Table 1.
Sociodemographic and employment characteristics for overall overall sample and by healthcare setting.
| Study characteristic | Overall % (N = 403) | Hospital % (N = 199) | First respondersa % (n = 58) |
Primary care % (n = 32) | Long-term care % (n = 16) | Home care % (n = 24) | Other community health and social servicesb % (n = 74) | P-valuec,d |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Gender Identity | 0.000 | |||||||
| Female | 74.2 | 82.4 | 29.3 | 84.4 | 81.3 | 87.5 | 77 | |
| Male | 17.4 | 7.0 | 58.6 | 15.6 | 12.5 | 12.5 | 16.2 | |
| Age | 0.000 | |||||||
| ≤55 years | 77.2 | 80.3 | 84.4 | 75 | 87.6 | 87.6 | 58.2 | |
| ≥55 years | 15.8 | 10.6 | 12.1 | 25 | 6.3 | 12.5 | 32.5 | |
| Marital Status | 0.170 | |||||||
| Married/common law | 65.3 | 64.8 | 74.1 | 71.9 | 62.5 | 66.7 | 56.8 | |
| Divorced/Separated/Window/er | 9.4 | 8.5 | 8.5 | 21.9 | 6.3 | 16.7 | 10.9 | |
| Single | 17.1 | 17.6 | 12.1 | 6.3 | 25 | 12.5 | 24.3 | |
| Ethnicity | 0.748 | |||||||
| White/Caucasian | 80.4 | 80.4 | 79.3 | 78.1 | 81.3 | 83.3 | 81.1 | |
| Other Ethnicitiese | 19.6 | 19.6 | 20.7 | 21.9 | 18.7 | 16.7 | 18.9 | |
| Employment information | 0.000 | |||||||
| Full-time | 77.7 | 73.4 | 93.1 | 90.6 | 43.8 | 58.3 | 85.1 | |
| Part-time/casual | 21.5 | 25.1 | 6.9 | 9.4 | 56.3 | 41.7 | 14.9 | |
| Years working in healthcare | ||||||||
| Worked in healthcare <10 years | 38.0 | 40.2 | 20.7 | 43.8 | 56.3 | 37.5 | 39.2 | |
| Worked in healthcare >10 years | 62.0 | 59.8 | 79.3 | 56.3 | 43.8 | 62.5 | 60.8 | 0.061 |
| Exposure to COVID-19 patients | ||||||||
| Frontline employee | 63.8 | 67.8 | 74.1 | 71.9 | 75 | 50 | 43.2 | 0.000 |
| Non-frontline employee | 33.3 | 27.6 | 24.1 | 28.1 | 12.5 | 50 | 55.4 | |
| Organization of employment provides direct care to COVID-19 patients | 67.5 | 80.9 | 94.8 | 31.3 | 56.3 | 70.8 | 27 | 0.000 |
| Organization of employment does not provide direct care to COVID-19 patients | 32.6 | 19.1 | 5.2 | 68.8 | 43.8 | 29.2 | 73 | |
| Self-reported health | 0.155 | |||||||
| Poor or Fair | 25.3 | 26.1 | 34.5 | 12.5 | 25 | 33.3 | 18.9 | |
| Good or Excellent | 71.5 | 69.9 | 62 | 87.5 | 75 | 66.7 | 77.1 |
a
First responders include emergency medical service personnel and firefighters.
b
Other community and social services were identified as dental offices, chiropractic clinics, community mental health agencies, retirement homes, and assisted living.
c
Chi-square analyses were used to test differences between care setting groups.
d
Values of P < 0.006 (0.05/9) were considered statistically significant.
e
Other ethnicities identified included Asian, Black, French Canadian, Indigenous, Metis, and Inuit.