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. 2022 Jul 23;71(6):421–431. doi: 10.1097/NNR.0000000000000610

TABLE 2.

Comparisons Among Healthcare Workers by Nurse Versus Nonnurses and Risk Settings in Nurse Participants for SARS-CoV-2 Exposures and Testing and COVID-19 Infection, Appropriate Access to Personal Protective Equipment (PPE) for Healthcare Workers, and Healthcare Worker Well-Being

Variable Overall All HCW participants p Nurse participants only p
Nurses Nonnurses High risk Low risk
N = 24,343 n = 8,606 n = 15,737 n = 2,794 n = 5,812
Exposure to SARS-CoV-2 virus, n (%)
 Any exposure 11,109 (48.3) 4,563 (54.4) 6,546 (44.8) <.0001 1,951 (70.9) 2,612 (46.4) <.0001
 Exposed at workplace 9,836 (42.8) 4,207 (50.2) 5,629 (38.5) <.0001 1,901 (69.1) 2,306 (40.9) <.0001
 Exposed in community 2,351 (10.2) 790 (9.4) 1,561 (10.7) .0025 174 (6.3) 616 (10.9) <.0001
 Exposed at workplace among those reported any exposure 9,836 (88.5) 4,207 (92.2) 5,629 (86.0) <.0001 1,901 (97.4) 2,306 (88.3) <.0001
SARS-CoV-2 viral test, n (%)
 Ever tested (among overall) 9,958 (40.9) 3,493 (40.6) 6,465 (41.1) .4540 984 (35.2) 2,509 (43.2) <.0001
 Tested positive (among ever tested) 940 (9.4) 356 (10.2) 584 (9.0) .0592 100 (10.2) 256 (10.2) .9715
SARS-CoV-2 antibody test, n (%)
 Ever tested (among overall) 4,055 (16.7) 1,523 (17.7) 2,532 (16.1) .0013 462 (16.5) 1,061 (18.3) .0503
 Tested positive (among ever tested) 466 (11.5) 173 (11.4) 293 (11.6) .8371 44 (9.5) 129 (12.2) .1365
SARS-CoV-2 viral or antibody test positive or physician diagnosis of COVID-19 (COVID-19 infection) 1,562 (6.4) 577 (6.7) 985 (6.3) .1751 154 (5.5) 423 (7.3) .0022
Problem with access PPE—type of equipment
 Filled out PPE questionnaire 12,056 (49.5) 4,659 (54.1) 7,397 (47.0) <.0001 1,654 (59.2) 3,005 (51.7) <.0001
 Respiratory mask (e.g., N95, KN95, or other), yes (%) 3,042 (33.2) 1,345 (35.1) 1,697 (31.8) .0010 574 (36.4) 771 (34.1) .1475
 Surgical mask, yes (%) 1,827 (16.1) 782 (17.4) 1,045 (15.3) .0032 295 (18.0) 487 (17.1) .4202
 Powered air purifying respirator, yes (%) 1,322 (43.5) 631 (43.6) 691 (43.4) .8851 331 (41.1) 300 (46.9) .0270
 Face shield/goggles, yes (%) 2,039 (22.2) 914 (23.4) 1,125 (21.3) .0155 360 (22.7) 554 (23.8) .4225
 Gloves, yes (%) 586 (5.3) 202 (4.5) 384 (5.8) .0025 67 (4.1) 135 (4.7) .3030
 Gowns, yes (%) 1,873 (20.1) 863 (21.4) 1,010 (19.0) .0037 363 (22.4) 500 (20.8) .2228
 Hand sanitizer, yes (%) 1,767 (14.9) 738 (16.0) 1,029 (14.2) .0051 260 (15.8) 478 (16.2) .7162
 Soap, yes (%) 422 (3.6) 177 (3.9) 245 (3.4) .1732 68 (4.1) 109 (3.7) .4774
 Cleaning/disinfecting products, yes (%) 3,347 (28.9) 1,520 (33.4) 1,827 (25.9) <.0001 639 (39.0) 881 (30.3) <.0001
