Table 4.
SARS-CoV-2 antibody prevalence for nursing home and home healthcare specific characteristics
| Total N | No presence of antibodies | Presence of antibodies | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Home healthcare | 131 | 126 | 5 (3.8%) |
| Nursing homes | 296 | 252 | 44 (14.9%) |
| Job function | |||
| Nurse, care | 247 | 211 | 36 (14.6%) |
| Housekeeping, kitchen and technical services | 86 | 79 | 7 (8.1%) |
| Administration | 40 | 39 | 1 (2.5%) |
| Other | 24 | 23 | 1 (4.2%) |
| Work status | |||
| Part-time (< 80%) | 143 | 131 | 12 (8.4%) |
| Full-time (80–100%) | 282 | 246 | 36 (12.8%) |
| Direct contact with residents/clients at work | |||
| To a great extent or always | 76 | 69 | 7 (9.2%) |
| Occasionally | 297 | 260 | 37 (12.5%) |
| None or next to none | 25 | 24 | 1 (4%) |
| Unprotected close contact to residents/clients during pandemic | |||
| Yes, any | 201 | 179 | 22 (10.9%) |
| No, none | 191 | 169 | 22 (11.5%) |
| Care of SARS-CoV-2 positive residents/clients | |||
| Yes, currently | 8 | 6 | 2 (25.0%) |
| Yes, in the past | 97 | 80 | 17 (17.5%) |
| No or don’t know | 288 | 264 | 24 (8.3%) |
| Self-assessed knowledge (1 = not at all; 10 = fully agree), mean (sd) | |||
| Knowing the transmission routes of SARS-CoV-2 | 9.0 (13.3) | 9.0 (13.2) | 9.0 (14.1) |
| Knowing how to use protective materials for work | 9.5 (7.7) | 9.5 (7.5) | 9.6 (8.7) |
| Knowing how to recognize Covid-19 symptoms and suspicious cases | 9.0 (13.4) | 9.0 (13.8) | 9.2 (10.0) |
| Knowing the steps to take if a resident/client has Covid-19 | 9.1 (14.5) | 9.1 (14.8) | 9.3 (12.5) |
| 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 | 7.8 (19.2) | 7.8 (19.4) | 7.9 (17.6) |
| Confidence to protect residents/clients from SARS-CoV-2 infection | 7.6 (21.0) | 7.7 (20.4) | 7.2 (25.4) |
| Likelihood of contracting the coronavirus at work | 4.4 (27.0) | 4.3 (26.8) | 4.6 (28.6) |
| Likelihood of infecting a resident with the coronavirus | 5.4 (25.5) | 5.4 (25.5) | 5.4 (26.5) |
| Extent of seriousness of infection with the coronavirus personally | 4.5 (26.8) | 4.5 (26.8) | 4.7 (26.8) |
| Burden of protective measures at work for oneself | 5.7 (30.3) | 5.8 (29.6) | 5.3 (33.6) |
| Concern of persons in private environment that you work in the health sector | 4.9 (31.5) | 4.9 (31.1) | 4.7 (34.5) |
All values are shown as n or n (%) unless otherwise noted
sd standard deviation; SARS-CoV-2 severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 infection
aPrevalence estimates for population sample were calculated using a Bayesian logistic regression model and weighted for age, sex and sensitivity/specificity of the
antibody test