Table 1.
Sample description*
| Country | Colombia |
Mexico |
||
|---|---|---|---|---|
|
Period
|
Before
|
During
|
Before
|
During
|
| Days of data collection |
148 |
163 |
163 |
285 |
|
Providers:
| ||||
| N |
62 |
8 |
116 |
34 |
| Gender: | ||||
| Women |
74.2% (61.6-83.8) |
87.5% (31.9-99.1) |
71.6% (62.5-79.1) |
61.8% (43.8-77.0) |
| Men |
25.8% (16.2-38.4) |
12.5% (0.9-68.1) |
28.4% (20.9-37.5) |
38.2% (23.0-56.2) |
| Age:† | ||||
| 17-29 |
51.6% (39.0-64.0) |
62.5% (20.8-91.3) |
31.9% (24.0-41.0) |
14.7% (6.0-31.9) |
| 30-39 |
19.4% (11.2-31.5) |
12.5% (0.9-68.1) |
35.3% (27.1-44.6) |
41.2% (25.4-59.0) |
| 40-49 |
16.1% (8.7-27.8) |
25.0% (4.1-72.4) |
16.4% (10.6-24.4) |
14.7% (6.0-31.9) |
| 50-59 |
6.5% (2.4-16.4) |
0.0% (0.0-0.0) |
5.2% (2.3-11.2) |
11.8% (4.3-28.6) |
| 60-69 |
3.2% (0.8-12.4) |
0.0% (0.0-0.0) |
7.8% (4.0-14.4) |
2.9% (0.4-19.8) |
| 70-99 |
0.0% (0.0-0.0) |
0.0% (0.0-0.0) |
0.9% (0.1-6.0) |
2.9% (0.4-19.8) |
| Profession: | ||||
| Doctor |
51.6% (39.0-64.0) |
75.0% (27.6-95.9) |
65.5% (56.3-73.7) |
50.0% (33.0-67.0) |
| Nurse (technician) |
38.7% (27.2-51.7) |
25.0% (4.1-72.4) |
7.8% (4.0-14.4) |
2.9% (0.4-19.8) |
| Midwife/social worker |
1.6% (0.2-11.1) |
0.0% (0.0-0.0) |
0.9% (0.1-6.0) |
5.9% (1.4-22.0) |
| Psychologist |
1.6% (0.2-11.1) |
0.0% (0.0-0.0) |
7.8% (4.0-14.4) |
32.4% (18.3-50.5) |
| Other/not reported |
6.5% (2.4-16.4) |
0.0% (0.0-0.0) |
18.1% (12.0-26.3) |
8.8% (2.7-25.2) |
|
Patients:
| ||||
| N |
5787 |
4872 |
3569 |
3045 |
| Gender:‡ | ||||
| Female |
74.0% (72.8-75.1) |
78.6% (77.4-79.7) |
62.0% (60.4-63.6) |
57.4% (55.7-59.2) |
| Male |
24.6% (23.5-25.8) |
19.7% (18.6-20.8) |
37.6% (36.1-39.2) |
41.5% (39.8-43.3) |
| Other/not reported |
1.4% (1.1-1.7) |
1.7% (1.4-2.2) |
0.4% (0.2-0.6) |
1.0% (0.7-1.4) |
| Age:‡,§ | ||||
| 18-29 |
29.3% (28.2-30.5) |
29.0% (27.7-30.3) |
25.7% (24.3-27.2) |
26.7% (25.2-28.3) |
| 30-39 |
16.3% (15.4-17.3) |
14.1% (13.1-15.1) |
19.3% (18.0-20.6) |
22.5% (21.1-24.0) |
| 40-49 |
14.9% (14.0-15.8) |
12.2% (11.3-13.1) |
17.9% (16.7-19.2) |
19.1% (17.8-20.6) |
| 50-59 |
15.6% (14.6-16.5) |
17.1% (16.0-18.2) |
17.5% (16.3-18.8) |
16.5% (15.2-17.8) |
| 60-69 |
12.3% (11.4-13.1) |
18.2% (17.1-19.3) |
12.2% (11.2-13.3) |
9.5% (8.5-10.6) |
| 70-99 |
9.7% (9.0-10.5) |
8.8% (8.0-9.6) |
6.7% (5.9-7.5) |
4.9% (4.2-5.8) |
| Education:‡ | ||||
| Any education beyond high school |
6.5% (5.9-7.2) |
5.8% (5.2-6.5) |
17.3% (16.1-18.5) |
27.6% (26.0-29.2) |
| High school |
42.5% (41.2-43.8) |
51.7% (50.3-53.1) |
30.0% (28.5-31.5) |
36.4% (34.7-38.1) |
| Lower education than high school |
48.5% (47.2-49.8) |
41.1% (39.7-42.5) |
52.0% (50.4-53.6) |
34.9% (33.2-36.6) |
| Not reported | 2.5% (2.2-3.0) | 1.4% (1.1-1.8) | 0.8% (0.5-1.1) | 1.2% (0.9-1.7) |
*Note. For patient variables, group (mean) comparisons before and during the pandemic were conducted. Numbers in brackets represent 95% confidence intervals.
†n = 9 missing values.
‡Groups differed (P < 0.001) before and during the pandemic in χ2-tests in Colombia and in Mexico.
§n = 193 missing values.