Table 1.
Work-related characteristics of respondents between clusters
| Work-related characteristics | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cluster 1 (N = 9653) | Cluster 2 (N = 4095) | P-value | |||
| PROFESSIONAL FIELD | |||||
| Cardio-Respiratory | 299 | 3.1 | 64 | 1.6 | < 0.001 |
| Geriatric | 1394 | 14.4 | 260 | 6.3 | < 0.001 |
| Neurologic | 707 | 7.3 | 604 | 14.7 | < 0.001 |
| Oncologic | 53 | 0.5 | 29 | 0.7 | 0.2678 |
| Orthopedic-Musculoskeletal | 3558 | 36.9 | 1413 | 34.5 | < 0.01 |
| Pediatric | 295 | 3.1 | 94 | 2.3 | < 0.05 |
| Urogynecologic | 39 | 0.4 | 9 | 0.2 | 0.094 |
| Mixed | 3308 | 34.3 | 1622 | 39.6 | < 0.001 |
| WORKING FACILITIES | |||||
| Residential care home | 1241 | 12.9 | 353 | 8.6 | < 0.001 |
| Private/public rehabilitation clinics | 1882 | 19.5 | 1159 | 28.3 | < 0.001 |
| More than one (e,g., residential care home + private setting) | 1222 | 12.7 | 414 | 10.1 | < 0.001 |
| Private/public hospital | 2413 | 25 | 520 | 12.7 | < 0.001 |
| Private setting | 2343 | 24.3 | 806 | 19.7 | < 0.001 |
| Home | 552 | 5.7 | 843 | 20.6 | < 0.001 |
| CURRENT EMPLOYMENT STATUS | |||||
| On Duty At The Workplace | 6827 | 70.7 | 2388 | 58.3 | < 0.001 |
| On duty (tele-work) | 288 | 3 | 171 | 4.2 | < 0.001 |
| Not on duty (on vacation, leave, parental leave, layoff, sick leave) | 951 | 9.9 | 743 | 18.1 | < 0.001 |
| Not on duty (professional activity suspended by law or suspended due to covid-19 outbreak) | 1255 | 13 | 739 | 18 | < 0.001 |
| Not on duty (diagnosis of covid-19) | 247 | 2.6 | 33 | 0.8 | < 0.001 |
| Quarantined (suspected covid-19) | 85 | 0.9 | 21 | 0.5 | < 0.05 |
| LIVING WITH SOMEONE INFECTED | |||||
| Living With Someone Infected | 598 | 6.1 | 255 | 6.0 | 0.9162 |
| Using a separate room | 299 | 49.8 | 119 | 47.2 | 0.5004 |
| REORGANIZATION AT THE WORKPLACE | |||||
| Reallocation to different unit | 719 | 10.5 | 89 | 3.7 | < 0.001 |
| Changing job task | 727 | 10.7 | 55 | 2.3 | < 0.001 |
| CONTACT WITH POSITIVE PATIENTS | |||||
| With PPE | 389 | 26.6 | 37 | 26.4 | 0.9524 |
| Without PPE | 459 | 31.5 | 32 | 22.9 | < 0.05 |
| With or without PPE | 848 | 58.1 | 69 | 49.3 | < 0.05 |
| No contact with positive patients | 611 | 41.9 | 71 | 50.7 | < 0.05 |
Data are presented as count and percentage (%)
Custer 1 = Piedmont and Aosta Valley, Liguria, Lombardy, Veneto, Friuli-Venezia-Giulia, Trentino-Alto-Adige, Emilia-Romagna, Tuscany, Marche and Umbria; Cluster 2 = Abruzzo, Lazio, Molise, Campania, Apulia, Basilicata, Calabria, Sicily and Sardinia
PPE Personal Protective Equipment