Table 1.
Sample Characteristics of 582 Health Care Workers from Boende Health Zone in the Democratic Republic of the Congo, November 2015
| Characteristic | No. (%) |
|---|---|
| Age, y, median (interquartile range)a | 40 (31–50) |
| Unknown | 4 (0.7) |
| 18–39 y | 288 (49.5) |
| 40–59 y | 247 (42.4) |
| 60 y or older | 43 (7.4) |
| Sex | |
| Male | 375 (64.4) |
| Female | 207 (35.6) |
| Education | |
| None | 18 (3.1) |
| Started primary school | 37 (6.4) |
| Finished primary school | 212 (36.4) |
| Finished secondary school | 225 (38.7) |
| Apprentice | 4 (0.7) |
| College/university or graduate school | 86 (14.8) |
| Civil status | |
| Single | 84 (14.4) |
| Married or cohabitating | 477 (82.0) |
| Divorced, separated, or widowed | 21 (3.6) |
| Was ever present for an Ebola outbreak | |
| Yes | 530 (91.1) |
| No | 52 (8.9) |
| Has ever worked as a health care worker in an Ebola outbreakb | |
| Yes | 432 (83.6) |
| No | 85 (16.4) |
| Has ever had contact with a confirmed, probable, or suspected EVD case? | |
| Yes | 90 (15.5) |
| No | 471 (80.9) |
| Don’t know | 21 (3.6) |
| Current health care worker type | |
| Nurse | 171 (29.4) |
| Administrator | 32 (5.5) |
| Room attendant | 97 (16.7) |
| Hygiene service | 84 (14.4) |
| Traditional healer or pastor | 54 (9.3) |
| Red Cross worker | 18 (3.1) |
| Midwife | 43 (7.4) |
| Otherc | 83 (14.3) |
| Contact with patients in current position | |
| Direct | 299 (51.4) |
| Indirect | 201 (34.5) |
| No contact | 82 (14.1) |
| Suspected they were infected with ebolavirus during the last outbreakd | |
| Yes | 28 (5.3) |
| No | 432 (81.5) |
| Don’t know | 70 (13.2) |
| ADI GP result, units/mL | |
| 0–1 | 266 (45.7) |
| > 1–2.5 | 185 (31.8) |
| > 2.5–5 | 96 (16.5) |
| > 5 | 35 (6.0) |
Abbreviations: ADI GP, Alpha Diagnostic International glycoprotein; EVD, Ebola virus disease.
aFour participants did not know their age.
bThirteen missing responses.
cThe other category comprised physicians, epidemiologists, communication specialists, technicians, students, and maintenance workers.
dFifty-two participants had not been present for an Ebola outbreak and were not eligible for the question.