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. 2021 Dec 23;112(6):486–495. doi: 10.23749/mdl.v112i6.12525

Table 1.

Characteristics of the population by professions

Doctors N=297 Psychologists N =178 Nurses N =126 Midwives N =66 Technicians N =148 Physiotherapists N=118 Pharmacists N=5 Others N=25
*Gender (F), n (%) 182 (61) 160 (90) 28 (74) 97(77) 65 (98) 98 (66) 71 (60) 4 (80) 21 (84)
*Age (M ±DS) 50 (13) 41 (12) 43 (12) 42 (11) 38 (10) 41 (12) 41 (11) 49 (5) 43 (10)
*Education, n (%)
  • - High school diploma

.. .. 1 (3) 23 (18) 1 (2) 11 (7) 10 (8) .. 7 (28)
  • - Graduate/post graduate

297 (100) 178 (100) 37 (97) 103 (82) 65 (98) 137 (93) 108 (92) 5 (100) 18 (72)
*Family members (>3), n (%) 216 (73) 99 (56) 25 (66) 87 (69) 46 (70) 92 (62) 71 (60) 3 (60) 14 (56)
*Years of work (M ±DS) 21 (14) 12 (11) 17 (12) 17 (11) 13 (11) 16 (13) 16 (11) 21 (8) 15 (12)
*Smoker, n (%) 56 (19) 49 (27) 12 (32) 39 (31) 21 (32) 29 (20) 26 (22) 0(0) 5 (20)
*Smoker in the workplace, n (%) 36 (64) 25 (51) 7 (58) 30 (77) 12(57) 16 (55) 14 (54) 0 (0) 2 (40)
*Biological risk at work, n (%) 246 (83) 58 (33) 37 (97) 116 (92) 65 (98) 114 (77) 92 (78) 3(3) 15 (3)
*Fear of COVID-19 infection, n (%) 208 (70) 88 (49) 32 (84) 106 (84) 51 (77) 108 (73) 80 (68) 4 (80) 15 (60)
*Fear of infecting family, n (%) 247 (83) 122 (68) 33 (86) 105 (83) 57 (86) 131 (88) 93 (79) 5 (100) 24 (96)
*Work protective equipment, n (%) 150 (50) 79 (44) 19(50) 94(75) 47(71) 100 (68) 65 (55) 5 (100) 12 (48)
*Discomfort using PPE, n (%)
  • To communicate

193 (65)
46 (15)
103 (58)
35 (20)
26 (68)
10 (26)
99 (79)
30 (24)
54 (82)
20 (30)
102 (69)
48 (32)
62 (52)
24 (20)
5 (100)
3 (60)
14 (56)
5 (20)
*Remoteworking, n (%) 47 (16) 131 (74) 1 (2,6) 9 (7) 6 (9) 36 (24) 18 (15) 0 (0) 13 (52)
Information/training, n (%) 285 (96) 168 (94) 37 (97) 119 (94) 65 (98) 140 (95) 112 (95) 5 (100) 24 (96)
  • - Media

241 (81) 161 (90) 34 (89) 90 (71) 54 (82) 128 (86) 101 (86) 5 (100) 22 (88)
  • - Chief/head/employer

99 (33) 42 (24) 5 (13) 81 (64) 40 (61) 60 (40) 40 (34) 2 (40) 7 (28)
  • - advice from Ministry of Health, n (%)

294 (99) 177 (99) 37 (97) 124 (98) 66 (100) 145 (98) 117 (99) 5 (100) 25 (100)
Job /task changes, n(%) 39 (13) 27 (15) 2(5) 15(12) 3(4) 16 (11) 12 (10) 1(20) 0 (0)
*Economic loss, n (%) 132 (44) 127 (71) 37 (97) 26 (21) 13 (20) 48 (32) 84 (71) 2 (40) 10 (40)
*Involved in emergency management, n (%) 220 (74) 117(66) 5 (13) 108 (86) 46 (68) 86 (58) 20 (17) 3 (60) 11 (44)
* COVID-19 infection at work, n (%) 70 (23) 16 (8) 4 (10) 56 (44) 19 (28) 44 (30) 25 (21) 0 (0) 2 (8)

*p<0.05