Compliance With Safety Measures and Risk of COVID-19 Transmission Among Healthcare Workers

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Table 1. Females compared with males in relation to; demographic, occupational, compliance with hospital safety measures and satisfaction with education/training for personal protective equipment use.

Compared variables	Female (n = 98)	Male (n = 242)	p-value
Age (years), mean (SD)	30.28 (4.23)	31.09 (5.35)	0.42
Experience (years), mean (SD)	6.09 (4.22)	6,61 (4.86)	0.283
Working shift (hours), mean (SD)	15.36	15.30	0.941
Close direct care	77 (78.6%)	183 (75.6%)	0.672
Smokers	26 (26.5%)	54 (23.3%)	0.401
Flu-like symptoms	48 (49.0%)	103 (42.6%)	0.335
Annual Influenza vaccine:	47 (48%)	117 (48.3%)	1.00
Sleeping pattern changes	33 (33.7%)	110 (45.5%)	0.053
Regular daily activity changes	36 (36.7%)	109 (45.0%)	0.183
Compliance with personal protective guidelines	87 (88.8%)	211 (87.7%)	0.856
Compliance with recommended gown use	68 (69.4%)	148 (61.2%)	0.172
Compliance with recommended face shield/goggle	43 (54.1%)	122 (50.4%)	0.536
Compliance with recommended gloves use	95 (96.9%)	221 (91.3%)	0.068
Compliance with recommended mask use	88 (89.8%)	217 (89.7%)	0.978
Compliance with hospital ICP policy	93 (94.9%)	229 (94.6.2%)	0.856
Satisfaction with education/training for PPE use	67 (68.4%)	181 (74.8%)	0.229

ICP: Infection control and protection; PPE: Personal protective equipment; SD: Standard deviation.

Table 2. Physicians compared with nurses in relation to demographic, health characteristics and compliance/satisfaction with hospital safety measures.

Compared variables	Physicians	Nurses	p-value
Total (n)	113	227
Age (years), mean (SD)	29.7 (4.32)	31.41 (5.31)	0.000
Experience (years), mean (SD)	4.28 (4.11)	7.6 (4.57)	0.000
Working shift (hours), mean (SD)	17.8 (8.4)	14.1 (6.8)	0.000
Annual influenza vaccine: yes n, (%)	68 (60.2%)	96 (42.3%)	0.003
Flu-like symptoms: yes, n (%)	56 (49.6%)	95 (41.9%)	0.203
Compliance with hospital PP guidelines	109 (96.5%)	213 (93.8%)	0.442
Compliance with hospital ICP policy	102 (90.3%)	196 (86.3%)	0.382
Compliance with recommended gown use	62 (54.9%)	154 (67.8%)	0.023
Compliance with recommended mask	104 (92.0%)	201 (88.5%)	0.351
Compliance with recommended gloves use	102 (90.3%)	214 (94.3%)	0.183
Compliance with recommended face shield/goggle	45 (39.8%)	130 (67.3%)	0.003
Satisfaction with education/training	79 (69.9%)	169 (74.4%)	0.437

ICP: Infection control and protection; SD: Standard deviation.

Table 3. Close direct to direct patient's care in relation to healthcare workers’ demographic, occupational and health characteristics.

Compared variables	Close-direct care (n = 260)	Direct care (n = 80)	p-value
Age (years), mean (SD)	30.11 (4.4)	33.3 (6.2)	0.000
Experience (years), mean (SD)	5.92 (4.26)	8.38 (5.50)	0.000
Working shift (hours), mean (SD)	16.5 (7.9)	11.5 (5.0)	0.000
Gender Female Male	77 (29.6%) 183 (70.4%)	21 (26.2%) 59 (73.8%)	0.672
Occupation: Physician Nurse	89 (34.2%) 171 (65.8%)	24 (30.0%) 56 (70.0%)	0.501
Smoking Yes No	56 (21.5%) 204 (78.5%)	23 (29.4%) 56 (70.6%)	0.123
Flu-like symptoms Yes No	122 (46.9%) 138 (53.1%)	29 (36.2%) 51 (63.7%)	0.096
Influenza vaccine Yes No	122(46.9%) 138 (53.1%)	42 (52.5%) 38 (47.5%)	0.441
Sleeping pattern changes Yes No	119 (45.8%) 141 (54.2%)	24 (30.0%) 56 (70.0%)	0.014
Regular daily activities changes Yes No	115 (44.2%) 145 (55.8%)	30 (37.5%) 50 (62.3%)	0.304

SD: Standard deviation.

Table 4. Close direct to direct patient’s care in relation to healthcare workers compliance and satisfaction with hospital safety measures.

Compared variables	Close-direct care (n = 260)	Direct contact (n = 80)	p-value
Hospital personal-protection guidelines Compliant Noncompliant	251 (96.5%) 9 (3.5%)	71 (88.8%) 9 (11.2%)	0.018
Hospital Infection control/protective policy Compliant Noncompliant	235 (90.4%) 25 (9.6%)	63 (78.8%) 17 (21.2%)	0.010
Recommended gown use Compliant Noncompliant	171 (65.8%) 89 (34.2%)	45 (56.2%) 35 (43.8%)	0.144
Recommended glove use Compliant Noncompliant	239 (91.9%) 21 (8.1%)	77 (96.2%) 3 (3.8%)	0.221
Recommended mask use Compliant Noncompliant	232 (89.2%) 28 (10.8%)	73 (91.2%) 7 (8.8%)	0.68
Recommended face shield/goggle use Compliant Noncompliant	139 (53.5%) 121 (46.5%)	36 (45.0%) 44 (55.0%)	0.202
Education/training for PPE use. Satisfied Unsatisfied	179 (68.8%) 81 (31.2%)	69 (86.2%) 11 (21.2%)	0.002

PPE: Personal protective equipment.