Table 1.
Respondent’s characteristics and COVID-19 experience
| Results (N = 313) |
|
|---|---|
| Age, yr, median (IQR) | 42 (33–48) |
| Sex, F, n (%) | 207 (66.1) |
| Profession of HCPs, n (%) | |
| Nurse | 179 (57.2) |
| General nurse | 143 (79.9) |
| Paramedic | 11 (6.1) |
| Children’s nurse | 6 (3.4) |
| Practical nurse | 5 (2.8) |
| Student | 3 (1.7) |
| Midwife | 3 (1.7) |
| Physician | 134 (42.8) |
| Position | |
| Consultant | 52 (38.8) |
| Senior Consultant | 32 (23.9) |
| Head of the ICU | 28 (20.9) |
| Resident | 14 (10.4) |
| Head of the clinic | 3 (2.2) |
| Qualification* | |
| Anaesthesia and intensive care medicine | 92 (68.7) |
| Intensive care medicine | 27 (20.1) |
| Internal medicine | 18 (13.4) |
| Palliative care | 14 (10.4) |
| Surgery | 12 (9.0) |
| Infectious disease | 8 (6.0) |
| Other | 7 (5.2) |
| ICU experience, yr, median (IQR) | 12 (3–20) |
| COVID-19 ICU, n (%) | |
| Established ICU | 191 (61.0) |
| New COVID-19 ICU | 100 (31.9) |
| Type of ICU before COVID-19, n (%) | |
| ICU in anaesthesia and intensive care medicine dpt | 180 (57.5) |
| Patients/HCPs, ratio | 3.15 |
| Patients/Nurses, ratio | 2.46 |
| Patients/Physicians, ratio | 4.08 |
| Type of hospital, n (%) | |
| University (tertiary) hospital | 145 (46.3) |
| Secondary hospital | 104 (33.2) |
| Primary hospital | 48 (15.3) |
| Comfort care experience before COVID-19, Yes, n (%) | 264 (84.3) |
| Local protocol available, Yes, n (%) | 97 (31.0) |
| Palliative consult available, Yes, n (%) | 128 (40.9) |
| Advanced directives experience, Yes, n (%) | 123 (39.3) |
| Advanced directives respected, Yes | 97 (78.9) |
COVID-19 Coronavirus disease, IQR interquartile range, ICU intensive care unit, HCPs health care providers
*More than one answer possible