Table 3.
Sources of information about the pandemic and its perception among the participants.
| Characteristic | Total Sample (n = 130) | Healthcare Workers/Profession | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Physicians (n = 38) | Nurses (n = 58) | Other HCWs (n = 34) | p-Value | ||||||
| n | % | n | % | n | % | n | % | ||
| What is your main source of information on the COVID-19 pandemic? | 0.044 | ||||||||
| Only scientific literature | 28 | 21.5% | 11 | 28.9% | 8 | 13.8% | 9 | 26.5% | |
| Only scientific meetings | 9 | 6.9% | 2 | 5.3% | 7 | 12.1% | 0 | 0.0% | |
| Scientific literature and meetings | 14 | 10.8% | 6 | 15.8% | 5 | 8.6% | 3 | 8.8% | |
| Only media (news/television programs)/Internet and social media | 26 | 20.0% | 4 | 10.5% | 14 | 24.1% | 8 | 23.5% | |
| Scientific sources and media | 51 | 39.2% | 15 | 39.5% | 23 | 39.7% | 13 | 38.2% | |
| Other | 2 | 1.5% | 0 | 0.0% | 1 | 1.7% | 1 | 2.9% | |
| Do you think the number of cases and deaths has been overestimated? | 0.050 | ||||||||
| Yes | 39 | 30.0% | 6 | 15.8% | 19 | 32.8% | 14 | 41.2% | |
| No | 91 | 70.0% | 32 | 84.2% | 39 | 67.2% | 20 | 58.8% | |
| Do you think that the complications derived from COVID-19 infection can have a serious impact on people’s health? | 0.642 | ||||||||
| Yes | 116 | 89.2% | 35 | 92.1% | 52 | 89.7% | 29 | 85.3% | |
| No | 14 | 10.8% | 3 | 7.9% | 6 | 10.3% | 5 | 14.7% | |
| In your opinion, for the entire population, without delving into a specific area (health, economy, etc.), how serious is COVID-19 on a scale from 1 to 10? | 0.430 | ||||||||
| Not severe (0–4) | 7 | 5.4% | 0 | 0.0% | 5 | 8.6% | 2 | 5.9% | |
| Moderately severe (5–6) | 44 | 33.8% | 13 | 34.2% | 18 | 31.0% | 13 | 38.2% | |
| Very severe (7–10) | 79 | 60.8% | 25 | 65.8% | 35 | 60.3% | 19 | 55.9% | |