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. 2022 Mar 31;17(3):e0266228. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0266228

Table 1. Descriptive statistics of 3071 residents from Brazil, 2020.

Contact with Covid-19
Yes
n = 1926
No
n = 1145
Total
n = 3071
n % n % n % p value
Gender >0.05
 Male 472 24.5 288 25.2 760 24.7
 Female 1454 75.5 857 74.8 2311 75.3
Ethnicity >0.05
 White 1508 78.3 878 76.7 2386 77.7
 Non-white 418 21.7 267 23.3 665 22.3
Specialty <0.01
 Clinical specialties 1326 68.8 683 59.7 2009 65.4
 Surgical specialties 534 27.7 413 36.1 947 30.8
 Diagnostic and therapeutic support 66 3.4 49 4.3 115 3.7
Hospital nature 0.01
 Public 1623 84.3 1005 87.8 2628 85.6
 Private 303 15.7 140 12.2 443 14.4
Program provided by a university 1285 66.7 816 71.3 2101 68.4 0.01
Live alone 743 38.6 415 36.2 1158 37.7 >0.05
Covid-19 clinical practice and beliefs
 The hospital is prepared to treat patients with Covid-19 887 46.1 491 42.9 1378 44.9 <0.01
 Feel prepared to treat patients of Covid-19 904 46.9 415 36.2 1319 43.0 <0.01
 Supervisors do not provide the necessary support for the treatment of Covid-19’s patients 739 38.3 474 41.3 1213 39.4 >0.05
 Avoidance of seeing patients with confirmed or suspected cases of Covid-19 558 29.0 483 42.2 1041 33.9 <0.01
 Work in a wing with high risk of contamination with Covid-19 1606 83.4 599 52.3 2205 71.8 <0.01
 Feeling of safeness during work 491 25.5 324 28.3 815 26.5 >0.05
 Personal protection equipment is not efficacious to keep me safe 1240 64.3 750 65.5 1990 64.7 >0.05
 Hospital provides personal protection equipment 672 34.9 502 43.8 1174 38.2 <0.01
 I feel I will be a better professional after the pandemic 1287 66.8 667 58.3 1954 63.6 <0.01
Covid-19 behaviors
 Read news about the pandemic all the time 1574 81.7 917 80.1 81.1 2491 >0.05
 Afraid of getting Covid-19 and transmitting it to my significant ones 1790 92.9 1050 91.7 2840 92.5 >0.05
 Felt physical reactions, such as sweating, difficulty breathing, nausea or flutter 672 34.9 321 28.0 993 32.3 <0.01
 Afraid of keeping habits of excessive disinfection after the pandemic 954 49.5 503 43.9 1457 47.4 0.01
 Personal relationships impaired since the pandemic 1494 77.6 809 70.7 2303 75.0 <0.01
Substance use after pandemic
 Increase of alcohol use 473 24.6 248 21.7 721 23.5 >0.05
 Increase of marijuana use 54 2.8 18 1.6 72 2.3 0.03
 Increase of tobacco use 85 4.4 31 2.7 116 3.8 <0.01
 Increase of stimulants (cocaine, amphetamines) use 80 4.2 42 3.7 122 4.0 >0.05
Mental Health
Depression <0.01
 absent or mild 571 29.6 421 36.8 992 32.3
 moderate 517 26.8 324 28.3 841 27.4
 severe 838 43.5 400 34.9 1238 40.3
Anxiety <0.01
 absent or mild 861 44.7 587 51.3 1448 47.2
 moderate or severe 1065 55.3 558 48.7 1623 52.8
Burnout <0.01
 absent or mild 921 47.8 658 57.5 1579 51.4
 moderate or severe 487 42.5 1005 52.2 1492 48.6