Table 2.
Nursing home and home healthcare employees specific characteristics
| Home healthcare employees (n = 131) | Nursing home employees (n = 296) | |
|---|---|---|
| Job function | ||
| Nurse, care | 92 (71.9%) | 155 (57.4%) |
| Housekeeping, kitchen and technical services | 9 (7.0%) | 78 (28.9%) |
| Administration | 16 (12.5%) | 24 (8.9%) |
| Other | 11 (8.6%) | 13 (4.8%) |
| Work status | ||
| Part-time (< 80%) | 73 (55.7%) | 70 (23.6%) |
| Full-time (80–100%) | 58 (44.3%) | 227 (76.4%) |
| Direct contact with residents/clients at work | ||
| To a great extent or always | 16 (12.5%) | 60 (22.1%) |
| Occasionally | 94 (73.4%) | 204 (75.3%) |
| None or next to none | 18 (14.1%) | 7 (2.6%) |
| Unprotected close contact to residents/clients during pandemic | ||
| Yes, any | 71 (55.5%) | 133 (49.8%) |
| No, none | 57 (44.5%) | 134 (50.2%) |
| Care of SARS-CoV-2 positive residents/clients | ||
| Yes, currently | 0 (0.0%) | 8 (3.0%) |
| Yes, in the past | 13 (10.2%) | 84 (31.3%) |
| No or don’t know | 115 (89.8%) | 176 (65.7%) |
| Self-assessed knowledge (1 = not at all; 10 = fully agree), mean (sd) | ||
| Knowing the transmission routes of SARS-CoV-2 | 9.0 (12.4) | 9.0 (13.7) |
| Knowing how to use protective materials for work | 9.5 (7.1) | 9.6 (7.9) |
| Knowing how to recognize Covid-19 symptoms and suspicious cases | 9.0 (12.9) | 9.0 (13.6) |
| Knowing the steps to take if a resident/client has Covid-19 | 9.1 (14.3) | 9.2 (14.6) |
| Assessment of confidence, risk perception, burden (1 = not at all; 10 = fully confident/likely/serious/burdensome), mean (sd) | ||
| Confidence to protect oneself at work from SARS-CoV-2 infection | 7.9 (18.2) | 7.8 (19.6) |
| Confidence to protect residents/clients from SARS-CoV-2 infection | 7.8 (18.6) | 7.5 (22.0) |
| Likelihood of contracting the coronavirus at work | 4.3 (29.0) | 4.4 (26.0) |
| Likelihood of infecting a resident with the coronavirus | 5.4 (25.6) | |
| Extent of seriousness of infection with the coronavirus personally | 4.2 (26.5) | 4.7 (26.8) |
| Burden of protective measures at work for oneself | 5.7 (30.4) | |
| Concern of persons in private environment that you work in the health sector | 5.1 (32.4) | 4.8 (31.0) |
All values are shown as n (%) unless otherwise noted
sd standard deviation; SARS-CoV-2 severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 infection