Table 2.
Characteristics of COVID-19 negative and positive health care workers.
| Negative (n = 2944) |
Positive (n = 230) |
p value |
|||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| n | % | n | % | ||
| Sex | 0.890 | ||||
| Male | 1279 | 92.7 | 101 | 7.3 | |
| Female | 1665 | 92.8 | 129 | 7.2 | |
| Age group | 0.001 | ||||
| <30 | 662 | 89.6 | 77 | 10.4 | |
| 30–39 | 745 | 90.7 | 76 | 9.3 | |
| 40–49 | 699 | 93.7 | 47 | 6.3 | |
| ≥50 | 501 | 94.7 | 28 | 5.3 | |
| Education status | 0.001 | ||||
| Below high school | 320 | 92.8 | 25 | 7.2 | |
| High school | 490 | 88.0 | 67 | 12.0 | |
| Graduate | 918 | 90.9 | 92 | 9.1 | |
| Post graduate / Doctorate | 806 | 94.7 | 45 | 5.3 | |
| Position | 0.001 | ||||
| Medical doctor | 670 | 94.4 | 40 | 5.6 | |
| Nurse | 655 | 90.2 | 71 | 9.8 | |
| Administrative / Technical personnel | 806 | 90.1 | 89 | 9.9 | |
| Other health care workers | 473 | 94.0 | 30 | 6.0 | |
| Department | 0.048 | ||||
| Basic medical sciences | 119 | 96.7 | 4 | 3.3 | |
| Internal medical sciences | 933 | 92.0 | 81 | 8.0 | |
| Surgical medical sciences | 864 | 92.5 | 70 | 7.5 | |
| Administrative / Technical department | 676 | 90.0 | 75 | 10.0 | |