7
Do you have any of the following diseases? (Type 1 diabetes mellitus, Hypertension, Bone marrow transplant, Cerebrovascular diseases or stroke, Cystic Fibrosis, Asthma, Taking steroids or immunosuppressant drugs, Hepatic diseases, Thalassemia, Lung fibrosis) Yes 52 12.8
No 353 87.2
Perceived risk to COVID-19 infection High 337 83.2
Medium 34 8.4
Low 34 8.4
Personal history of COVID-19 infection Yes 9 2.2
No 396 97.8
Know any friends, neighbors, or colleagues infected by Coronavirus Yes 196 48.4
No 209 51.6