Table 1.
Characteristics of the reassigned respondents (study sample A), all survey respondents (B), and eligible health care workers (HCWs) (C).
| Characteristics | A n (%) |
B n (%) |
C n (%) |
|---|---|---|---|
| Count. | 436 | 2811 | 8645 |
| Gender | |||
| Women | 327 (76.6) | 2129 (78.1) | 6510 (75.3) |
| Men | 100 (3.4) | 598 (21.9) | 2135 (24.7) |
| Age | |||
| <30 years | 95 (22.1) | 507 (18.5) | 1729 (20.0) |
| 30–39 years | 119 (27.7) | 739 (27.0) | 2282 (26.4) |
| 40–49 years | 125 (29.1) | 687 (25.0) | 2058 (23.8) |
| ≥50 years | 91 (21.2) | 807 (29.5) | 2576 (29.8) |
| Length of professional experience | |||
| <3 years | 96 (22.3) | 659 (24.1) | 3130 (36.2) |
| 3–5 years | 97 (22.5) | 554 (20.2) | 1565 (18.1) |
| 6–10 years | 80 (18.6) | 557 (20.4) | 1279 (14.8) |
| >10 years | 158 (36.7) | 967 (35.3) | 2671 (30.9) |
| Professional group | |||
| Administration (patients’ reception staff) and logistics | 34 (7.9) | 702 (24.9) | 2447 (28.3) |
| Physicians | 36 (8.4) | 191 (6.9) | 1020 (11.8) |
| Nurses and nurse assistants | 273 (63.9) | 1323 (47.1) | 3882 (44.9) |
| Other HCWs (e.g., psychologists, physiotherapists, radiologists, pharmacists) | 81 (19.0) | 463 (16.4) | 752 (8.7) |
| Other (e.g., students) | 12 (2.8) | 132 (4.7) | 545 (6.3) |
| Reassignments | |||
| No reassignment | NA | 1960 (70.6) | -- |
| Reassignment in a facility not dedicated to COVID-19 patient care 1 | NA | 382 (13.7) | -- |
| Reassignment to COVID-19 patient care facilities | NA | 436 (15.7) | -- |
| Having had symptoms compatible with COVID-19 | |||
| Yes and confirmed by a positive test | 16 (3.7) | 113 (4.1) | -- |
| Yes but not confirmed by a test | 59 (13.5) | 258 (9.3) | -- |
| Yes but the test was negative | 56 (12.8) | 284 (10.2) | |
| No or don’t know | 305 (70.0) | 2122 (76.4) | -- |
Note: 1 For example, HCWs who were reassigned because they were personally at risk for COVID-19; -- = data not available from eligible professionals.