Table 1.
Respondents’ sociodemographic characteristics: n (%) unless otherwise specified
| Wave 1 | Wave 2 | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Characteristic | Nurses/midwives | Allied health | Doctors | Total | Nurses/midwives | Allied health | Doctors | Total |
| Sex | n = 375¥ | n = 135 | n = 128 | n = 638 | n = 184 | n = 74 | n = 100 | n = 358 |
| Female | 345 (92) | 121 (90) | 76 (59) | 542 (85) | 169 (92) | 64 (87) | 59 (59) | 292 (82) |
| Male | 27 (7) | 12 (9) | 50 (39) | 89 (14) | 15 (8) | 10 (13) | 41 (41) | 66 (18) |
| Other/prefer not to say | 3 (1) | 2 (1) | 2 (2) | 7 (1) | 0 (0) | 0 (0) | 0 (0) | 0 (0) |
| Age | n = 370 | n = 134 | n = 128 | n = 632 | n = 184 | n = 74 | n = 97 | n = 355 |
| Range (years) | 21-70 | 22-64 | 25-70 | 21-70 | 22-71 | 24-65 | 25-70 | 22-71 |
| Median (IQR) | 40 (31-51) | 35 (28-41.25) | 39.5 (32-48.75) | 38 (30-49) | 41.5 (31-54) | 35 (28-42.25) | 38 (31-48.5) | 38 (30-50) |
| Country of birth | n = 371 | n = 135 | n = 127 | n = 633 | n = 182 | n = 74 | n = 98 | n = 355 |
| Australia | 248 (67) | 113 (84) | 69 (54) | 430 (68) | 114 (63) | 64 (87) | 65 (66) | 243 (69) |
| Other | 123 (33) | 22 (16) | 58 (46) | 203 (32) | 68 (37) | 10 (13) | 33 (34) | 112 (31) |
| Live with school-aged children | n = 372 | n = 135 | n = 127 | n = 634 | n = 182 | n = 74 | n = 100 | n = 356 |
| Yes | 119 (32) | 33 (24) | 41 (32) | 193 (30) | 56 (31) | 18 (24) | 27 (27) | 101 (28) |
| No | 253 (68) | 102 (76) | 86 (68) | 441 (70) | 126 (69) | 56 (76) | 73 (73) | 255 (72) |
| Employment status | n = 371 | n = 134 | n = 127 | n = 632 | n = 182 | n = 73 | n = 100 | n = 355 |
| Full-time | 108 (29) | 85 (63) | 77 (61) | 270 (43) | 55 (30) | 38 (52) | 64 (64) | 157 (44) |
| Part-time | 232 (63) | 49 (37) | 50 (40) | 331 (52) | 112 (62) | 35 (48) | 36 (36) | 183 (52) |
| Other (casual, bank, pool) | 31 (8) | 31 (5) | 15 (8) | 15 (4) | ||||
| Years practised | n = 367 | n = 133 | n = 125 | n = 625 | n = 184 | n = 72 | n = 99 | n = 355 |
| Range (years) | 0-50 | 0.5 – 40 | 0-47 | 0-50 | 0-47 | 1-41 | 1-48 | 0-48 |
| Mean (SD) | 16.4 (12.9) | 10.7 (8.9) | 16.1 (11.2) | 15.1 (12.0) | 18.0 (13.5) | 11.8 (8.5) | 15.2 (11.0) | 16.0 (12.2) |
| Years employed at health service | n = 370 | n = 134 | n = 128 | n = 632 | n = 184 | n = 73 | n = 98 | n = 355 |
| Range (years) | 0-45 | 0-25 | 0-28 | 0-45 | 0-39 | 0-30 | 0-31 | 0-39 |
| Median (IQR) | 6 (2-12) | 4 (2-8) | 15 (7-24.5) | 5 (2-11) | 6.5 (2-15)_ | 5 (2-9) | 4 (2-11) | 5 (2-12) |
| General health status | n = 358 | n = 134 | n = 125 | n = 617 | n = 184 | n = 74 | n = 100 | n = 358* |
| Good/very good/excellent | 310 (87) | 120 (90) | 110 (88) | 540 (88) | 147 (80) | 62 (84) | 83 (83) | 292 (82) |
| Fair/poor/very poor | 48 (13) | 14 (10) | 15 (12) | 77 (13) | 37 (20) | 12 (16) | 17 (17) | 66 (18) |
| COVID-19 contact status | n = 343 | n = 134 | n = 123 | n = 600 | n = 174*** | n = 74*** | n = 98*** | n = 346*** |
| No direct contact | 272 (79) | 122 (91) | 95 (77) | 489 (82) | 85 (49) | 50 (68) | 43 (44) | 178 (51) |
| Direct contact, negative test | 69 (20) | 12 (9) | 27 (22) | 108 (18) | 76 (44) | 21 (28) | 51 (52) | 148 (43) |
| COVID-19 diagnosis | 1 (1) | 0 (0) | 1 (1) | 3 (1) | 13 (8) | 3 (4) | 4 (4) | 20 (6) |
¥Owing to missing values, n varies for each characteristic.
*P < 0.05, **P < 0.01, ***P < 0.001, χ2 tests.
#Response options: No direct contact with people with known COVID-19 diagnosis, direct contact with people who have had COVID 19 diagnosis which resulted in self-isolation or testing (with a negative COVID 19 result), diagnosed with COVID 19.