Table 3.
Discrimination intent and stigma (impact and internalized shame scales) among the studied health care providers, Egypt (2020)
| Scale | Strongly disagree | Disagree | Neither agree nor disagree | Agree | Strongly agree |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Discrimination intent scale | |||||
| Willing to work with COVID-19 patients | 88 (15.6) | 120 (21.2) | 85 (15.0) | 260(46.0) | 12 (2.1) |
| Willing to provide same care as other patients | 75 (13.3) | 114 (20.2) | 83 (14.7) | 279 (49.4) | 14 (2.5) |
| Willing to do physical exam of COVID-19 patient as other patients | 85 (15.0) | 126 (22.3) | 73 (12.9) | 271 (48.0) | 10 (1.8) |
| Willing to interact same as other patients | 91 (16.1) | 113 (20.0) | 78 (13.8) | 269 (47.6) | 14 (2.5) |
| Mean ± SD (range) | 12.04 ± 4.42 (4.00-20.00) | ||||
| The perceived stigma using impact scale: Since announcement of COVID-19 cases in Egypt | |||||
| Suffering discrimination or stigma outside work due to working in COVID-19-related field. | 69 (12.2) | 186 (32.9) | 80 (14.2) | 207 (36.6) | 23 (4.1) |
| Friends decreased their contact with you since you started working with COVID-19 patients or its related field. | 105 (18.6) | 214 (37.9) | 87 (15.4) | 144 (25.5) | 15 (2.7) |
| People move away from you at social functions when hearing that you work with COVID-19 patients or its related field. | 54 (9.6) | 164 (29.0) | 94 (16.6) | 228 (40.4) | 25 (4.4) |
| Unhappiness of family due to working with COVID-19 patients or its related field. | 54 (9.6) | 124 (21.9) | 80 (14.2) | 262 (46.4) | 45 (8.0) |
| Suffering discrimination or stigma from other staff at the hospital due to the work with COVID-19 patients or its related field. | 134 (23.7) | 256 (45.3) | 81 (14.3) | 86 (15.2) | 8 (1.4) |
| Mean ± SD (range) | 13.90 ± 4.18 (5.00–20.00) | ||||
| Internalized shame scale | |||||
| If you worked with COVID-19 patients, you would feel embarrassed to tell other people about it. | 161 (28.5) | 226 (40.0) | 61 (10.8) | 104 (18.4) | 13 (2.3) |
| If you worked with COVID-19 patients, you would wish that you could change your job so that you would never have to deal with COVID-19 patients. | 136 (24.1) | 226 (40.0) | 81 (14.3) | 103 (18.2) | 19 (3.4) |
| Mean ± SD (range) | 4.62 ± 1.97 (2.00–10.00) | ||||
COVID-19 coronavirus disease-2019, SD standard deviation