During the last day you were at work, for how many patients did you have to reuse the same N95/KN95 mask respirator or surgical mask when you would have otherwise used a new mask? <.0001 <.0001
 All patients 5,140 (42.7) 2,399 (51.6) 2,741 (37.1) 989 (59.9) 1,410 (47.0)
 Most patients 875 (7.3) 316 (6.8) 559 (7.6) 136 (8.2) 180 (6.0)
 Some patients 1,158 (9.6) 425 (9.1) 733 (9.9) 178 (10.8) 247 (8.2)
 None (1 mask per patient) 1,353 (11.2) 533 (11.5) 820 (11.1) 205 (12.4) 328 (10.9)
 Did not have patient contact 3,507 (29.1) 977 (21.0) 2,530 (34.3) 143 (8.7) 834 (27.8)
 Missing (%) 23 (0.2) 9 (0.2) 14 (0.2) - -
 Had to reuse respirator or surgical masks for most or all patients, n (%) 6,015 (50.0) 2,715 (58.4) 3,300 (44.7) <.0001 1,125 (68.1) 1,590 (53.0) <.0001
Healthcare worker well-being
 Filled out Daily Impact Questionnaire 12,703 (52.2) 4,831 (56.1) 7,872 (50.0) <.0001 1,693 (60.6) 3,138 (54.0) <.0001
 (1) Did you have trouble sleeping last night? 5,123 (40.4) 2,187 (45.4) 2,936 (37.4) <.0001 814 (48.1) 1,373 (43.9) .0050
 (2) Did you feel physical pain a lot of the day yesterday? 2,465 (19.4) 1,121 (23.3) 1,344 (17.1) <.0001 430 (25.4) 691 (22.1) .0081
 (3) Did you worry a lot of the day yesterday? 4,748 (37.5) 1,952 (40.6) 2,796 (35.6) <.0001 716 (42.4) 1,236 (39.6) .0546
 (4) Did you feel sad a lot of the day yesterday? 2,581 (20.4) 1,107 (23.0) 1,474 (18.8) <.0001 418 (24.8) 689 (22.1) .0338
 (5) Did you feel angry a lot of the day yesterday? 1,775 (14.0) 736 (15.3) 1,039 (13.2) .0011 281 (16.6) 455 (14.6) .0621
 (6) Did you feel stress a lot of the day yesterday? 6,415 (50.7) 2,546 (52.9) 3,869 (49.3) <.0001 927 (54.9) 1,619 (51.8) .0372
 (7) Did you feel tired a lot of the day yesterday? 6,787 (53.6) 2,820 (58.6) 3,967 (50.5) <.0001 1,027 (60.9) 1,793 (57.3) .0163
Number of indicators endorsed above positively
 Mean (SD) 2.4 (2) 2.6 (2.1) 2.2 (2) <.0001 2.7 (2.1) 2.5 (2) .0015
 3 or more, n (%) 5,502 (44.1) 2,311 (48.8) 3,191 (41.3) <.0001 845 (50.8) 1,466 (47.7) .0442
PROMIS measures
 Filled out Global Health Scale Questionnaire 12,440 (51.1) 4,750 (55.2) 7,690 (48.9) <.0001 1,677 (60.0) 3,073 (52.9) <.0001
 T score—Global Physical Health, mean (SD) 52.6 (7.1) 51.7 (6.7) 53.1 (7.3) <.0001 51.7 (6.5) 51.8 (6.8) .7241
 T score—Global Mental Health, mean (SD) 49.6 (8) 49 (7.7) 50 (8.2) 49.3 (7.6) 48.9 (7.7) .0629
 Filled out Depression Questionnaire 6,710 (27.6) 2,489 (28.9) 4,221 (26.8) .0005 864 (30.9) 1,625 (28.0) .0045
 T score—Depression 52.7 (8.1) 53.5 (8) 52.1 (8) <.0001 53.9 (8.2) 53.3 (7.9) .074
Filled out Burnout Questionnaire 6,668 (27.4) 2,474 (28.7) 4,194 (26.7) .0005 856 (30.6) 1,618 (27.8) .0072
 Burnout (levels iii, iv, v) 2,822 (42.4) 1,138 (46.1) 1,684 (40.2) <.0001 451 (52.7) 687 (42.5) <.0001

Note. SD = standard deviation.