Table 4.
Baseline socio demographic profile of 250 HCPs.
| Variables | Experimental Grp N (%) |
Control Grp N (%) |
|---|---|---|
| Total | 123 (100.00%) | 127 (100.00%) |
| Age (in years) | ||
| 18–35 | 74 (60.16%) | 70 (55.12%) |
| 36–50 | 40 (32.52%) | 49 (38.58%) |
| 51–65 | 9 (7.32%) | 8 (6.30%) |
| Gender | ||
| Male | 67 (54.47%) | 65 (51.18%) |
| Female | 56 (45.53%) | 62 (48.82%) |
| Diet | ||
| Veg. | 69 (56.10%) | 52 (40.94%) |
| Mixed diet | 54 (43.90%) | 75 (59.06%) |
| Exposure | ||
| In-directly exposed | 86 (69.92%) | 87 (68.50%) |
| Admin staff | 4(3.3%) | 11 (8.7%) |
| Lab technician | 14 (11.4%) | 8 (6.3%) |
| Pharmacist | 5(4.1%) | 10 (7.9%) |
| Senior officers/CMO | 11(8.9%) | 9 (7.1%) |
| Directly exposed | 37 (30.08%) | 40 (31.50%) |
| Doctor | 17 (13.8%) | 12 (9.4%) |
| Nursing staff | 30 (24.4%) | 33 (26.0%) |
| Caretaker/housekeeping | 39 (31.7%) | 43 (33.9%) |
| Yoga instructor | 3 (2.4%) | 1 (0.8%) |
| Health status | ||
| HCPs (healthy) | 102 (83%) | 106 (84%) |
| HCPs (with co-morbidities) | 21 (17%) | 21 (16%) |
Grp: group; N: number; Veg.: vegetarian.