Table 5.

Predictors of stigma (impact scale) among the studied health care providers, Egypt (2020)

Variable	Unadjusted linear regression			Adjusted linear regression (R2 = 0.19)
	ß	95% CI	P value	ß	95% CI	P value
Age (< 30 years)	1.31	0.62–1.99	< 0.001	1.05	0.41–1.69	0.001
Gender (female)	− 0.59	− 1.34–0.16	0.12	− 0.71	− 1.40 to − 0.01	0.046
Occupation (doctors)	− 0.28	− 1.06–0.49	0.46
Years of experience (< 4 years)	1.31	0.61-–1.99	< 0.001
Primarily work in ED, ICU, or infectious diseases dep. (yes)	0.81	0.11–1.52	0.02	1.05	0.40–1.70	0.002
Experience in working during a previous pandemic (no)	− 0.45	− 1.33–0.42	0.30
Availability of institutional psychological/mental health support (no)	0.55	− 0.27–1.38	0.189
Personal perception of COVID-19 (severe disease)	0.70	− 0.18–1.58	0.12
Worry from contracting COVID-19 at work (severe worry)	1.66	0.95–2.37	< 0.001	0.79	0.11–1.47	0.024
Knowledge score	− 0.48	− 0.86 to − 0.11	0.01	− 0.29	− 0.63–0.06	0.100
Discrimination intent score	− 0.05	− 0.13–0.026	0.187
Internalized shame scale	0.78	0.61–0.94	< 0.001	0.74	0.57–0.91	< 0.001

ED emergency department, ICU intensive care unit, COVID-19 coronavirus disease-2019

Bold values: statistically significant at P value < 0.05