Table.
Demographic characteristics of study participants
|
Hospital workers |
General population |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jimma Medical Center (n=510) | St Paul's Hospital (n=487) | Jimma urban (n=297) | Jimma rural (n=238) | Yeka subcity (n=224) | Addis Ketema subcity (n=218) | ||
| Age | 26 (24–29) | 28 (25–31) | 31 (25–45) | 30 (25–39) | 33 (28–40) | 38 (30–50) | |
| Sex | |||||||
| Men | 239 (46·9%) | 233 (47·8%) | 117 (39·4%) | 158 (66·4%) | 58 (25·9%) | 42 (19·3%) | |
| Women | 271 (53·1%) | 254 (52·2%) | 180 (60·6%) | 80 (33·6%) | 162 (72·3%) | 173 (79·4%) | |
| Missing | 0 | 3 (0·6%) | 0 | 0 | 4 (1·8%) | 3 (1·4%) | |
| Education | |||||||
| No formal education | 0 | 0 | 18 (6·1%) | 49 (20·6%) | 32 (14·3%) | 31 (14·2%) | |
| Primary school | 15 (2·9%) | 44 (9·0%) | 70 (23·6%) | 50 (21·0%) | 66 (29·5%) | 113 (51·8%) | |
| High school | 134 (26·3%) | 93 (19·1%) | 85 (28·6%) | 126 (52·9%) | 58 (25·9%) | 39 (17·9%) | |
| College graduate | 361 (70·8%) | 350 (71·9%) | 124 (41·8%) | 13 (5·5%) | 62 (27·7%) | 26 (11·9%) | |
| Missing | .. | .. | 0 | 0 | 6 (2·7%) | 9 (4·1%) | |
| Profession | |||||||
| Medical doctor | 230 (45·1%) | 199 (40·9%) | NA | NA | NA | NA | |
| Nurse or midwife | 164 (32·2%) | 112 (23·0%) | NA | NA | NA | NA | |
| Other health professionals | 38 (7·5%) | 62 (12·7%) | NA | NA | NA | NA | |
| Non-clinical staff | 78 (15·3%) | 113 (23·2%) | NA | NA | NA | NA | |
| Missing | 0 | 1 (0·2%) | NA | NA | NA | NA | |
| Routine PPE or mask use | |||||||
| PPE at work | 507 (99·4%) | ..* | NA | NA | NA | NA | |
| Mask use in public | 479 (93·9%) | ..* | 244 (82·2%) | 137 (57·6%) | 178 (79·5%) | 183 (83·9%) | |
| Missing | 0 | NA | NA | NA | 5 (2·2%) | 10 (4·6%) | |
Data are median (IQR) or n (%). NA=not applicable. PPE=personal protective equipment.
*
Such data were not collected at baseline for hospital workers at St Paul's Hospital.