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. 2022 Aug;112(Suppl 6):S602–S614. doi: 10.2105/AJPH.2021.306648

TABLE 1—

Distribution of Exposure Variables Among the Total Sample of Participants, Those Who Completed the Survey, and Those Who Did Not Complete the Survey: HEROES–Guatemala Study, 2020

Characteristic No./Total No. (%) or Median (IQR) χ2; P
Total Sample (n = 1801) Complete Surveys (n = 1522) Incomplete Surveys (n = 279)
Age, y 3.56; .31
 18–34 898/1688 (53.2) 765/1461 (52.4) 133/227 (58.6)
 35–49 574/1688 (34.0) 508/1461 (34.8) 66/227 (29.1)
 50–59 162/1688 (9.6) 142/1461 (9.7) 20/227 (8.8)
 ≥60 54/1688 (3.2) 46/1461 (3.1) 8/227 (3.5)
Sex 2.36; .12
 Female 1164/1762 (66.1) 1014/1519 (66.8) 150/243 (61.7)
 Male 598/1762 (33.9) 505/1519 (33.2) 93/243 (38.3)
Educationa .65
 Incomplete primary 3/1758 (0.2) 3/1522 (0.2) 0/236 (0.0)
 Primary 14/1758 (0.8) 14/1522 (0.9) 0/236 (0.0)
 High school 115/1758 (6.5) 103/1522 (6.8) 12/236 (5.1)
 Technical degree 293/1758 (16.7) 256/1522 (16.8) 37/236 (15.7)
 Professional degree 790/1758 (44.9) 680/1522 (44.7) 110/236 (46.6)
 Postgraduate degree 543/1758 (30.9) 466/1522 (30.6) 77/236 (32.6)
No. of people living at home
 Total 4 (3–5) 4 (3–5) 4 (3–5)
 Minors 2 (1–2) 2 (1–2) 2 (1–2)
 Adults > 65 y 1 (1–2) 1 (1–2) 1 (1–2)
 People with disabilities 1 (1–1) 1 (1–1) 1 (1–1)
Health care sector 0.32; .57
 Public 1266/1735 (73.0) 1114/1522 (73.2) 152/213 (71.4)
 Private 469/1735 (27.0) 408/1522 (26.8) 61/213 (28.6)
Job location by region 34.11; < .001
 Metropolitan 876/1734 (50.5) 765/1522 (50.3) 111/212 (52.4)
 North 55/1734 (3.2) 49/1522 (3.2) 6/212 (2.8)
 Northeast 140/1734 (8.1) 127/1522 (8.3) 13/212 (6.1)
 Southeast 47/1734 (2.7) 38/1522 (2.5) 9/212 (4.2)
 Central 219/1734 (12.6) 190/1522 (12.5) 29/212 (13.7)
 Southwest 334/1734 (19.3) 305/1522 (20.0) 29/212 (13.7)
 Northwest 49/1734 (2.8) 42/1522 (2.8) 7/212 (3.3)
 Petén 14/1734 (0.8) 6/1522 (0.4) 8/212 (3.8)
Occupation 15.10; .09
 Physician 647/1708 (37.9) 566/1522 (37.2) 81/186 (43.6)
 Nurse 377/1708 (22.1) 326/1522 (21.4) 51/186 (27.4)
 Psychologist 28/1708 (1.6) 25/1522 (1.6) 3/186 (1.6)
 Social worker 24/1708 (1.4) 23/1522 (1.5) 1/186 (0.5)
 Hospital technician 99/1708 (5.8) 91/1522 (6.0) 8/186 (4.3)
 Nutritionist 31/1708 (1.8) 30/1522 (2.0) 1/186 (0.5)
 Dentist 125/1708 (7.3) 110/1522 (7.2) 15/186 (8.1)
 Administration 310/1708 (18.2) 289/1522 (19.0) 21/186 (11.3)
 Hospital staff 60/1708 (3.5) 55/1522 (3.6) 5/186 (2.7)
 Other 7/1708 (0.4) 7/1522 (0.5) 0/186(0.0)
Contact with COVID-19 patients 0.81; .67
 Yes 1038 (62.4) 954 (62.7) 84 (59.6)
 No 287 (17.3) 259 (17.0) 28 (19.9)
 Does not know 338 (20.3) 309 (20.3) 29 (20.6)
SARS-CoV-2 test resulta .3
 Negative 496/674 (73.6) 464/627 (74.0) 32/47 (68.1)
 Positive 161/674 (23.9) 146/627 (23.3) 15/47 (31.9)
 Unknown 17/674 (2.5) 17/627 (2.7) 0/47 (0.0)
Personal protective equipment 0.11; .73
 Insufficient 859/1621 (53.0) 792/1498 (52.9) 56/123 (45.5)
 Sufficient 762/1621 (47.0) 706/1498 (47.1) 67/123 (54.5)
Worried about COVID-19 infection 0.31; .58
 No or not a lot 400/1485 (26.9) 369/1379 (26.8) 31/106 (29.2)
 A lot or very worried 1085/1485 (73.1) 1010/1379 (73.2) 75/106 (70.8)
Relative deceased because of COVID-19 0.27; .6
 No 457/606 (75.4) 427/568 (75.2) 30/38 (79.0)
 Yes 149/606 (24.6) 141/568 (24.8) 8/38 (21.0)
Prior mental disorder
 No 1235/1312 (94.1) 1234/1311 (94.1)
 Yes 59/1312 (4.5) 59/1312 (4.5)
 Prefer not to answer 18/1312 (1.4) 18/1312 (1.4)
Taking medication for mental disorders
 No 1215/1312 (92.6) 1214/1311 (92.6)
 Yes 83/1312 (6.3) 83/1311 (6.3)
 Prefer not to answer 14/1312 (1.1) 14/1311 (1.1)

Note. HEROES = COVID-19 Health Care Workers Study; IQR = interquartile range; SARS-CoV-2 = severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2.

a

P value is from the Fisher exact test.