Table 1.
Demographic characteristics of the study physicians, 2021 Bangladesh.
| Background Characteristics | All Study Samples | Severity Level of COVID-19 Illness | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mild to Moderate | Severe | Critical | Mild to Critical | |||
| col% (n) | row% (n) | row% (n) | row% (n) | row% (n) | p-Value | |
| Overall | 100 (511) | 72.21 (369) | 78.67 (402) | 86.69 (443) | 94.13 (481) | |
| Age in year | ||||||
| Mean ± SD | 28.81 ± 4.91 | 28.92 ± 4.77 | 29.09 ± 5.01 | 29.00 ± 4.69 | 29.01 ± 4.81 | <0.001 |
| ≤24 | 3.52 (18) | 22.22 (4) | 50.00 (9) | 72.22 (13) | 72.22 (13) | |
| 25–29 | 68.10 (348) | 75.29 (262) | 79.60 (277) | 84.77 (295) | 93.68 (326) | |
| 30–34 | 18.59 (95) | 75.79 (72) | 77.89 (74) | 95.79 (91) | 97.89 (93) | |
| ≥35 | 9.78 (50) | 62.0 (31) | 84.00 (42) | 88.00 (44) | 98.00 (49) | |
| Gender | ||||||
| Male | 67.71 (346) | 66.23 (100) | 70.86 (107) | 86.09 (130) | 90.07 (333) | 0.001 |
| Female | 29.55 (151) | 74.86 (259) | 82.37 (285) | 86.99 (301) | 96.24 (136) | |
| Prefer not to disclose | 2.74 (14) | 71.43 (10) | 71.43 (10) | 85.71 (12) | 85.71 (12) | |
| Education | ||||||
| Graduate | 87.87 (449) | 73.50 (330) | 79.06 (355) | 85.52 (384) | 93.76 (421) | 0.345 |
| Post-graduate | 12.13 (62) | 62.90 (39) | 75.81 (75.81) | 95.16 (59) | 96.77 (60) | |
| Experience in Years as a Clinical Practitioner | ||||||
| Mean ± SD | 3.75 ± 3.95 | 3.77 ± 3.90 | 3.90 ± 4.11 | 3.89 ± 4.11 | 3.84 ± 4.0 | 0.056 |
| <3 | 56.56 (289) | 71.63 (207) | 77.16 (223) | 84.43 (244) | 92.39 (267) | |
| ≥3 | 43.44 (222) | 72.97 (162) | 80.63 (179) | 89.64 (199) | 96.40 (214) | |
| Type of Healthcare Setting * | ||||||
| Tertiary | 57.14 (292) | 71.58 (209) | 82.88 (242) | 87.67 (256) | 95.55 (279) | 0.115 |
| Primary | 11.35 (58) | 74.14 (43) | 70.69 (41) | 91.38 (53) | 94.83 (55) | 0.810 |
| Secondary | 9.98 (51) | 68.63 (35) | 74.51 (38) | 84.31 (43) | 88.24 (45) | 0.059 |
| COVID-19–dedicated | 4.95 (27) | 81.48 (22) | 92.59 (25) | 92.59 (25) | 100.00 (27) | 0.182 |
| Private hospitals | 21.47 (117) | 71.79 (84) | 83.76 (98) | 83.76 (98) | 92.31 (108) | 0.340 |
| Duty Ward | ||||||
| Inpatient + general ward + COVID-19 ward | 82.97 (424) | 71.23 (302) | 79.72 (338) | 86.56 (367) | 94.81 (402) | 0.024 |
| Outpatient | 12.13 (62) | 72.58 (45) | 69.35 (43) | 82.26 (51) | 87.10 (54) | |
| ICU | 4.89 (25) | 88.00 (22) | 84.00 (21) | 100.00 (25) | 100.00 (25) | |
* Multiple responses (participants worked in more than one setting).