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Table 2 Risk and demographic characteristics of participants

From: Will healthcare workers improve infection prevention and control behaviors as COVID-19 risk emerges and increases, in China?

Variable name

mean (SD b) / No. (%)

Risk of contact with confirmed and suspected patientsa

Contacted

314 (26.4)

Not contacted

875 (73.6)

Department of high riska

 High-risk department

262 (19.28)

 Not high-risk department

1097 (80.27)

Risk of affected area

 In affected area

768 (55.41)

 Not in affected area

618 (44.59)

Demographic characteristics

Gendera

  Male

314 (22.8)

  Female

1061 (77.2)

Careera

  Doctor

477 (35)

  Nurse

886 (65)

Agea, Mean (SD)

30.88 (6.30)

Work yeara, Mean (SD)

7.71 (6.37)

Education degreea

  Below junior college

5 (0.4)

  junior college

123 (9)

  Undergraduate

863 (63.4)

  Master

226 (16.6)

  Doctor

145 (10.6)

Titlea

  Not evaluate

119 (9.4)

  Junior

625 (49.6)

  Intermediate

412 (32.7)

  Deputy senior

79 (6.3)

  Senior

26 (2.1)

Work loada

  Very low

4 (0.3)

  Low

30 (2.4)

  Neutral

442 (35.3)

  High

594 (47.4)

  Very high

183 (14.6)

  1. a: A total of 11 HCWs missed gender, 23 missed career, 31 missed age, 58 missed work year,24 missed education degree, 125 missed title, 133 missed work load, 197 missed risk of contact with confirmed and suspected patients and 27 missed department
  2. b: SD refers to Standard Deviation