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

Table 2.

Characteristics of the population by type of employment

Contractor N=323 Health unit. employee N=323 Agreement with the local health unit N= 96 Hospital employee N=146 University training N=45 Other job contracts N=53 retired/not busy N=15
*Gender (F), n (%) 221 (68) 240 (74) 68 (71) 113 (77) 33 (73) 39 (74) 12 (80)
*Age (M ±DS) 42 (13) 45 (12) 50 (12) 43 (11) 31 (8) 41 (13) 47 (22)
*Education
  • - High school diploma

12 (4) 18 (6) 0 (0) 13 (9) 2 (4) 8 (15) 0 (0)
  • - Graduate/post graduate

311 (96) 305 (94) 96 (100) 133 (91) 43 (96) 45 (85) 15 (100)
*Years of work (M ±DS) 16 (13) 18 (12) 21 (12) 17 (10) 3 (7) 14 (12) 20 (22)
*Smoker, n (%) 82 (25) 68 (21) 22 (23) 43 (29) 10 (22) 12 (23) 0 (0)
*Smoker in the workplace, n (%) 39 (47) 50 (73) 17 (77) 24 (56) 6 (60) 6 (50) 0 (0)
*Biological risk at work, n (%) 207 (64) 262 (81) 79 (82) 131 (90) 19 (42) 39 (74) 9 (60)
*Fear of COVID-19 infection, n (%) 192 (59) 247 (76) 75 (78) 122 (84) 20 (44) 31 (58) 5 (33)
*Fear of infecting family, n (%) 240 (74) 281 (87) 79 (82) 128 (88) 33 (73) 45 (85) 11 (73)
*Work protective equipment, n (%) 136 (42) 218 (67) 42 (44) 111 (76) 17 (38) 41 (77) 6 (40)
*Discomfort using PPE, n (%)
  • To communicate

174 (54)
60 (19)
233 (72)
84 (26)
57 (59)
13 (13)
116 (79)
42 (29)
35 (78)
8 (18)
33 (62)
14 (26)
10 (67)
0 (0)
*Remote working, n (%) 140 (43) 47 (15) 30 (31) 3 (2) 21 (47) 18 (34) 2 (13)
Information/training, n (%) 308 (95) 314 (97) 90 (94) 134 (92) 43 (96) 51 (96) 15 (100)
  • - Media

294 (91) 256 (79) 76 (79) 114 (78) 36 (80) 47 (89) 13 (87)
  • - Chief/head/employer

50 (15) 183 (57) 27 (28) 85 (58) 11 (24) 19 (36) 1 (7)
  • - advice from Ministry of Health, n (%)

320 (99) 319 (99) 96 (100) 145 (99) 43 (96) 52 (98) 15 (100)
Job/task changes, n (%) 45 (14) 36 (11) 4 (4) 17 (12) 9 (20) 3 (6) 1 (7)
*Economic loss, n (%) 300 (93) 55 (17) 45 (47) 36 (25) 15 (33) 23 (43) 5 (33)
*Involved in emergency management, n (%) 124 (38) 237(73) 82 (85) 121 (83) 25 (56) 25(47) 2(13)
* COVID-19 infection at work, n (%) 34 (10) 96 (30) 20 (21) 66 (45) 6 (13) 13 (24) 1 (7)

*p<0.05