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. 2022 Aug 12;17(8):e0269740. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0269740

Table 1. Characteristic of participants.

General Medicine Preventive Medicine Nursing Total P-value
n (%) 1032 (65.2) 308 (19.5) 243 (15.4) 1583 (100.0)
Demographic factors
Gender, n(%) <0.001 a
    Female 525 (50.9) 231 (75.0) 235 (96.7) 991 (62.6)
    Male 507 (49.1) 77 (25.0) 8 (3.3) 592 (37.4)
Marital status, n(%) 0.433b
    Single 1025 (99.3) 304 (98.7) 242 (99.6) 1571 (99.2)
    Other 7 (0.7) 4 (1.3) 1 (0.4) 12 (0.8)
Having difficulty in paying for healthcare service, n(%) <0.001 a
    No 543 (52.6) 179 (58.1) 101 (41.6) 823 (52.0)
    Yes 489 (47.4) 129 (41.9) 142 (58.4) 760 (48.0)
Academic factors
Having clinical experience, n(%) <0.001 a
    No 394 (38.2) 57 (18.5) 97 (39.9) 548 (34.6)
    Yes 638 (61.8) 251 (81.5) 146 (60.1) 1035 (65.4)
Health factors
BMI classification, n(%) <0.001 a
    Underweight 168 (16.3) 75 (24.4) 79 (32.5) 322 (20.3)
    Normal 681 (66.0) 191 (62.0) 154 (63.4) 1026 (64.8)
    Overweight 163 (15.8) 38 (12.3) 8 (3.3) 209 (13.2)
    Obese 20 (1.9) 4 (1.3) 2 (0.8) 26 (1.6)
COVID-19 symptoms, n(%) <0.001 a
    Has no symptoms 864 (83.7) 242 (78.6) 171 (70.4) 1277 (80.7)
    Has only atypical symptoms 137 (13.3) 48 (15.6) 59 (24.3) 244 (15.4)
    Has at least one typical symptom 31 (3.0) 18 (5.8) 13 (5.3) 62 (3.9)
Having chronic diseases, n(%) 0.526a
    No 961 (93.1) 281 (91.2) 226 (93.0) 1468 (92.7)
    Yes 71 (6.9) 27 (8.8) 17 (7.0) 115 (7.3)

Statistical comparison using

a Chi-square test for categorical variable—display as n(%).

b Fisher-exact test for categorical variable—display as n(%).

The bold p-value indicated statistical significance (p<0.05).

BMI: Body Mass Index, COVID-19: Coronavirus Disease of 2019.