Table 4.
Health care professionals’ perception about COVID–19-related risks and deaths during professional duty, stratified by demographic variables.
| VARIABLES | Categories | Low Risk N = 79 (17.10%) | High Risk N = 383 (82.90%) | Total N = 462 (100%) | P-Value |
| Cadre | Doctor | 40 (50.63) | 276 (72.06) | 316 (68.40) | <0.001 |
| Nurse | 17 (21.52) | 65 (16.97) | 82 (17.75) | ||
| Paramedics | 22 (27.85) | 42 (10.97) | 64 (13.85) | ||
| Location | Khyber Pakhtunkhwa | 66 (83.54) | 283 (73.89) | 349 (75.54) | 0.323 |
| Punjab | 8 (10.13) | 71 (18.54) | 79 (17.10) | ||
| Baluchistan | 2 (2.53) | 9 (2.35) | 11 (2.38) | ||
| Azad Jammu & Kashmir | 0 (.00) | 9 (2.35) | 9 (1.95) | ||
| Sindh | 1 (1.27) | 6 (1.57) | 7 (1.52) | ||
| Federal | 1 (1.27) | 4 (1.04) | 5 (1.08) | ||
| Gilgit Baltistan | 1 (1.27) | 1 (.26) | 2 (.43) | ||
| Gender | Male | 66 (83.54) | 286 (74.67) | 352 (76.19) | 0.092 |
| Female | 13 (16.46) | 97 (25.33) | 110 (23.81) | ||
| Age | 20–35 | 55 (69.62) | 261 (68.15) | 316 (68.40) | 0.821 |
| 36–51 | 20 (25.32) | 107 (27.94) | 127 (27.49) | ||
| 52–67 | 4 (5.06) | 15 (3.92) | 19 (4.11) | ||
| Work experience in years | 0–5 Years | 40 (50.63) | 176 (45.95) | 216 (46.75) | 0.322 |
| 6–10 Years | 26 (32.91) | 114 (29.77) | 140 (30.30) | ||
| Above 10 Years | 13 (16.46) | 93 (24.28) | 106 (22.94) | ||
| Health care level | COVID-19 Facility/Hospitals/Quarantine center | 2 (2.53) | 17 (4.44) | 19 (4.11) | 0.026 |
| Emergency operation Center (National, Provincials and Districts) | 2 (2.53) | 18 (4.70) | 20 (4.33) | ||
| Primary health care facility | 18 (22.78) | 55 (14.36) | 73 (15.80) | ||
| Secondary health care facility | 15 (18.99) | 79 (20.63) | 94 (20.35) | ||
| Tertiary health care facility | 25 (31.65) | 172 (44.91) | 197 (42.64) | ||
| Other | 17 (21.52) | 42 (10.97) | 59 (12.77) | ||
| Existing chronic disease such as cardiovascular disease, diabetes, chronic respiratory tract disease, allergies etc. | No | 67 (84.81) | 340 (88.77) | 407 (88.10) | 0.322 |
| Yes | 12 (15.19) | 43 (11.23) | 55 (11.90) | ||
| Tested positive for COVID-19 | No | 63 (79.75) | 244 (63.71) | 307 (66.45) | 0.006 |
| Yes | 16 (20.25) | 139 (36.29) | 155 (33.55) |